@soix theres a growing tale that musician has always made Denafrips gear but there was a spat between them and musician decided to release its own line of almost identical gear. You can read about the drama on head-fi
I recently bought a Sonnet Morpheus with both the USB & i2S modules since I currently have usb out from my Innuos zen, but buying a demo Denafrips Hermes from Rob at Audio Art, so I can use i2S on Morpheus (or AES, but every Morpheus user says i2S is best)
but like you said and I’ll add… outside of the Holo as I’ve not hear one, almost every DAC I’ve heard or knew some preferred AES or i2S. Not one of them thought usb was best.