My Alpine 7878 mp3 deck is XM ready, I tested out a Alpine at the Good Guys that had a XM signal going in and I am impressed. 100+ digital clean channels, but I dont know if I would use it enough and pay $9.99 a month (maybe if I was a truck driver it would be worth it but I listen to mp3's and cd's more than I would listen to the radio). PLUS, if you get a XM ready HU, you still have to buy a XM tuner. Currently the XM tuners run around $250-300 last time I checked, and also you need to purchase a antenna...its a big investment. On top of that, I am in northern california so service will only start to roll this month. More information here:
http://www.xmradio.com/home.html BTW, I think Pioneer has a HU that comes with a XM tuner for under $300 , but you still have to buy the $80 antenna.
-Oliver
[ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: OLIVERX ]
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