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Have the xm for both cars. No issues. Billing is smooth.

Not a audio/techie guy but radio stations are lacking where we are.
Any issues with getting a xm set up for the house?
Anything better without getting too app crazy?
 
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Should be able to stream since you already have an account. Just set up some sort of speakers to stream to, like a bluetooth speaker connected to your phone or computer. Easy peasy.




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I'm not a fan of paying for every device. No streaming service I know of does things that way.




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I stream it through the XM app on my computer. Sound quality lacks, but I have dirt cheap speakers on the PC. Can also stream Pandora channels on the computer.
 
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Nope...I would use Spotify (@ 16.99/Mo. for a Family Plan) and drop Sirius/XM like a bad habit, like yesterday! I can't imagine any way the billing for Sirius/XM is 'smooth' unless you're paying on their terms, which is WAY TOO MUCH!


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You already have the ability to stream XM/sirus as part of your subscription.
The easiest way is to use the app on a phone or tablet and set up some bluetooth speakers where you need them.



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Use the app. More channels. Easy. Bluetooth from phone or tablet to a stereo.


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We have Sirius for my wife's car for 5.99/month.
She uses the Sirius AP on her phone and send it to our stereo system with Bluetooth.
It's simple and it works well.



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I just canceled Sirius/XM a couple of months ago since I have TIDAL and use TuneIn Radio, in addition to AM and FM radio.

However, I was very satisfied with streaming it at home because of the streaming quality and because of the way more stations available while streamed.

I used to stream it on my bedside streamer speaker, but I mostly listened to it through my Denon AVR using HEOS, and through my main hifi system on occasion.


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We have SiriusXM in our Jeep. My wife uses the app in the house with a Bluetooth speaker. I use the app at work (LE) synced with my cruiser.


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I agree with SpinZone. I stream it through the app & added it to my Alexa devices. Works fine.


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I have Sirius/XM in the house and use it all the time. I have mine set up where I just tell Alexa to play whatever channel or team I want to listen to through multiple speaker groups throughout the house. Easy and allows me to set timers to turn it on or off if I want to. Probably not the best speaker audio but awfully convenient.
 
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My experience has been that they are dirty bastards who will screw you given the opportunity. Yes, you can stream it at home on the appropriate device. I popped for a portable unit years ago that I could use at work or in the car, only boy 450 bucks. A year later, they "upgraded" their service and I needed a new device, for 550 bucks. I bought a new truck last year, with the 6 months free. At 5 months they started billing my credit card. Had to resolve it with the bank, not Sirius/XM who were completely unresponsive.
 
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I bought a portable Clarion receiver about 15 years ago off eBay, that I was going to use in my Jeep. Came from an electronics store in NY. It was listed a a demo model. Apparently it had a lifetime subscription, because it still plays. I currently have it hooked up to my home stereo. We have Sirius XM in my wife's car, and pay a ~$24 monthly fee for that. But I also have the phone app (that I bluetooth to an adapter in my truck), and can stream it on my laptop.
 
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Radio Paradise is free (contributions requested, but not required), and is ad-free, listen in a browser, or with their app. Very eclectic mix of music, classics and newish stuff, almost guaranteed to hear something you've never heard before in the first hour of listening. I've been a listener even longer than I've been on SF, and they have turned me on to some great music.
 
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