Recommend a good Sirius radio

[Tim]

I want to get a Sirius satellite radio so I can listen to Howard Stern and some other programs. Don't want to spend a lot of money. Want to get something small that I can take into my apartment or use it in the car.

It has to have its own speakers, I won't use headphones or those ear things.

Any ideas on which models are best for me?

[airbornflght]

Do you have a bookshelf system or some other stand alone audio system with aux inputs? If you do then all you need is a receiver with a 3.5mm headphone jack and then a 3.5mm stereo jack to stereo RCA connection cable to hook it up to your stereo.

That is unless you are dead-set on a standalone unit. But from a portability, usability, and cost standpoint you can't do better than the aforementioned solution unless you don't have either.

[Tim]

Don't have a stereo system at home. Any Sirius radio I get will have to have its own speakers built in. So I can take it out in the car with me or use it here at home. Pick it up and go, no unhooking cables or anything.

[RyderOCZ]

Typically Tim, you have the tuner, which will hook up to the cars stereo and play through its speakers. The tuner comes with the FM modulator and little receiver for the satellite signal.
Speakers so it works in the house will be separate, unless you find a combo deal.
Google results for the tuner: http://www.google.com/products?q=Sirius+radio&hl=en

Speakers: http://www.google.com/products?q=Sirius+radio+speakers&hl=en&show=dd

Then you have the $120 fee for a years subscription (cheaper than going month to month, but you can do that too).

[Tim]

I went to the local Best Buy, and their cheapest Sirius radio with a set of speakers was $170.00 .

I wonder if there's a way I can play Howard Stern on my computer speakers, straight from the internet. I didn't see any options for it on the Howard Stern / Sirius website.

[RyderOCZ]

Only if you subscribe to Satellite radio.. then yes.

I do it all the time with my XM Subscription. (which is now Sirius/XM because they merged)

[airbornflght]

Yeh, my friend has a satellite radio subscription and he can log in online and listen to any station as far as I know.

[Tim]

That would work since I'm in front of my computers a lot, and why buy a radio if I don't really need it?

[Crazy Joe]

Because only some of the stations work online. At least that was the case when I had Sirius for the first two years in my Fusion.