Altmann Tera-Player? Anyone?  

for EUR 499, i don't know who will be a sacrifice team to tell us the impression....


for one of that guys, please let us know how is the impression....
Edited by steampunk - 12/19/11 at 12:45am

If it would play flac (or alac)... but apparently every format is first converted to wav before stored on the SDHC card. I'll rather wait for the iBasso DX100.

That price is too high and too "neat". 

Hi, here's Charles, maker of the Tera-player.

 

The EUR 499,- is an introductory price, the real price will be quite a bit higher.

 

Right now there are only a couple of reviews on the tera-player web-site as the player is brand new.

 

However Tera-player #3 has been already received by Mike from headfonia.com so you may have  more information soon. 

 

In the meantime, if you have questions, just ask, 

 

Charles :)

"battery: Motorola LI-ION 700mAh"

Is it a cell phone battery? Easy to slide out and pop in a new one?

Hi David,,

 

it is a standard cell phone battery, but it is held on the pcb by adhesive strip. The contacts are also soldered to the pcb for better sound quality. 

 

Any technician should be able to accomplish a battery change, however if you want to benefit from the 5 years warranty and further service by Altmann Micro Machines, you are not allowed to open your Tera-Player, as you may break something beyond repair. 

 

On another point, I don't want to get emails dripping with tears from people who destroyed their fine Altmann product by doing stupid tweaks that only mess up, I have already seen enough of this.

 

The battery cell-type that I am using in the Tera-Player has been tested for years, and my personal Tera-Player #0 uses a 5 year old battery which shows no sign of capacity loss.

 

Charles :)

Too expensive, the WAV format restriction is ridiculous (use of Apple Lossles, FLAC, or another lossless codec should be available - NOT a conversion to WAV), and being forced to use ONLY SDHC and not SDXC for that price point is crazy! 

Charles, let's discuss about the capacity of the Tera-Player and user requirements.

Some numbers and calculations, e.g. "Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here":

FLAC (16/44): uses 260MB

FLAC (24/88): uses 840MB

FLAC (24/96): uses 940MB

 

Now for storage to the Tera-PLayer, this must be converted to WAV:

the above numbers must be mutiplied by 1.65:

WAV (16/44): uses 430MB

WAV (24/88): uses 1380MB

WAV (24/96): uses 1550MB

 

Now let's assume out of 10 albums, the (audiophile) user has 7 albums as 16/44, 2 albums as 24/96 and one album as 24/88.

For these 10 albums, we need 7500MB. On one SDHC card (32GB), we can store 40 albums...

 

I would like to have about 3000 albums on my portable... should I buy eighty 32GB cards?

I had MiniDiscs back in the nineties, DAT back in the eighties, CC back in the seventies, should I now have a collection of SDHC cards?

 

No, I don't want to go through this again - sorry to say, but this implementation (no SDXC, no FLAC) is just outdated.

 

This device seems to be for those people, who have 50 albums and a 50000 USD equipment at home... I am more into 4000 albums and a 40000 USD equipment

 

Edited by townes - 12/21/11 at 8:18am

townes, I can not disagree the capacity is low, the price is high.  We came from "enjoy an album thoroughly" to "what's new, next!!!"  How many albums do you usually want to take with you? I discover and enjoy music more when I have lesser albums, . (I usually take only about 10 albums, my players are not even half full.) I am one of few has not fully 'appreciated' the progress of digital age.

 

Edited by david1978jp - 12/24/11 at 6:32pm

By the way, will a battery pack work? Just in case, no way to recharge it.

Anything 5V DC will charge it, or make it play while charging.

 

Are you planning a musical trip to the desert ?

 

Solar panel will charge it too ...

 

Charles

Playback time is substandard, and this player is really just not worth it. A Sony player can do WAVE files, has way longer battery life, has excellent sq, and is smaller than this little brick. It might be nicely built, but it's nowhere near the excellence that you claim.

Also, saying that a person who wants to carry around 4000 albums is teenage is unjustified. Your device isn't the best thing since sliced bread, so please keep the insults to yourself. Update the battery & codecs, and get realistic with the price,... Then, get back to us bro. Just don't insult the other forum members.

Also, many new mp3 players can use the new sdxc cards, 64gb & 128gb, with no issues. I own a few now, and my players have excellent specs and sq.

Anyway, I'm won't waste any more of my time in this thread. Good luck. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Edited by nywytboy68 - 12/21/11 at 11:59am

if it plays flac as well. and USD499 instead of EURO. more people might be interested in this player..

It's somewhat disingenuous of head-fi members to make disparaging remarks about a music player on the basis of implied restricted functionality and cost when they haven't used nor heard the Tera-Player.

 

Unlike some of the aforementioned people I feel qualified to comment on the Tera-Player as I'm a satisfied owner of this marvellous player - scroll up to thread post two and you'll see - Tera-Player #2 shipped to Andrew from England ! - which is me.

 

As an audiophile I can tolerate a degree of restricted functionality (a GUI would of been nice ) if a player delivers sonically. The Tera-Player is astonishingly good, with a resolving, dynamic and highly nuanced sound that belies it's diminutive size. Playing lossless WAV files the music has superb vibrancy and an expansive sound stage that is both enthralling and lifelike. The Tera-Player has driven everything from IEM's, DT1350, HD650 and my LCD-2 with aplomb and authority. 

 

Without reservation I can say that the Tera-Player sounds better than my iMod (amped with an ALO RX MKII) Sansa Clip (amped with an RSA Shadow) and my HM-801. Put in this context the Tera-Player is something of a bargain.

 

Seasons greeting.  

Edited by smial1966 - 12/22/11 at 1:59am