I owned the TriVista with the full Parts Connexion mods - it was a fabulous piece. Heirloom quality - hard to imagine anything ever wearing out.
Even the tubes - urban legend has it (backed in this case by fact) that MF actually has enough tubes in reserve to replace any that might fail for years to come.
Please understand that these are not tubes like 6SN7s or 300Bs. You don't see em and you can't change them. They do not create, and the TriVista does not have a tubey sound in the usual sense of the phrase.
The big variable will be the quality of the signal and the cable you connect to it.
I ultimately sold mine, with considerable regrets I might add, because I wanted to get SPDIF out of the chain and go direct with USB.
Even the tubes - urban legend has it (backed in this case by fact) that MF actually has enough tubes in reserve to replace any that might fail for years to come.
Please understand that these are not tubes like 6SN7s or 300Bs. You don't see em and you can't change them. They do not create, and the TriVista does not have a tubey sound in the usual sense of the phrase.
The big variable will be the quality of the signal and the cable you connect to it.
I ultimately sold mine, with considerable regrets I might add, because I wanted to get SPDIF out of the chain and go direct with USB.