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Esoteric DV-50s,X-03 Vs Musical Fidelity Trivista

I currently own a Musical Fidelity Trivista SACD/CD Player. It has become my Reference player after trying a few others like the Sony SCD-1, Marantz Sa11S1, Sony SCD-XA777ES, Sony SCD-XA9000ES, Rotel RCD991 AE,Denon DCD SA-10,Shanling SCD T-200 and the Marantz SA-1. Although some of these players hold their own characteristic in music I have found that the Musical Fidelity Trivista Player is one of the most complete SACD/CD Players around in music reproduction. Not just for SACD playing but as well as for Redbook Cds. I am considering trying the Esoteric line to see how it compares to my Trivista and I will like to know if there is anyone who has heard both units and can share their experiences with both units. I know that the DV-50s is also a Universal DVD player but I have read that it is also an Outstanding SACD/CD Player.I also understand that every player will have the tendency of sounding different from one system to another due to cables,amplifiers,Interconnects and Preamp/Processors used but I just want to have an overall idea of what people think about both units.
Your comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,

Carlos.

Queens, New York.
nypr2003
washline
202 posts
 
I own both the DV-50S and the Nu-Vista player. They go into a Tri-Vista amp. I like the Esoteric a lot, but I was a bit disappointed with it on SACD. This improved a bit when I moved my speakers around, but I suspect I would prefer the Tri-Vista SACD assuming I had more rack space. The Esoteric is very detailed and superb on most formats, especially redbook and DVD Audio. It is a bit clinical at times. What I do is use the Esoteric for most electronic works--composition and improvisation, where the detail is important, and use the Nu-Vista on acoustic music, where the warmth is more important to me than the detail. The Esoteric is a great machine, but I'm seriously wondering where a mod would take it. If you use the TriVista with SACDs, then I would seriously keep it. On the other hand, if you don't listen to SACDs much, you might consider adding or replacing with the Esoteric. For me, I've been considering adding a Marantz into the mix just to enjoy SACDs only since I'm building a library of them.
mgottlieb
334 posts
 
It isn't possible to generalize about a line. I own an Esoteric DV-50 and an X-01 recently upgraded to a Limited. They are totally different machines. The 50 is a far better DVD-A player than an SACD player, the X-01 was far superior in SACD to the 50 but had a tendency to sound a bit strident (what I presume "mechanical" is supposed to mean) on certain material (e.g. massed or baroque strings), and the Limited has none of these negative qualities, is absolutely superb in SACD, and is, if anything, a bit on the laid-back side. Mine has a thousand hours on it, which helps a great deal.
leonx
101 posts
 
There is one player who is superior to all these players. Listen to a Meridian 808i or the latest Meridian 800 dax v4. Listen and you understand why it is that much better. I know the Tri-Vista very well. I sold 3 of there players, I recently heard the Esoteric X-O1. We compared it with the Meridian 808. The Meridian was playing in an other leage. I hope you have a change to listen to it. When you can, bring your own player with you. You will be impressed.
bartokfan
664 posts
 
I love the name "TRI VISTA" man it must sound good.
danamc
57 posts
 
I've been usng the Audio Aero Capitole mk2 with SE upgrade for the past year or so. Recently I auditioned the Esoteric X-03 with my current system. I found the X-03 more textured with better octave to ovtave performance. As much as I liked the AA, the Esoteric was the better perfomer in my system. I'll be sending the X-03 to Esoteric to receive the SE upgrade next week.
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