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Transport For Use w/ MF Trivista 21

Just picked up this dac, and currently have at my disposal both a Pioneer Elite DV45a and a modded Sony DVP-NS500v universal player. Also got a Stereovox DV2 dig cable, which seems to be widely praised as a great value in my price range.

So, my question is are these reasonably good matches as transport for the TriVista, and to get significant improvement over them, what would I need to move up to? Is there a "giant killer" transport that isn't a computer?

My guess is that in a few years, I'll probably reluctantly move to a server as transport, but I am reluctant to invite Bill Gates or Steve Jobs into my listening room.

Just to put it all in perspective, vinyl is my current strong preference and about 90% of my listening is usually LP. Thanks for your opinions,
Spencer
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Solentgreen, what have you learned regarding power cables on the Trivista 21?

Everyone, so other than trial and error, any advice on how to decide if a certain transport is likely to be an improvement or not?

One potential candidate is the Alesis 9600, due to all the other tremendous functionality it brings. I've heard modded ones sound great, but I don't know if the mods affect mainly the transport or the dac side. Cheers,

Spencer
solentgreen
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Re power cables for the Trivista 21, I have used VH Audio Flavour 4; Pure Note Paragon; Black Sand Silver Reference V and the Lessloss. The VH, good as it is, is a bi out-classed in this company. Of the rest, I ended up chosing between the Paragon & Silver Ref. In the end, I chose the Silver Ref. The Paragon was very quiet, very airy, excellent clarity and "delicacy", but the Silver Ref gave better dynamics while not losing out too much in the other areas.

One last point re transports for the 21, I have also tried a older Pioneer DV909 multi-disc player. It loses out to the Esoteric and especially the Modwright Sony 999 used as a transport.
tbadder
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When I bought my Lector Digidrive, my whole system was transformed. In combination with my TriVista DAC my sound became whole and balanced. I also was using a Sony Modwright, which had previously dispensed with all comers, but the Lector unleashed the rich tonal character that the TriVista is capable of. Previously the MF Dac was somewhat dry, but the 0 and 1s delievered by the Lector were significantly better than the Oppo or the Meridian or the Sony I had used. I don't know why, technically there shouldn't be that much of a difference. Currently I use an Audioquest Eagle Eye digital cable that just beat out a really old Stealth cable.
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