For me this sounds really good better than before.Don't think the internals have changed but the new algorithm it does make a difference,and for me it seems louder or it may be just my Koss Porta modified by me.I have asked for everything to be black, and maybe the oil he used helpes with the SQ.
Algorithm is not really my cup of tea but suspect this part of the software is kind of a random generator which based on
some variables in the name of the songs, checksum, number of bits or sector on the SD Card, chooses different songs in a row.
Not sure it influences the supply of data from the SD Card or the way the electronics are controlled for sound reproduction.
Now for the oil possibillity........
My Tera started to make crackling noises and the tak tak tak sound, very audible while playing music with quiet passages.
Wondered if this could have anything to do with the SD Card itself, maybe after deleting some music and filling it up again
with different music which will end up defragmentated on the card.
Then started thinking about the "oil in the SD Card slot" theory, which probably is responsable for various things:
- smoothening sliding SD Cards in and out of the slot
- smoothening the swith which switches the player on and off
- assuring good contact between the SD Card contacts and the slot contacts
- atracting dust and dirt which will ultimately destroy the slot itself
Hesitated for 3 minutes and decided to try this procedure as Charles obviously is doing the same thing and try to forget
the dust and dirt consequence and not to mention this for me very uncommon procedure with electronics.....
Well, meanwhile oiled the slot with a dummy SD Card, making sure this way not to drown the slot but just leaving some
oil behind after some inserting and taking the dummy out again, meanwhile removing the over-amount of oil from the dummy.
Result?
A Tera player which sounds (as I recall it) like new and even more important, no more crackling sounds and tak, tak, tak.
Will try to overcome my feelings about oil in electronics but am sure the fresh sounding Tera will sooth my restless mind
About the upcoming meet; thanks already for organising, if I have the possibillity and am welcome, I'd love to come.
Mind you, I usually talk equally as long as I tend to write in this thread but can easily be silenced with a cup of coffee...
For everybody already a very happy new year for you and the ones you love and take care with fireworks!
Tera is best operated with two hands and ten fingers
