Oppo Sonica DAC Expected this fall

Just received my Sonica Dac today.... Must say I'm very happy. I was using the Oppo 105 as a music streamer dac and always enjoyed it. This is a major step above. The first song I listened to was  Fool in the Rain by Led Zepplin. Thought I'd go with a little through back and even my wife commented on how much better it sounded. I've been listening for a couple of hours now and I'm glad I made the purchase. All aspects of the music have improved. Instruments are more separated with more detail. Everything is more precise, crisp and clean is how I can describe it. A vail has been removed without being harsh or edgy. Bass is punchier, again more precise. Initial setup was easy. I did have to try and connect to my IPad twice, but after the second attempt I was listening to music. Streaming Tidal without any hiccups. Dire Straits has never sounded better. 

thanks, drewportland.  Please keep us posted.  I am eyeing the Sonica as a one-box upgrade to both my Squeezebox Touch and DAC (a Beresford DAC highly modded by a local modder).  I am especially interested in how it works with a music server over a home wifi network.  The price, for what you get, seems very reasonable, especially if it sounds as good as you suggest.

Wonder why Oppo did not include MQA decoding?

Dave

bonbmanp..... I need to setup my computer as a DNLA server before I can stream from my computer, which I plan on doing tomorrow. Tonight I'm listening to HiRes music downloaded from HDTracks and playing off of an external drive via USB. All I can say is- incredible, this dac is truly is in another league vs the 105. I'm listening to Tracker by Mark Knopfler. I've listened to this many times (the high res version) and I'm very familiar with it. I'm hearing so much more detail than ever before, as well as a larger more 3 dimensional soundstage. I've read about terms like prat, and musicality and many more. I can honestly say installing this dac has made vast improvements in all aspects of the music. My system is very revealing and my front end is no longer holding my system back. The dac now has about 20 hours on it and it's sounding beautiful. My system consists of a Coffman Labs G1-A preamp with upgraded tubes, Einstein Light in the Dark power amp, Magnepan 3.7, Rel T9, Jenna Labs Synphony I/Cs, Anticable P/Cs, I've been putting this system together for many years and I've never been this pleased with it. I wish I could say I can compare to other high end dacs, but the 105 is the best I can compare it to. I wouldn't be surprised if reviews don't come back stating that this unit surpasses dacs costing many thousands is dollars. 

Why is gapless so difficult in 2017?