Altmann Tera Player - Page 3  

 

Interestingly, the guy who sold me his Tera had a DX100 that he thought sounded better. I've listened to the Tera for a couple of months now with my Phonak 232s, and I've completely stopped looking for another setup. It's that good. I'm baffled that he sold the Tera.

 

Once you hear it, you really don't care if there's anything else better out there, and better in this case would mean a full blown audiophile home setup. I had a Leben/Naim DAC setup, and I'm considering not investing money to put that setup back together. The Tera has an organic rightness/purity to it similar to the Leben that makes it addictive.

Edited by vert - 6/2/12 at 6:13pm

The weakness is failed to recreating a live recording ambiance, if it does it would be the perfect DAP for me

I do consider my DX100 to be a superb instrument that scales very well with many headphones, but IMO, the Tera just reproduces instrumental timbre and vocals with such a lifelike purity that it has become my favorite DAP for long-term listening. Using the Tera as preamp feeding my Sensation M451 with tube buffer, my HE-6 headphones have never sounded better.

My only point of criticism of the Tera-Player is that when Random play is selected, it seems to repeat the same selections quite often, whereas the DX100 is truly random.

I do find that my battery run-time is considerably longer than 14 hours.

The phones that sound best so far to me are Sony F-1, ES3X and PK-1, all of which have been recabled.

 

Every time I hear music for the first time on the Tera, it's always a treat. Still can't get over how good this little DAP is. And to think people put together bulky "portable" setups to try to achieve this sound.

Edited by vert - 6/6/12 at 7:31pm

How do you get him to a request to buy his TERA Player?

 

I am in the USA--

 

Thanks

 

Jack

I meant respond to a request to buy it..

 

Or how do you buy one?

 

Jack

I would email Charles Altmann. There may be a wait though for him to build it.

It takes about 10 days for a Tera-Player to be built to your order, either v0 or v1. You can place your order via email here.

Mr Altmann answers emails very promptly.

Listening to the Tera . . still perplexed how something this small can be so gratifying to listen to.

I equate this to comparing a good DAP to looking through a clean window at a beautiful landscape, whereas the Tera-Player is like looking at the same landscape through a window with no glass at all.

Yes, I agree. The sound has a tactile, organic feel to it that's quite addictive. Well, I guess there's no going back now . . I haven't even looked at other gear since receiving the Tera.

Just checked and realized I've owned it for 2 months now. So the honeymoon period should be over. But it sounds more musical and better than ever. User break in?

After listening to quite a variety of phones paired with my Tera-Player, my go-to favorite is the Yamaha EPH-100. It is the most comfortable in-ear monitor that I have owned, even considering my customs. The synergy between the Yamaha's and the Tera-Player is amazing and needs to be heard to believe how good they pair.

Here is a review of the EPH-100:

If anyone is in the New York area with one of these, I gotta hear it. I have been trying my best to find the best source for my CIEM's and this has been interesting to me for a while. I just don't wanna spend the cash till I have heard it....and I still need to save up the funds too.

 

HiFlight you should really try the JVC FXD80's then, i have a feeling you'll fall in love with them like i did with the EPH-100's