Oppo Sonica DAC for streaming Tidal

does the Sonica sound similar to the 205 ?

Same DAC section.

My Sonica arrived 6 days ago. plugged it in and turned it on, but unable to connect it and listen until today.  Very impressed with the sound so far.  Thoughts on break-in?

Over the many years I have been at this, nothing enters my main system until at least 200 hours are on it, (depending on the device/cable, 500 hours sometimes).  Yes, I know some of you don't believe in burn in, but I happen to...strongly.

I have a separate little system in one of my record rooms that I use strictly for burning in of gear/cable.

I did listen to my Sonica right out of the box in my main system and thought it was a little closed in and dry.  Took it out and returned it after 200 hours and WOW, did this little guy sound spectacular!  I left it in and did notice a very subtle change or two, until about the 500 hour mark, then it settled in quite nicely.

I highly recommend this DAC.  It's nice to find something that is not very expensive and performs well above that price point.  I've had tons of equipment through here and this doesn't happen very often

Totally agree. Mine has about 150 hours on it 

Hello joining late to the convo and I have a different type of question. Currently I stream my itunes lib over my network to the DAC over the ethernet line.  I was considering hooking my external hard drive directly into the DAC via USB.  My question is would I hear an improvement in overall sound? Opinions please!  I love this DAC I had a Sim Audio 100D, this for my system and ears opened things up and bit and the music sounds more controlled with imaging and depth.