thanks for the reply !   Yeah I figured, but going for msata goes for a significant fall in battery life which for me is a no-no and besides I don't want the bigger back plate.   Has anyone who tested recently an iDual/iQuad setup provide some details ?  Thank you.   If I am losing only...

Thank you very much for the swift reply. Yes, I am aware of the 5th gen having a better sound but if you plug in a good pair of headphones (Sennheiser HD 25s in my case) the difference kinda disappears. The 7.5Gs have a more precise sound, while the 6G was indeed HORRIBLE. 7.5G kinda fixed the...

Hello everyone. I have 7.5G Late 2009 iPod. Want to go the tarkan quad-iflash 4x200gb route. BUT the only thing left holding me is the sound quality. I remember a couple of years ago the SD sq was lower the msata. How is the situation in 2016, especially from someone who has tried the dual...

Alert : BH has the 850 tera mSata for "just" 364$..much better than the 500$ price tag which has been like that for over a year :)  ...

  Ok, will I need to buy the bigger backplate if I am using the Samsung mSATA combo ? Or will the SSD fit in the slim plate ? Personally I do not care about the size or how thick it is. If it helps with heat management by getting the "fatty" plate, I will just get it. I was actually thinking...

That's comforting to hear but I would like to use the Apple software. Thanks for the reply though !!!

@dr408517 Thank you SO much for posting your wrap up. That being said, any news on any issues on the 7.5G TeraPod mSATA using Apple software ?  I managed to get a brand new (refurbished) Late 2009 7.5 straight from Apple this March. I currently have slighty above 10k songs in the original...

Yes but the SD(xc) card doesn;t have the sound quality of an CF card as proven by many members on this board.

Guys, the Lexas 512GB 800x CF card is being sold on Amazon for ~600$ right now, which is expensive but much better than towards 1000$ and also not that much more than the 500$-ish 1TB Samsung mSata. Which really makes me wonder.   Because I could totally sacrifice 512 gigs for another year...

Hello everybody, for now I really do not have time to go through all the ~30 pages I have missed.   Can someone post me an overall update on the 1TB SSD mSata on iPod 5.5 80gb Fat-backplate ? And maybe the 2000 mAh battery since we are at it.     I remember a few months ago Tarkan was...

I remember it was working only under Rockbox and that the battery life wasn't so great. I remember that the new iFlash Tarkan would resolve the heating issues, or was that BeyondWind's firmware. I was out of touch for the past 3 months and I vaguely remember all the details. All I want is a...

Guys can somebody brief me in the TeraPod updates and new firmware on the 5.5G ? I will be reading tomorrow the last 25 pages but I am looking for some quick breaking news. Yesterday I just bought my new Sennheiser HD25 ALUs and now all I need left is my music in my pocket :) thanks

Yes. I would actually want to make some donations afterc I build mine. I have been dreaming about a terapod ever since 2012. But I never believed it can actually be done. Or this soon for that matter. My next project after that would be to buy a sealed 5.5g iPod. Last year they would pop up for...

Sir Dr, you complained a few pages ago that the battery life made the terapod useless or did I missinterpret and you were talking about syncing music time and that you had to babysit the iPod while it was loading music ? Secondly, does Rockbox has an albums playlist view like in the Apple...

Oh boy. I am so pumped for this. I am hoping some good news on the Terapod. But for the single fact that it reads a TB is a great start. I am cheering for you Sir.

My usage will be VBR mp3 and 320kbps at most on a pair of Sennheiser MX985. Casual but dedicated listening. My listening habits are by Albums, I'm pretty sure Rockbox should have an Albums playlist and be able to create playlists in general. Thatvis why I am a fan of Apple's UI. But I am willing...

480gb would be just enough but having the 1TB would give me absolute freedom. I see the 1TB runs for ~500$ so maybe by late May-June I should be able to grab a 400-ish price which is what my initial budget was. you said it was around 10-12 battery life ? not too bad actually. And I think the...

I am beyond excited for mSata ssd revelation. DMinor, how is your iPod going ? Can the msata drive run the native Apple interface or only Rockbox ? I do not know if I will be the first on this board but by the beginning of the Summer I should be able to test the 1TB Samsung EVO. If that one...

I am not a card expert or anything but I think you guys posted before that CF cards, while being an older technology, are still being used by the camera guys. And if a brand like Lexar actually released a 512GB one, they are influential and dictate trends. And like i just said, I don't think...

Maybe with some luck Lexar will get the prices around 1$/GB but I doubt .. Anyway I already invested in my iPod quite a bit and I want to do the upgrade "once and for all". That is why I am waiting. I have new headphone jack, new battery, new front cover, new back cover with 240GB laser-print...

I waited around 6 months to make a 256GB mod, but at this point I am waiting for a 512GB CF on my 5.5G video. That 1TB Samsung drive is useless for the iPod anyway... I really doubt you can actually fill it before your iPod stops reading the files. And to think that right now I have a 2GB...

Hello everyone ! I have joined only for this topic. I am scouting it daily. So here is my story. I have a 80GB 5.5G iPod Video. Last summer I upgraded it's harddrive to the 240GB one, back then it cost me 90-100$ with shipping included. But unfortunately, it died on me after 3 months. So I...