Musical Fidelity - Tri-Vista 21 DAC for Tidal and streaming
Hi,
My current setup comprises of Music Fidelity A308 integrated, B&W 7CDM SE speakers and Bluesound 2i. I almost exclusively listen to music via streaming (Tidal) no CD or other sources.
I was thinking of adding the MF Tri-Vista 21, have a chance to source one here used, but wanted to understand if it will be compatible with the Bluenode 2i (digital optical output)? I understand the Music Fidelity does not have MQA.
Is it worth getting an old Music Fidelity DAC or should I look at some newer offerings like Denafrips Ares, Gustard etc.
Thanks!
the trivista can take up to 24-192 so the first unfold of mqa (the critical one) works very well however, the unit has only spdif rca and optical in, it is old enough there is no usb input, potential owners should be aware of this all this said, this remains one of the most lovely sounding, musical, sonically pleasing dacs in my little stable of dacs |
What I have given is a solution. mykfcexperience |
I reluctantly sold off my TriVista several years ago as it could not playback high Rez files. You either had to downsample to 44.1 (in Roon or your playback software), or only choose 16 bit CD quality versions. The 24/196khz capability of the TriVista DAC I believe refers to the TriVista upsampling of a 16bit file - the TriVista can’t natively play 24/192 files, or MQA. I wanted high Rez support as I use Roon. shame, as the DAC was excellent even with its age. Very well built and long tube life. |
