Sirius XM for 80 year olds....... fool's errand?

OK now that we’ve gotten the political Correctness out of the way I can see you’re trying to set up something for your parents. Though my parents have passed recently, I was able to set up a WIIM mini for them, and there was very little learning curve. The reason I suggest the WIIM mini is because you have 80 year-old parents and their hearing is probably not tiptop and so the sound quality is not gonna be as important plus I think they probably sound just as good as a blue sound. So take it from somebody who has already gone through it, and this was the best solution it just hooks up to the stereo in the way you go. Take you about five minutes to set up and you’re done. 

SiriusXM is available in BluOS on any of the Bluesound products. Once it is set up, just access it wirelessly through the BluOS app on the iPad. The cheapest unit that you can connect to their stereo is the Nano at US$349.

This can also be done with Sonos, but their Port is more expensive. I don't believe Wiim has SiriusXM within their app.

There's an app for XM to run on iPad and it works fine. You can use the HDMI digital out adapter to connect to a DAC.

Agree with Spotify quality, but programming may be the issue.  Thank you for other info also.

The Bluesound streamer can play SiriusXM.  About the only channel I listen to on it is the Beatles channel and that mainly for Peter Asher's show.  The Bluesound system has a pretty good app that will run on the iPad or IPhone. No need to mess around with the box.

JD

Spotify will do just fine and has MUCH higher quality. Airplay receiver connected to that small stereo with do. You can get one for like $50 at Amazon.

This is what I have in my kitchen - active speakers that are connected to $50 Airplay receiver. I can play from iPad or iPhone.

XM is obsolete low quality tech. Used to be useful on long highway trips but now with unlimited cell data plans why does it even exist still.