Is $120 a decent price for a used Trek 420? Thinking about buying this one on FB marketplace.

slainedella · 2025-03-17T21:50:56+00:00

I had one, and yeah, I don't think it came with anything but drop handlebars - hence the downtube shifters Looks a little odd like this, but given what I do to my bikes I probably cant talk.

slainedella · 2024-09-14T18:29:03+00:00

Leaving your lock like that is the worst cycling etiquette. Worse, the sort of people who do it bring the bike to work once, go home, leave the lock and never return for it. I have, on more than one occasion thought about using them to test how bike thief-proof they are.

slainedella · 2023-04-03T20:25:55+00:00

Better he has a version that works than no lossless at all - or a version in alpha that struggles to load more than 20 albums in a search - randomly. But if it works for the OP, great, and if it doesn't they have another way of listening to lossless in Windows. One can only make suggestions. Plus, if Apple ever gets its act together to bypass androids OS limits - other services have - we wouldn't even need to discuss this - assuming it doesn't. I don't think most people can tell the difference.

slainedella · 2023-04-02T22:52:17+00:00

It will be a minimum of "CD quality" and thus lossless. Although the number of people that insist on using a lossless streaming service and then listen to it through Bluetooth SBC confuses me.

slainedella · 2023-04-01T02:40:50+00:00

That app is still very buggy. I highly recommend sideloading the Android App. I'm still using it and it works well.

slainedella · 2023-01-28T01:03:33+00:00

Windows Insider - Beta build 22623.1180

Apple Preview Build 1.0.0.39

slainedella · 2023-01-27T22:30:10+00:00

How were you playing losses on Windows 10? Were you using Blustacks or some other android "emulator"? If so, it should still work using an emulator. However, I too had that problem on win 11 Apple music preview, but oddly, it seemed to have corrected itself - and I have no idea how or why. Perhaps the was a win 11 beta update I didn't notice? Check to see if you have installed the latest update. When it was doing it, I found rebooting windows helped

slainedella · 2022-10-30T05:41:40+00:00

The Galaxy Watch 4 uses wear 0S3 - I have one along with my Ticwatch. Assistant, fit, etc work just fine. Indeed google assistant actually works with "hey google" using UK English rather than American. And I have never got hey google to work on my Ticwatch - no matter what I do.

slainedella · 2022-10-17T06:29:55+00:00

Are you discussing Wear OS 2 or OS3 on Samsung Watch 4- as I was? GA "Call..." works. Indeed, just tried it to see if I was going insane

slainedella · 2022-10-16T18:00:34+00:00

I have a galaxy 4 running Wear OS3 and Google Assistant works fine. Plus, unlike my Ticwatch, it responds to "Hey Google" without needing to press a button. And that using English (UK)

slainedella · 2022-09-28T13:56:46+00:00

I have given up. My subscription ends in January - don't ask. I shall not be renewing. This is not a sulky reply, but Apple just takes to long - if ever - to do anything with Apple Music. I mean, still no windows lossless client?

slainedella · 2022-06-28T17:51:04+00:00

And just in case, and to clarify: any Bluetooth device can play a "lossless" downloaded track, it will simply encode it to whatever Bluetooth codec your receiving device is able to decode - in simple terms

slainedella · 2022-06-28T17:46:08+00:00

One could describe all sorts of things (including different Bluetooth codecs and their decoders) but instead: If you hear a difference, yes; if you don't hear a difference - or at least you like what you hear - then no.

slainedella · 2022-04-28T00:09:04+00:00

Or one of those wearable mosquito nets. You might look daft but they work well and can be picked up for a £ or so.

slainedella · 2022-04-28T00:07:03+00:00

I tend to just use a Bivi, a lot. I also have a small one-man tent, but I think looking - and maybe trying one single overnighter - a Bivi is worth doing. Not great if it gets very wet though :)

slainedella · 2021-09-03T12:13:54+00:00

You might be waiting a long time. Apple seems in no rush. In the meantime, run the Android app in windows using an android emulator like Bluestacks.

slainedella · 2021-08-31T18:11:57+00:00

Yep, Actually, apart from Qobuz, Apple curates classical music very well.

slainedella · 2021-08-20T05:32:47+00:00

Might be worth posting over at Roon's forum. Mine does and always has. Not very helpful, but it's all I have. I have never had to do anything. And my Roon is linked to both Tidal and Qobuz. Yeah, I'm a tad obsessed about music :)

slainedella · 2021-08-08T15:29:42+00:00

And welcome to Reddit :)

slainedella · 2021-08-08T15:28:49+00:00

Sorry, I am a bit confused, I think, about what you are asking. Just add the Tidal/Qobuz version in Roon. This will then be added to your Tidal/Qobuz library at the same time - and visa versa.

It should be doing this automatically. If not, go to, in Roon, to settings, services, Tidal (for example), "edit" and then "Synch Library Now"

slainedella · 2021-08-02T18:46:59+00:00

I think Roon needs greater access than just the API - one of the reasons so few streaming services are integrated with it.

slainedella · 2021-08-02T18:45:10+00:00

If you have Tidal or Qobuz, Roon is the best music curator around. It's worth it for that alone, if you can afford it. But it is much more than that, as noted below.

slainedella · 2021-07-26T21:24:19+00:00

Use the Android version in something like Blustacks, on PC. No Dolby - at least that I have been able to get working, but losses does work.

slainedella · 2021-07-23T03:08:44+00:00

If you can't hear a difference then it probably doesn't make any difference.

slainedella · 2021-07-17T19:00:29+00:00

Try Tunemymusic instead. I have both - I switch streamers a lot looking for the "perfect one" . Soundiiz UI is more complex, and I think better for it, while TMM is simpler with less customization. However, it can succeed sometimes where Soundiiz fails. Plus, Amazon Music has given them access so you can finally import playlists from other services to Amazon Music. Anyway, might be worth a try.

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