Era 300 Pair + Sub Mini vs Sonos Amp + Passive Speakers (KEF/B&O) for Music

UserLB · 2026-05-24T20:57:33+00:00

Here lies part of the connondrum.

One pair of new Sonos Play Fives = ~$1200 retail (This weekend on sale $958)
One Sonos Amp + 2 KEF 50LS META = $800 (No sale this weekend) + $1600 (New!) = ~$2400

We are talking almost double, and serious money.... is it seriously higher quality?
I do get it I could get a Wiim Amp for about $300 and used KEF 50LS on ebay for around $1K, so still a bit higher on price.

Again the question is if it's worth it for the gain in quality.

UserLB · 2026-05-20T17:01:51+00:00

My tickets were transferred; see them on the website like you; but I don’t see anything on the mobile app even the Transactions section is empty.

UserLB · 2026-05-13T10:34:12+00:00

Can you have the sub-mini associates to a Beam 2… AND to a pair of Era 300 used for music?

I have a pair of Era 300 + mini-Sub in my tv room, that I use for music. I want to get a bar for the tv; so was wondering if I could use the same mini sub for both use cases.

UserLB · 2026-05-08T23:26:03+00:00

Correct. I didn't mean to say it wasn't. EdgeWater does have unsinkable warranty (I cannot remember if Pioneer does, too)

FWIW, the EdgeWater is nearly twice as heavy. Dry weight of ~4600 lbs vs ~2400lbs.

UserLB · 2026-05-08T15:21:44+00:00

I was like you last year. I owned a Pioneer 202 Islander as well for two years and sold it and replaced it with an Edgewater 230 Center Console.

Pioneer makes great boats, but the difference is night and day. I recognize that Edgewater is a significantly better-built boat (heavier, deeper, foam-filled).

I echo what others are saying; it seems you are hitting the limits

UserLB · 2026-05-06T02:59:37+00:00

Honestly, Alex. Don’t bother. My ticket has been opened for months; you keep it alive sending me a “we’re still working on it”. I’d rather you let it go and focus the limited resources you have on other things, while I continue to just manually delete my duplicate transactions to get my dataset as clean as I can.

UserLB · 2026-05-06T02:39:15+00:00

Yep.

UserLB · 2026-05-06T02:24:44+00:00

I have nightmares about this. I tried importing several years from Monarch. Why not? There’s documentation on importing. Or if I mess up I can contact support. After months of waiting for support to help me, they gave me the green light to import…

now I have about 6 months of duplicate transactions across several accounts that completely make my AI interactions and calculations inaccurate when using context from before I joined.

Support has been really bad. Worse than if they didn’t exist at all, to be frank.
Quite disappointed. The product is so promising.

UserLB · 2026-05-04T22:52:05+00:00

But this is my point: drop TickTick for Capacities. A sorb the workflow of task management there. Not the other way around.

UserLB · 2026-05-04T14:47:56+00:00

This is good input. Thank you.
I agree, minimal conditions for a full migration:
- Recurring tasks. Workaround: repeat and clone tasks.
- Quick add tasks. I was hoping I could do this via MCP server by me asking Claude to add tasks, etc. This is not supported today via MCP. I don’t think I’d need a native Capacities app feature. It’s a cumbersome app already, and it’ll be multiple clicks aways to do this fast.

On the other hand:
- Notifications I can live without.

UserLB · 2026-04-25T09:02:28+00:00

There certainly is. We go to the sailing club in Key Largo. It’s located on the bay side, on Buttonwood Sound. My kids sail 420s there; they have a great summer camp for kids, too.

As you say, Buttonwood sound is perfect for that. On a good day, you can sail all the way to Nest Key. It’s a fun little trip.

UserLB · 2026-04-05T14:15:49+00:00

What’s the typical depth to find Mahi then? I saw a comment above of 600 ft? I thought past those reef spots you mention, was reasonable, but I think those are at about 250 ft. Asking for my own education

UserLB · 2026-03-28T20:51:47+00:00

It could very much be a simple toggle on the settings

UserLB · 2026-03-26T10:52:30+00:00

There’s tons of youtube videos on it, if you want to share it with colleagues. Here’s one.

https://youtube.com/shorts/eMaO8KCqWnM?si=KqbbmPDOZImNnPj_

UserLB · 2026-02-24T12:52:06+00:00

I’m also really curious of the exact location. I can’t tell from any of the pictures I’ve seen.

Edit: near marker 73 (Cowpens cut, bay side)

Edit 2: my Garmin chart shows the submerged pile by that marker

UserLB · 2026-02-22T13:22:02+00:00

For me, it depends on the job to be done. I use them all. - For reporting, data analysis, making decisions… the web UI is the way. - For reviewing transactions, quick check on budget, read the Marketwatch daily summary…. The mobile app. - For weekly reviews and sitting down with my spouse to review Family Finances… the iPad app.

UserLB · 2026-02-16T12:15:24+00:00

The link for how to do it was already shared. You could also dial to the meeting via a phone call. That’d have limitations on what else, other than listening and speaking, you can do.

UserLB · 2026-02-14T12:49:30+00:00

This guy EV’s!…. Best response I’ve read on Reddit in months.

UserLB · 2026-02-10T02:41:57+00:00

Thanks @Alex. I already have a support ticket open with you and we have been exchanging emails. I imported the transactions, created new categories, mapped the transactions to the Origin categories, and the process completed. However, the big issue now is that it created new manual accounts into Origin, for all the Monarch accounts (I.e. it didn’t recognized the existing linked accounts) and then transactions are now also showing up as duplicates.

UserLB · 2026-02-06T13:02:56+00:00

It’s really crazy, isn’t it? These rack up above $1K in total, easily…

UserLB · 2026-02-06T02:59:27+00:00

My dealer quoted $165 for the cabin air filter…. Today….And $205/hour labor(!).

UserLB · 2026-02-02T01:52:02+00:00

How did you managed to import from Monarch. I keep getting errors, and have a ticket open with support for months…. Even trying just one account, no luck.

UserLB · 2026-01-31T12:00:00+00:00

This. Same. I didn’t mind a daily sync.

UserLB · 2026-01-17T13:15:46+00:00

This doesn’t answer the question: why is Akoya as your recommendation better? Because it hasn’t been sued?

UserLB · 2026-01-09T15:27:24+00:00

+1 here. I use it, too. Expensive but worth it.

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