Musical Fidelity Tri Vista integrated

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    New musical fidelity should be viewed as a completely different company compared to the older stuff
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,150
    Can you guys direct us to a reference article of old MF vs new MF? Is it a matter of old model 'A' vs new model 'M'...and Tri-Vista vs Nu-Vista? I have a Nu-Vista Phono Vinyl phonostage that I think is pretty darn good, but part of my infatuation is A) the various loading adjustments (on the front panel), and B) the balanced/XLR output option.
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    Musical fidelity was purchased in 2018 so anything before that would be old. Anything after new
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    Back to my 3 pieces of gear I regret selling.

    One was an A5CR. Man, I wish I still had it and that Cary SLP-03 I had paired with it.

    Don't get me wrong, I love my VTLs but that A5CR made things sound effortless.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    edited March 2022
    FFS, TMR updated the listing and incorrectly describe it as an additional pre-out:
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    Why are they so clueless? Two "techs" say it's a pre-out and another one correctly says it's an amp direct input, and then they update the listing with the wrong information.

    This does not reflect well on TMR's attention to detail. Laughable really.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    Age unknown? It's right on the back panel.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    So what happens when you connect two inputs together? Does the universe explode?
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited March 2022
    VR3 wrote: »
    So what happens when you connect two inputs together? Does the universe explode?

    It's like crossin' the streams, man...

    I'll tell you what, though -- it's better than hookin' two outputs together.
    Don't ask me how I know this.

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    It's like dividing by zero...
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,281
    VR3 wrote: »
    So what happens when you connect two inputs together? Does the universe explode?

    Maybe the answer is in the picture of the Pyramids and Speed of Light that @mhardy6647 posted in "Post a Picture".

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2676185#Comment_2676185
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

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    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.     Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,585
    I think it creates a black hole.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,489
    They remove a warp in the space/time continuum and allow the amp to bloom with liquidity as never before experienced.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    A buddy of mine accidentally touched the outputs of a Carver 9t (I forget what he said what he was doing at the time). The end result is he literally welded the speaker cables together until they burnt apart again, creating an open.

    The amp wasn't affected in the slightest (he was surprised at that) but he ruined a good pair of speaker cables. So, yes gentlemen.....don't cross the beams. Bad Juju happens when you cross the beams.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • CottageChz
    CottageChz Posts: 389
    https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/d/warrendale-musical-fidelity-tri-vista/7510843317.html

    This just popped up near me. As much as I’d LOVE to check it out myself, now’s not the time for me (unless someone here wants to buy my Parasound Halo Integrated haha).

    No affiliation. I can tell you it doesn’t have the mystery pre-outs like the last one did, based on the pics!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    Fair price
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,150
    Ooohhh...illuminated feet!!! B)
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    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited July 2022
    Is this Musical Fidelity worth 700? It's just down the street from me.

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    https://wilmington.craigslist.org/ele/d/wilmington-audiophile-integrated-amp/7509435272.html
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    the new stuff since their buy out years ago... meh
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • MATT0404
    MATT0404 Posts: 7
    CottageChz wrote: »
    https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/d/warrendale-musical-fidelity-tri-vista/7510843317.html

    This just popped up near me. As much as I’d LOVE to check it out myself, now’s not the time for me (unless someone here wants to buy my Parasound Halo Integrated haha).

    No affiliation. I can tell you it doesn’t have the mystery pre-outs like the last one did, based on the pics!
    Seller here. Thanks for linking my ad! It's also up on USAM. I couldn't post here due to low post count despite being a member for over 15 years.

    I'm sure someone would snatch up your Parasound if you listed it. I had one previously and the MF is in another league! Plus, you know, local discount and all. :wink:
    VR3 wrote: »
    Fair price
    I purchased the Tri-Vista from this fine gentleman a couple years ago. It's served me well and has never given me any issues.

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  • CottageChz
    CottageChz Posts: 389
    Tony M wrote: »
    Is this Musical Fidelity worth 700? It's just down the street from me.

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    https://wilmington.craigslist.org/ele/d/wilmington-audiophile-integrated-amp/7509435272.html

    Does it come with the fancy platform built specially for it? Ha
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    DAMM you all.
    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    Congrats!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    VR3 wrote: »
    Congrats!

    Enabler LOL

    Now I need to find the Revelation Umbilical hopefully used.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,643
    I'm the ultimate enabler! Buy everything!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,281
    I was watching it on US Audio Mart and it sold. I couldn't act fast enough to get it. Matt had a great video on YouTube - recording with microphones.

    https://youtu.be/cx2hoxv4m24

    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

    Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.     Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • CottageChz
    CottageChz Posts: 389
    Sweet! Glad to see someone here picked it up! :)
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    CottageChz wrote: »
    Sweet! Glad to see someone here picked it up! :)

    Thanks!

    Matt has several videos on YouTube. Very nice person to chat with as well.
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  • CottageChz
    CottageChz Posts: 389
    erniejade wrote: »
    Thanks!

    Matt has several videos on YouTube. Very nice person to chat with as well.

    Yep definitely a nice guy, we chatted a bit when I was considering the piece. We are pretty close to each other so hopefully having a little hifi meetup at some point, but now I guess I’ll never hear the Tri-Vista!!
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,202
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
    I was watching it on US Audio Mart and it sold. I couldn't act fast enough to get it. Matt had a great video on YouTube - recording with microphones.

    https://youtu.be/cx2hoxv4m24

    I thought I acted fast enough, but I guess not. Oh well, glad someone here got it. Congrats!
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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