50’ Connection Between Mac and DAC


I’m currently wirelessly streaming CD rez AIFF files from iTunes on a 2017 iMac to my main system (2 rooms away) using an older Airport Express device. I want to go with a wired connection from the Mac to a DAC (Looking at the Schiit Bifrost 2 or, less likely, a Chord Qutest.) which will reside in the rack with the main system......I really don’t want to purchase a dedicated streamer at this point. My understanding is that connection runs of this length are best done with something called SPDIF coax (??). Can this be divided up in such a way that I could use 3 runs of this coax - one from the Mac to an adjacent wall plate, an attic run, and then a third run from a wall plate adjacent to the main system to the DAC? If this is possible, would it be a significant SQ improvement over what I’m using now?

Thanks.
lg1

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Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this... would this roon/(Raspberry Pi??) Setup negate the need for a DAC? If so, can the Pi device be purchased as plug-and-play for this application? Thanks.
Thanks, all!

I’m leaning toward the Airport Express>DAC solution for now.  Will probably need to replace the AE with something to do the same job before too long as mine is 10 yrs old and will want something that handles higher resolution audio than Apple AirPlay does at that point.