Avid to FCP DV export

A question for my learned colleagues... I have a chance to create a tapeless workflow based on exporting a finished PAL DV25 420 sequence from Avid Xpress Pro and using that somehow in FCP, but the absolute proviso is not to take a quality hit on the way. The typical Avid plethora of confusing choices for QT export surely means they can't all export the media content in a native state...
I know Avid DV codecs reverse the field order of DV to match standard 601 (is that how they mix res's in timelines?) so some wrapper translation is inevitable. But I'd like to find a way to export the "essence" (to borrow a term from MXF) without modification. Most people suggest DVStream as the best "rewrap", but DVStream, though native to iMovie, has never been the best choice for FCP...
If it all gets too hard I'll go via tape but a faster-than-real-time picture export is tempting, especially as we need one for ProTools. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks!
Quad G5, 3 x Dual G5s, G4 AGP @ 1 GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   FCP 5.0.4, Final Touch HD

might be worth installing Avid's DV codec onto your FCP Mac, and then take a look at Shane's tip for Editing non-standard FCP codecs
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