On 4/8/2016 11:31 AM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:22:01 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

Can you get Pandora in the car?
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Yes, via the cell phone and Bluetooth. The car has a button for "Apps".
Pandora is one of them.

On 4/8/2016 11:54 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/8/16 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

I mostly listen to one of our classical stations around here, or NPR,
and if I am "on the road," either find a local classical station or
listen to some of the 40 gigs of music on my iphone. Last time I drove
to Hilton Head, I listened to all nine of the Beethoven symphonies in
order, and played solely on the piano. It was a wonderful and
educational experience.


I'd fall asleep at the wheel.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:56:35 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Keyser Söze

"$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?"


I had the 3 month freebie also, three years ago. I've negotiated with them a few times and the best they offered was $72 for a year. I only travel in the May-October time period so I wanted a deal on 6 months. I really only wanted the '60s rock music.
Couldn't agree on a pkg so I enjoy the two week free service each spring. Trouble is half the time has elapsed before they notify me that it's available.

One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me.

On 4/8/16 2:17 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 11:54 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/8/16 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month
free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

I mostly listen to one of our classical stations around here, or NPR,
and if I am "on the road," either find a local classical station or
listen to some of the 40 gigs of music on my iphone. Last time I drove
to Hilton Head, I listened to all nine of the Beethoven symphonies in
order, and played solely on the piano. It was a wonderful and
educational experience.


I'd fall asleep at the wheel.



You don't have the autopilot app?

- show quoted text -
"One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me."


I do have hundreds of tunes from the '50s and '60s plus favorites up till about 5 or 6 years ago loaded on my older iPod that connects through the Highlander stereo. Always use that on highway trips over an hour in duration.

On 4/8/2016 2:25 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:56:35 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Keyser Söze

"$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?"


I had the 3 month freebie also, three years ago. I've negotiated with them a few times and the best they offered was $72 for a year. I only travel in the May-October time period so I wanted a deal on 6 months. I really only wanted the '60s rock music.
Couldn't agree on a pkg so I enjoy the two week free service each spring. Trouble is half the time has elapsed before they notify me that it's available.

One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me.


IMO there is very little of anything "new" worth listening to.

On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 10:22:07 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

You can get their "Mostly Music" package for about $14 a month, but it's still not worth it to me. It's not the cost, it's the quality. It's highly compressed and sounds like it. Almost no stereo image, no dynamic range. Dull and flat.

My car has a hard drive I can rip CDs to, and bluetooth for the itunes on my phone. They, and the HD FM tuner, sound so much better than Sirius I just can't listen to it anymore. When I called them to not renew, the guy got really ****ed when he asked why and I told him it sounded like ****. :-)

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:54:15 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/8/16 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

I mostly listen to one of our classical stations around here, or NPR,
and if I am "on the road," either find a local classical station or
listen to some of the 40 gigs of music on my iphone. Last time I drove
to Hilton Head, I listened to all nine of the Beethoven symphonies in
order, and played solely on the piano. It was a wonderful and
educational experience.

Bound to be so much better than Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

On 4/8/16 3:02 PM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:54:15 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/8/16 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

I mostly listen to one of our classical stations around here, or NPR,
and if I am "on the road," either find a local classical station or
listen to some of the 40 gigs of music on my iphone. Last time I drove
to Hilton Head, I listened to all nine of the Beethoven symphonies in
order, and played solely on the piano. It was a wonderful and
educational experience.

Bound to be so much better than Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic.
--

Not better than a full orchestra version, but certainly different. Franz
Lizst did the transcriptions and arrangements for solo piano, and they
certain are a tour de force. The piano versions reveal much about how
Beethoven structured his masterpieces and how certain themes make many
appearances, sometimes transposed. The pianist on the set I own is
Konstantin Scherbakov.
Here he is on another Beethoven piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tzhU1iJgs

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:16:25 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 4/8/2016 11:31 AM, Keine Keyserschei?e wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:22:01 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 4/8/2016 10:07 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?


Sirius is a pain in the ass. They give you a free 3 month subscription
or something when you buy a new, Sirus equipped vehicle
and then hound the bananas out of you to set it up and subscribe.

I had a Sirius subscription way back when they first started and
took advantage of a "free" lifetime offer for $300. They seem to
have lost records of that.

I unsubscribed from all their emails. Don't need it. I figured out
how to pair my cell phone via Bluetooth and downloaded the Nissan app
that allows me to go on-line in the car. Subscribed to the free
version of Pandora. That's good enough in addition to local radio.

Can you get Pandora in the car?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!


Yes, via the cell phone and Bluetooth. The car has a button for "Apps".
Pandora is one of them.


Cool. With the lifetime Sirius subscription I don't need it,but it's still cool!
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!