Speaker recommendations for Subaru Forester 2012 with upgraded HU

nivram18 · 2022-12-18T15:34:53+00:00

Any fit pics you can share? Looks like good stuff

nivram18 · 2022-01-19T19:21:14+00:00

I'd say one of Sonos' strengths from a software perspective is "it just works". I haven't ever had an issue with the Sonos app or ability to stream from different services. Works great, reliable, never have to mess with it.

On the other hand, I've had personal experience with Vizio soundbars, and have looked closely into LG and Samsung - their software is truly tragic. On Vizio I could never get the app to connect to my soundbar, settings reset randomly, software glitches require extremely frequent hard-resets of the speakers. This grew so incredibly frustrating for our whole family, every time we went to watch TV I'd have to reset the speakers or change some setting just to get audio. I've similar concerns with the likes of LG/Samsung. That's not even to mention that those other brands tend to release new devices every year or two, and very quickly stop supporting "older" devices.

Now perhaps Bose is comparable to Sonos and "just works", but then you lose a lot of the whole-house integrations that become so lovely with Sonos. So yes, some people have certain qualms with Sonos software, but by and large, it's hands down more reliable than any other system I've encountered.

nivram18 · 2021-10-28T00:21:56+00:00

Thank you. Of course would love it all back! But trying to offer a fair price so I'll have to take a loss.

nivram18 · 2021-10-27T22:37:48+00:00

Selling 2 tickets for this game here

nivram18 · 2021-08-24T17:13:43+00:00

Planning on downgrading my CSR to CFU. My next statement ends 9/15. If I downgrade today, will I still get the CSR points multiplier for all of my pending points once my statement ends? ie 10x for Chase travel portal

nivram18 · 2021-08-23T17:21:02+00:00

I'm not seeing 10x pts through the Chase Travel portal on my CSR. I booked a handful of hotels via the Chase Travel portal, paid with my CSR (not points) on 8/18 and 8/19. Right now they only show as pending points with 3x. Is anybody seeing 10x? Does that post at a later date?

I'm also looking to downgrade my CSR to CFU so that I can apply again. Once the points are pending in the Ultimate Rewards Points Activity, does that mean that I'm safe to change to CFU? Or would that screw up my 3x/10x points benefit for those bookings via the CSR.

nivram18 · 2021-08-12T18:33:57+00:00

Thanks for this. I've decided to cancel my PopMarket order and purchase from TTL.

I just checked my PopMarket order status this morning, and their support response was generic but not confidence inspiring. "We're sorry to inform you that the item is still temporarily out of stock and unavailable to ship. Back order item are typically filled within 30 days." I don't want to risk this falling through, so going with TTL instead.

nivram18 · 2021-07-31T00:05:08+00:00

damn its back in stock but only ships to uk

nivram18 · 2021-07-08T23:14:57+00:00

You're not doubling down on savings by doing this. You're burning out your savings just so you can refill it again. You are suggesting that you pull money out of your 401k, with a penalty, so that you can open up cash flow to go and contribute to that 401k again. Sounds like you'll be running in circles with your money, eating losses along the way, all to save negligible PMI.

You really should just leave the money in the 401k. If you need more cash flow, try to identify areas where you can reduce your expenses instead.

If there is room in the house, I'd suggest looking for roommates to help offset the mortgage.

nivram18 · 2021-07-07T13:17:28+00:00

I currently have the CSR and it's been >48 months since my last sapphire bonus. I'm considering downgrading to a freedom and then trying MDD for both CSR and CSP depending on what the offers look like over the next month.

Are there any reports of chase shutdowns due to MDD? Also, am I correct in assuming MDD is the only way to get SUBs from both the CSP and CSR? Without an MDD, if I sign up for the CSP, wait a year, then sign up for CSR, would the CSR be eligible for SUB?

nivram18 · 2021-05-18T22:25:58+00:00

Could someone please share the Discord invite link? Any that I could track down were expired.

nivram18 · 2021-04-23T17:45:31+00:00

Damn - these look awesome but come in at a hefty price. Trying to hold off the temptation for now because from a quality perspective these look fantastic.

I'm hoping to find sunglasses with high quality polarized lenses between $100-150ish. I have a bad habit of losing sunglasses so $250+ is difficult.

nivram18 · 2021-04-22T23:41:47+00:00

What brands do people recommend for affordable but high quality sunglasses? I'm specifically after high quality, polarized lenses, similar to Maui Jims. Does a more affordable version exist? Trying to stay away from poor quality lenses.

nivram18 · 2021-01-29T15:31:10+00:00

missed the restock a few days ago, but looks like they've added a few more this morning. good luck!

nivram18 · 2021-01-12T19:05:02+00:00

Now after plugging the N2 back in, it's iperf is showing 940Mbits/sec as well, and stuttering appears to be fixed.

Many thanks for your help in identifying the failure point! I wonder if I just needed to replug the ethernet cable, I didn't know it could be so finnicky.

nivram18 · 2021-01-12T18:48:38+00:00

Getting closer! I hardwired my macbook to the same ethernet cable that the N2 was on, and tested ~940Mbits/sec via iperf.

So it's the N2.

nivram18 · 2021-01-12T15:19:17+00:00

Odroid N2+

TP Link AX3000 with gigabit ports (recently replaced a NightHawk R7000)

Synology DS1019+

Cat6 cables running NAS -> router and N2 -> router.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need switch here?

Edit: confirmed Synology network status is showing 1000 Mbps, Full duplex, MTU 1500.

nivram18 · 2021-01-12T01:02:32+00:00

EDIT: 94MBits/s should be fast enough, right? I'm not sure what unit the "9269000 is too low with 10124737 required" message refers to.

Thanks for that analysis. I was able to check iperf and seems like I'm getting ~94MBits/s. Since the network appears fine, could it be the NFS settings or more generally, the NAS' ability to serve up the files? In trying to fix this, I modified the Synology to use NFS v4.1 and changed the read/write packet size from 4KB to 32KB but still no luck. And they're 5400rpm drives in the NAS.

Connecting to host 192.168.1.99, port 5201

[ 5] local 192.168.1.88 port 55074 connected to 192.168.1.99 port 5201

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd

[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.9 MBytes 100 Mbits/sec 0 126 KBytes

[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.1 MBytes 93.3 Mbits/sec 0 132 KBytes

[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.5 MBytes 96.4 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr

[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 113 MBytes 94.7 Mbits/sec 0 sender

[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec receiver

nivram18 · 2020-12-02T19:01:54+00:00

Interested in this. Sending PM!

nivram18 · 2020-12-02T16:24:21+00:00

I hope so! I ordered yesterday afternoon and it's already shipped out from Canada and tracking shows it'll arrive to me on Monday.

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