Tera-Player reviews:
Andreas from Greece
Hi Charles,
The player is exquisite.
Dammit I'm impressed!
I compared it to my Cowon d2. Used the track my ashes by the porcupine tree (I never liked the mix Wilson did here with his voice too nasal at the start of the track).
After altmann, I queued the cowon flac version of the song and immediately was struck how flat it sounded.
No contest at all.
And there went my evening cause after porcupine tree there were Low and the guster and after vast and...
I was hooked for 5 hours! Your player can do this to people, you know.
My other rig involves centrance dacport, but I don't remember it being so impressive.
I tell you,you're on to something!
Keep up the good work!
Andrew from England
Hi Charles,
I am enjoying the Tera-Player very much indeed and am astounded just how good it sounds paired with the Koss PortaPro.
How can a 20 Euro portable headphone sound this good?!?
I'm flabbergasted and confused, as the Koss sounds better than headphones costing ten times as much that I own.
You and Koss are geniuses, or you've both signed pacts with the devil! ;-)
Yours in bemused sonic nirvana,
Andrew
Mike from Indonesia
Charles,
After using the Tera-Player for two months now it's officially my favorite portable player and the one that I use the most.
The sound is superb, and I enjoy the simple screen-less UI, the fast response time, the tough build quality, making it a very ideal high quality player to use day in and day out.
Regards,
Michael Ting
Yoshihiro san from Japan
Hi Charles san,
It just arrived!
Tera sounds fantastic.
Can't believe such big yet detailed sound comes from such a tiny DAP.
I am using AKG K3003, Ultrasone Edition 8 and newest Suyama 334 universal.
Keep up the great work.
Sem from Indonesia (Tera-Player V1 version)
Dear Charles,
The sound quality of your Tera Player is very qood, the clarity and detail superb.
I also have HM801 and Colorfull Colorfly C4, so I can compare your Tera and other player.
I have several headphone like HD800, T1, LCD2, but mainly I using Beyer T5p, for IEM, I using AKG K3003 and Shure 535 LE.
Cheers,
Sem
Irvin from South Africa (Tera-Player V1 version)
Sounds great thanks Charles-very pure.
For classical recordings which are often quite soft it goes very loud on the porta pros, loud on the hd 25's and usable on the denon d2000's.
Rudolfs from Belgium
Dear Charles,
Sorry for the lengthy email.
I received the player on Thursday 15 March.
If you are impatient to know what is my first overall impassion, here it is: Tera-Player is the Holy Grail of DAPs.
But back to the course of events.
I filled the card with some files (Autobahn, Glenn Gould's recording of Goldberg variations (1981), Rubber Souls (latest remaster) and 5 albums of the Doors.
Indeed it works fine.
Much, much more than fine.
I am listening to it thru Ultrasone Edition 8 right now, and my first impression is that this is the best sound reproduction quality I have experienced. I will try other phones and compare the impressions to listening thru speakers (which of course is smth. completely different), but the first thing which springs to mind is - no fatigue. Good balance, details, separation, etc., etc.
I am positively amazed how you managed to squeeze this in so small a box. The size is just perfect, exactly on the spot
It indeed lives up to the promise -- it IS the performance standard.
That being said, I make pauses now and again - the experience is almost overwhelming.
So thank you very much for this great product!
I briefly tied the player with beyerdynamic Tesla T5P and - even shorter - with Sennheiser HD600 yesterday late at night, and just now - with Sennheiser HD 25 Adidas (but between HD 600 and HD 25 I replaced most compositions on the card).
Apparently it accentuates the strengths of each of the phones, - keeping the weaknesses bearable.
T5P was just amazing with Glenn Gould's piano recording and fine with the rest, HD 600 was fine with everything (lively, well paced, although 'compact' soundstage), and HD 25 had more PRaT than ever. On some compositions which employ early stereo tricks I could actually 'feel' where and how is placed the driver of T5P, - but that disappeared once the stereo mix was more natural.
Between HD 25 and Edition 8 (just switched back to them while listening to Salty Dog (single), the latter are much more refined and ultimately more enjoyable, still HD 25 remain very involving. Laurie Anderson's Big Science sounds just lovely, again I prefer Edition 8, but I could live happily with HD 25 -- if I had not heard Edition 8, that is. Not to forget about comfort (HD 25 win in a gym, Edition 8 - everywhere else).
With best regards
Rudolfs
Tadashi san wrote:
Herrn Dipl.-Ing. Altmann,,
The player has received safe. This is marvellous!
Thank you very much.
Tadashi
Kei san wrote:
I've just received my tera-player.
I'm feeling my portable system's upgrade after a long time.
Thank you very much!
Kei
Minoru san wrote:
Dear Charles.
Hellow.
"Tera-Player" has arrived today.
I liked it very much. Have a good sound out.
And, I am using SDXC cards that are formatted as FAT32.
Really great.
Thank you.
Minoru
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