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post #1066 of 1958
1/11/13 at 3:16am
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The Tera Player is charged with DC 5v (USB standard) not AC. Just make sure specs of the transformer is more than 500mA so as not to tax it too much.

I use an iPhone charger which converts my country's 220V into USB voltage. Works fine

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Originally Posted by musicday View Post

Yes you can as long and the output is at least 300 mha and not bigger then 700 mha.
I use an universal usb charger and my clip+ cable to charge the Tera Player.
Also don't go higher then 5V.
Levi

Just perfect! Thanks :-)

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post #1067 of 1958
1/11/13 at 6:07am
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Originally Posted by lee730 View Post

But to think your Clip and Denon 2000s are high fidelity is quite naive and in that, that is your own bias and placebo effect at work.

You're confusing high fidelity with subjective sound quality. The Clip+ has been proven to be very nearly high fidelity (i.e. transparent, true to the source) by objective measurements and ABX tests.

What is naive, is to assume that expensive gear is automatically better, which completely ignores the economics involved with low and mass-production products, as well as the dishonesty of snake-oil vendors and the incompetence of the "tune by ear" designers.
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How would you know the Tera player transparency can't possibly beat your O2 combo?

That doesn't make any sense. Transparency is a binary quality. It's either transparent, or it's not. There's no such thing as more or less transparent.
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On better gear I don't find the need to EQ. I absolutely hated using EQ. It's just a waste of time. Means your gear is crap IMO.

Again, non-sense. My tastes have nothing to do with the quality of my gear. It's like telling a basshead that his gear is crap because the bass it produces is merely neutral (high fidelity!). I want high fidelity gear so that I have clean sources to work with, so that I can consistently use the same EQ with every source, without having to compensate differently for each source's unique flaws.
Edited by skamp - 1/11/13 at 6:10am
post #1068 of 1958
1/11/13 at 10:49am
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You're confusing high fidelity with subjective sound quality. The Clip+ has been proven to be very nearly high fidelity (i.e. transparent, true to the source) by objective measurements and ABX tests.

What is naive, is to assume that expensive gear is automatically better, which completely ignores the economics involved with low and mass-production products, as well as the dishonesty of snake-oil vendors and the incompetence of the "tune by ear" designers.
That doesn't make any sense. Transparency is a binary quality. It's either transparent, or it's not. There's no such thing as more or less transparent.
Again, non-sense. My tastes have nothing to do with the quality of my gear. It's like telling a basshead that his gear is crap because the bass it produces is merely neutral (high fidelity!). I want high fidelity gear so that I have clean sources to work with, so that I can consistently use the same EQ with every source, without having to compensate differently for each source's unique flaws.

I beg to differ on the above description of "Transparent". It is not a binary quality according to the description of terms posted on Head-Fi here but rather a goal that can never be reached...

It is, simply said, the accuracy of musical output compared to the musical input. Clearly, some devices are closer to this illusionary goal of perfection than others.

It seems to me that further efforts to convince others of ones' subjective opinions and interpretation of terms is rather pointless and degrades the point of this thread.
Edited by HiFlight - 1/11/13 at 10:50am
post #1069 of 1958
1/11/13 at 11:09am
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rather a goal that can never be reached

Of course it's possible, perceptually.
post #1070 of 1958
1/11/13 at 12:10pm

I'm not sure how the Clip could be seen as hi-fidelity. It is flat and lifeless (dull) even in comparison to a DX100 which also measures well. Simply put no comparison.
 

post #1071 of 1958
1/11/13 at 12:18pm

Philosophy, the never ending debate.wink_face.gif

post #1072 of 1958
1/11/13 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by lee730 View Post

I'm not sure how the Clip could be seen as hi-fidelity. It is flat and lifeless (dull) even in comparison to a DX100 which also measures well. Simply put no comparison.
 

For 30 quid it's miraculous!

post #1073 of 1958
1/11/13 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by lee730 View Post

I'm not sure how the Clip could be seen as hi-fidelity. It is flat and lifeless (dull) even in comparison to a DX100 which also measures well. Simply put no comparison.

Record both the Clip+ and the DX100 with a very good ADC (same track), sample align and volume match, then ABX them. Good luck with that!
post #1074 of 1958
1/11/13 at 12:54pm

If it's all the same, why are you even bothering? If you don't hear it, good on you and your wallet but stop presuming so much and making other prove things to you that you wouldn't accept anyways. What is the bloody point! You're not happy until everyone's not happy?

post #1075 of 1958
1/11/13 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by mark_h View Post

For 30 quid it's miraculous!

Absolutely!

post #1076 of 1958
1/11/13 at 1:42pm
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Originally Posted by Achmedisdead View Post

Absolutely!

That, I can heartily agree with but I got mine for $22.bigsmile_face.gif

post #1077 of 1958
1/11/13 at 1:55pm
When I had my Fuze it was a backup unit and really only for background noise wink.gif
post #1078 of 1958
1/12/13 at 1:41am

Since it appears that I've been duped into presuming that my Tera Player (TP) sounds astonishingly good by believing my own ears (which I now know to be a fallacious conceit) I have now sold it and purchased 30 Clip+ devices instead. These are undoubtedly more transparent and will reveal musical nuances that the colored TP glossed over. CERN in Switzerland have agreed to develop a small cold fusion battery to power the Clip+ and they will be daisy chained to form a super DAP. This mega player will be hard wired directly into my cerebral cortex and utilize Cranial Resolution Audio Precision or CRAP to reveal the true meaning of music. 

 

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Andy.

post #1079 of 1958
1/12/13 at 1:44am
Andy how does tera compare to the rwak 100?
post #1080 of 1958
1/12/13 at 1:49am

ace8888

 

My RWAK100 was shipped on 29th December and cleared UK Customs on the 9th January, so with any luck it'll be delivered sometime next week. The waiting is awful... triportsad.gif

 

Andy.

 

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Andy how does tera compare to the rwak 100?
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