I own the Trivista 21 DAC, paid full retail price for it and never regretted it. It replaced a Theta G3 and bettered it in virtually all respects. The soundstage of the Trivista in particular is spectacular.
I have only briefly heard the A324 at a dealer and its difficult for me to compare with my Trivista at home. One thing I would recommend is that if you do chose the A234, you must get the X-10V3 buffer stage with its matching X-PSUV3 power supply, maybe at a later stage. The latter 2 is amazing and is capable of transforming even modest CD players into giant killers. A friend of mine even bought these 2 to tack onto his Trivata 21 though that may be going a bit toofar.
My understanding is that with these 2 add-ons to your A324, you are adding on the output stage of their higher rated DACs/CD players and I would expect this will significantly narrow the gap of the A324 to the Trivista 21.
Hope this helps.
I have only briefly heard the A324 at a dealer and its difficult for me to compare with my Trivista at home. One thing I would recommend is that if you do chose the A234, you must get the X-10V3 buffer stage with its matching X-PSUV3 power supply, maybe at a later stage. The latter 2 is amazing and is capable of transforming even modest CD players into giant killers. A friend of mine even bought these 2 to tack onto his Trivata 21 though that may be going a bit toofar.
My understanding is that with these 2 add-ons to your A324, you are adding on the output stage of their higher rated DACs/CD players and I would expect this will significantly narrow the gap of the A324 to the Trivista 21.
Hope this helps.