I enjoy the programming. My favorite channel is 22 First Wave... playing Depeche Mode, The Cure, etc. But there is a channel FOR EVERYONE.

I only have one suggestion. It would be nice if the Kenwood had a day/nite switch. The display is difficult for me to read on a sunny day.

...is obviously an employee of Sirius, all of his 8 reviews are designed to run down XM radio and promote Sirius. What a pitiful, brainlessly-obvious fake. Surely Amazon can do a better job of screening out goons like this, otherwise the credibility of its users reviews will continue to plummet.

Me, I own nor use neither system, just wanted to post this as a heads-up for unsuspecting Amazon users, so Im giving it 3 stars as a neutral rating.

HOME DOCK STATION: comes with 21 ft antenna cable which seriously limits where you can install. provided antenna is useless indoors and not very robust/rugged when mounted outdoors. Accessory equipment (extra long antenna line and high gain outdoor antenna) almost impossible to find anywhere.

CAR DOCK STATION (FM version). Wireless connection to stereo while a good concept is a disaster in execution. The car radio must be set to one of five channels: 88.1 thru 88.7 and the H2A then broadcasts on that channel. The car unit has low signal to noise ratio resulting in LOTS of noise/hiss when used unless the unit is placed very close to the car radio antenna. If you are in an urban area and there is a station on every frequency (88.1 through 88.7) then the system may be totally useless. There may be an optional high gain FM antenna since the dock station has a jack connector on the back for an FM output, but I cant find any website, electronic retailer, or person to identify a product.

This unit provides my home stereo (Nakamichi receiver and Acoustic Research AR2ax speakers)with the basis of nice CD quality sound -- plus, home kit base was EASY to install. Home kit allows direct input via RCA plug (provided) into stereo.

In the car, it plays nicely with car kits built-in FM transmitter but theres always a loss of quality with FM conversion as opposed to a direct input. So, if you require optimal quality I suggest using a cassette input, or better yet a direct wiring option and skip the Here2Anywhere and go for a professional installation with a stand-alone car stereo with built-in Sirius. (There are several brands now available -- Sony, Kenwood, Audiovox, Alpine, Clarion). Since my new Volvo has a great factory system, I didnt want to replace the stereo so I went for the plug-and-Play route of the Here2Anywhere with the FM transmitter.

Look over your dash before buying. The Here2Anywhere is NOT as flexible to place in a car as other units. This unit is DEEPER than the others -- it requires placement on TOP of a dash. The Audiovox and JVC units allow placement on the front of the dash since they are slimmer (but taller)-- personally I thought the Kenwood had a bit better sound, but the difference was slight, if noticible at all, totally subjective on my part, and based on listening in a noisy mega store environment.

If youre sure you wont use Sirius in your car, consider the new Kenwood unit made exclusively for home use. But, Kenwood has not released hard SOUND specs that allow a comparison of this unit (...) and the Here2Anywhere (...). But, the home unit has optical output if your home system can handle it.

As for Sirius vs. XM:

I chose Sirius for a few reasons. Sirius has more news and talk radio choices including Sirius Left (liberal talk), Sirius Right (yep. right wing) and SEVERAL PBS commercial free stations. They even have a Gay/Lesbian 24/7 station. XMs talk was largely the regular national talk show hosts that I already receive in New York.

I live in the NY metropolitan area, but still find the PBS stations in my area dont carry the variety of PBS options that are on Sirius. As far as the commercials go, the Sirius music stations (over 60 with every imaginable genre) are TOTALLY commercial free -- only the stations that they rebroadcast (ex. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc.) have commercials.

Sirius has three satellites, not two as XM, and their three have a much higher angle orbit that XMs. So, it is less likely to have its signal temporarily blocked by trees, buildings, mountains/hills and big trucks, as you drive.

Also, Sirius has just dropped their pricing -- its now the same price as XM if your subscribe for a year. So, the only benefit of XM (lower price) is now gone.

Of course, the bottom line, pick the service that has the music/news/talk that YOU LIKE best! All of my suggestions mean nothing if you prefer the content of another service!

I love quality FM radio. I eagerly bought in to "commercial free" satellite radio for my car and home. I had a Sony XM home and car receiver for about six months but then gave away the hardware because I was very disappointed in the quality of the programming and especially by the number of commercials. I then bought a Sirius Kenwood Here2Anywhere home and car receiver because I assumed, since Sirius was charging me about 30% more for the service, that there would be fewer commercials. My feeling is - it just my impression - that there are 30% more commercials on Sirius. Or maybe it only seems like 30% more because they are even more moronic than XMs.

Thats my basic criticism of XM and Sirius: yes, the technology is convenient, and the reception good, but the quality of sound is no better than FM home radio, and the channels generally are much like the stupidest frenetic AM stations in the low quality of the programming and the grating motor-mouth spastic personalities of their hosts. Even the so-called free-of-commercial music channels frequently are plugging other Sirius channels or are providing pointless "public service" announcements.They obviously dont count those as commercials. And beware the frantic ominous "Money Minutes" of financial advice on many of the Sirius channels. My financial advice to you is dont pay $13.79 or even $9.99 a month for either Sirius or XM.

