Thank you all for the great advice.

As an update, I finally settled for a 818v2 as a DAC in place of the Bricasti. The sound has been wonderful fresh out of the box and I'm hoping that it will only get better!

From your experience, how much time would you give for the 818 to be fully broken in (assuming you believe in break in period. I recognize there are various views in this)? 300hrs?

System: ML 53, ML52, Revel Salon2
Source: ML512, 818v3, Control:15, Apple TV
Cabling: Transparent Audio Ultra speaker and interconnect; Opus power cord
Others: Meridian F80