Why would you want to move from Ethernet to USB? Serious question. I'm building a NUC based server at this time as well. Understand that noise may be an issues, but isn't it easier to eliminate noise then try to fix USB clock issues?
Has Anybody Had Success Going from Ethernet Streaming to USB Streaming?
In my system I use the Ayon Audio S-5 Network Player/DAC/Preamp which is feed by a router/EtherREGEN/QNAP NAS drive all connect by three Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 Twinax Ethernet cables and I’m wondering if anybody replaced their NAS with a NUC server with USB output into a LKS, Gustard, or Matrix DDC (USB to I2S converter)? My Ayon Audio S-5 has a I2S input. Does anybody have any input as to wether the NUC running Linex with a USB output would exceed the performance of my current set-up?