I had been deeply impressed with its full bodied sound when I auditioned Pacific Dac May this year.
But since I am using Tube integrated amp, I had opted for Chord Dave and Mscaler.
I agree with most people that speaker shall be most important components in Audio system.
I had been using Lansche 4.1 speaker since 2007 which I had paid 50K$ for new one.
Some audiophile tends to keep changing the components every year or so.
But I am a music lover staying away from too frequent changing of components.
I had used Emmlab Dac 2 from 2010(new price was 9k$) to 2018 which I still keep it as reserve.
You may go ahead with Pacific Dac and use it 5 years or longer.
After changing to Pacific Dac, your weak link will your speaker although Focal Kanta 3 is a pretty good one.
Then you may consider upgrading your speaker after 1 or 2 years when you have enough cash reserve.
Just my 2 cents.
Thomas
But since I am using Tube integrated amp, I had opted for Chord Dave and Mscaler.
I agree with most people that speaker shall be most important components in Audio system.
I had been using Lansche 4.1 speaker since 2007 which I had paid 50K$ for new one.
Some audiophile tends to keep changing the components every year or so.
But I am a music lover staying away from too frequent changing of components.
I had used Emmlab Dac 2 from 2010(new price was 9k$) to 2018 which I still keep it as reserve.
You may go ahead with Pacific Dac and use it 5 years or longer.
After changing to Pacific Dac, your weak link will your speaker although Focal Kanta 3 is a pretty good one.
Then you may consider upgrading your speaker after 1 or 2 years when you have enough cash reserve.
Just my 2 cents.
Thomas