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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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.
The hearing range of humans isn’t opinion. If the DAC can produce a SINAD of -115db which even some $150 DACs can manage it would be interesting to know of someone who can hear distortion or noise of the DAC over that of the amp and speakers, that would truly be amazing. Just sayin’
Properly designed DACs for all intents and purposes are considered ' transparent ' in other words they deal with distortion and noise no matter where it comes from not to say there are still DACs used as distortion generators with tubes and other nonsense stacked on.