Trivista 21 circuit has several mistakes!!
I could not find any circuit diagrams on the internet, so I had to draw them myself by studying the circuit board. In the process I found several mistakes and shortcuts that absolutely prevent the Trivista reaching anywhere near its full potential. I was initially baffled and tried hard to convince myself that they were intentional. But after exhaustive engineering analysis backed by listening tests I had to conclude that they were indeed mistakes. I will highlight these in the appropriate section and show how they can be corrected.
Let’s get started with something all of us can see and that is the build quality. Trivista 21 build quality is excellent. Look at those beautiful double sided fibre glass PCBs with wide tracks and extensive ground planes. The wiring is terminated on the PCBs via proper termination pins and all soldered wiring is stress relieved with heat shrink. The last time I saw something this nice may have been during my days in military electronics.
What follows is quite a long article as I take you through each section and explain what I discovered.
