@Akg_ca I prescribe to the PS Audio architecture with a Bridge II network card In my DAC hitting a NUC rock fed by Tidal and Qubuz. I have electrically isolated the DAC network card by converting to optical then back to LaN right before the last 1ft of LaN. The optical to wire box is powered by ifi pure. I believe Paul's theory about digital feed and am wary of reclockers upstream of a high quality DAC which will have it's own clock. I believe the I2S is the best protocol and understand it works best as a direct connection i.e. no cables. Probably get some pushback from some who have spent big on cables and reclockers...
Music Server/DAC – Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, AES3 or I2S.
This is a well written article which I thought I would share so as to prevent the need for any further discussion on the subject. 😁