Any well designed DAC's USB is asynchronous and uses its Clock. Retimers are different than reclocking and are useful for high speeds and long runs nothing home audio needs to be concerned about. Noise and jitter are not really a problem anymore as even well engineered DACs for a few hundred bucks these are well below human audibility.
USB signal timing goes mainstream. Just an FYI
Now, to be fair, the issue here is rates that strain the "eye" and the ability to recognize the 1-0-1 transitions. But in the analog domain the precision of those transitions affects Jitter and therefore half of the Cartesian plot that is PAM.. 'later
https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/article/21177252/kandou-11-myths-about-usb-re...
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This link might be better as far as popups at least I didn't get any. https://semiengineering.com/retimers-replacing-redrivers-as-signal-speeds-increase/ |
Jitter matters but hasn't been much of an issue with DACS for about 10 years. https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/digital-problems-practical-solutions |