I happen to be fond of old-time radio shows, but Sirius has one pathetic channel that rarely lets you listen for more than ten minutes without an interruption, and any given hour contains only about 30 minutes of old-time radio, and forget about trying to tune in on the hour or half hour to find the beginning of a program. If you are gay or lesbian, right wing or left wing, atheist or Christian, prepare to be embarrassed by the quality of the programming on those channels.

The only quality programming on Sirius is provided by the NPR talk channels 106, 107, and 108. That kind of programming could never in a hundred years have been developed by the idiot twins who developed and are in charge of XM and Sirius, and I can get those NPR programs free on the internet through my computer.

If you like AM radio, you might like both XM and Sirius, though XM is probably the less offensive and certainly the less expensive of the two. But if you are looking for intelligent, tasteful, entertaining, commerical-free radio, look elsewhere. Support your local NPR stations, which XM and Sirius should make you appreciate even more.

Sorry, Sirius!

First, the service. Im sure some would disagree, but arguably, Sirius is the better choice among the two providers of satellite radio for the US. While XM has some commercial free music channels, ALL of Sirius music streams are commercial free. That, coupled with excellent variety, well-programmed music, and the superior reception afforded Sirius high-angle orbit satellites make it the logical choice. The $3 extra each month (vs. XM) is well worth it.

Next, this receiver. Fundamentally, a plug-and-play receiver like this is not going to suit everyone. Its far less "clean" for car use than an in-dash unit, so if you have a thing about cords hanging around, you should go in-dash. But if you carefully choose your location, and your car has the right space available, it can make for a very tolerable installation with the advantage of being able to take the receiver with you anywhere (when paired with the required, optional docking kits).

One thing I especially like about this unit is its largely "flat" design. Most plug and play units (for Sirius and XM) are vertically oriented and dont seem to fit as well in some locations.

Paired with a home kit, this receiver is almost ideal. Its very small and compact, so itll fit about anywhere, with about any stereo set-up. Its simple to use, and has an IR remote, so even if you permanently set it next to your home gear, itd be right at home. To my surprise, the unit works fine at home even with its small antenna sitting atop a row of cabinets in my basement office.

There are some shortcomings, however, most probably due to the small size of the unit. First, direct access to streams by number is possible only via the remote control; although once you set-up your presets (of which there are 24) you may not need direct access. Second, while it has a push-button "remember this song and artist" feature, you cant clear out your choices when youre done with them. Also, you cant control the backlight brightness at all. Just generally, it seems Kenwood kept this unit only to the fundamentals, and omitted a variety of refinements that the unit could have benefited from.

But perhaps the biggest shortcoming is that it provides only line level outputs, requiring a separate amp or receiver of some sort to hook it to (and then, only via one of the docks -- the unit does NOTHING on its own without a docking kit). The unit would be somewhat more useful to me if it could also be used as a portable, even if some sort of dock was required to do it... Hook-up an antenna and a set of headphones, and listen with no other pieces or parts. (Or, perhaps Kenwood could develop some sort of boombox style dock for this baby.)

But even with that, the ability to cart my Sirius from home to car to office to car to home again is great -- especially when youre as addicted to the service as I am -- and this unit does that quite nicely.

When we heard about satellite radio, we looked at both Sirius and XM. Did not know which one to get, so we talked to our friends who have satellite radios. All of them recommended Sirius because they have no commercials on their music channels, a wide range of entertainment and news channels (Discovery, Disney for the kids, A&E, Court TV, ABC, Foxnews, CNN and more). My husband loves the sports channels. He can listen to every single NHL and NBA game. He really likes the fact that the home team announcer calls the games too.

We just found out that starting in 2004, Sirius will broadcast every single NFL game, using the home team announcer. They are also going to have a 24/7 NFL talk show too! So now we are getting a 2nd radio.

We are very impressed that Here2Anywhere is portable. It can be easily moved from our cars into our home stereo system. You need additional docking stations though. Its very easy to set up the docking stations too.

We drive all around the country, and we never "lost" any of the channels. One time, we drove up to Toronto in Canada, we still did not lose our Sirius channels!!!

The sound quality is great, like you are listening to a CD!

So far this Kenwood has given me no problems and was extremely easy to install. I did place the antenna on my dashboard and have no problems with reception. Sirius recommends the antenna to be placed on top of the vehicle. This unit receives a digital signal and in my opinion either you have the digital signal or you dont, quality of sound is excellent. No commercials on the 60 music channels that cover every genre coupled with 40 channels of news, sports and entertainment. The scrolling 4 line display provides song and artist information and has more preset channels than I can use.

I highly recommend this unit and Sirius service. You will never go back to terrestrial radio once you have tried this radio. The monthly cost is less than the cost of one music CD.