Audio Aero Pirma DAC versus MF TriVista 21 DAC

Since you're asking generally, here's my *opinion*: the AA.
Heard both (& a few others) play orchestral music in a Burmester system, A-Physics spkrs.
Is there s/thing you don't like about the AA Prima (I note that you have one)? Cheers!

Well, I know it sounds 'weird' since the AA gets rave reviews, but since I got the AA (8/2004) there is a certain 'sharpness' in the sound wich gives me pain in the ears. Maybe it's not the AA that's causing it, but I tested a Mus. Fid. Tubalog before the AA and there was no 'sharpness'. But I wanted an upsampler and since the AA has both tubes and upsampling, I bought this one (without hearing it first, ...).

That's why I was thinking that maybe another tubed dac could be 'helpfull'?

I must say I get pain in my ears with other setups as well, so maybe there just is something wrong with those things...

Renaat

The rest of my system = B&W 805 signature, MIT M3 speakercable, Plinius SA201 power amp and Heavens Gate Audio XLR between DAC and power amp.

Try a (cheap) single-core copper speaker cable.