Yes the A719 or the DT swiss TK540 are about the same. I use 36 hole 540s on my touring bike (formerly TK 7.1) and they are amazing. I build them with DT Swiss Alpine III spokes also and they are bomb proof except I hit a curb in the dark at 50kms and dented both. i road away with tubes intact, but a lump in the braking surface and out of round wheels. The rear could have went on for 1000s of more miles but I like my stuff to be perfect so I replaced both with same new rims. I recommend using 36 spoke 3x pattern. I would choose a different wheel builder this time as well. You shouldn't need constant truing if the wheel was well built and spoke tensions were equalized I know this from experience. Lots of mechanics think they know what they are doing, but wheel building does take some care and attention and a spoke tension meter unless you have decades of experience building wheels every week. I have seen wheels come back that my co-worker with over 30 years of experience built needing to be trued after 2 weeks. Why? He doesn't build wheels often enough anymore and he didn't use a tension meter to equalize paired spoke tension.