I would describe digital’s sound, in general, as cold, analytical, mechanical not organic. The best way I can describe the sound is that it’s not very digital sounding. I have to agree, not sure if i’d spend 1780 euros for one today, but the Tera Player sounds pretty good.
Check out Headfonia’s review and most reviews mirror Mike’s thoughts. So, what’s the big deal? If you read the comments of anyone’s who’s actually heard the Altmann Tera Player, you’ll find that the general consensus is that it sounds pretty freaking nice. That’s a HUGE price increase hence the feelings of discontent out there. BUT, today, the Tera-player is priced on the Tera-Player website at 1780 euros. It originally retailed for around 600 Euros and it was openly stated to be an introductory price so it should NOT come to anyone’s surprise that the price would eventually increase. Some of the hate comes from the price increases Charle’s has decided to offer the Tera-Player at. The man behind Altmann Micro Machines is Charle’s Altmann and if you read some of the forums online you’ll soon find that there’s a general love-hate atmosphere out there regarding Charle’s Altmann.
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If you’re not familiar with the Altmann Tera-Player, it’s a portable audio player from German company Altmann Micro Machines. I picked one of these recently to use as my portable source.