That is quite a few links in the chain to use this. I hope they make a other one with optical, coax, maybe aes and also with mqa support for tidal.
It is not that complicated considering you get Dolby decoding and tremendous DSP power, if you want something simpler just buy an AVR.
Although from your comments you don't seem concerned with decoding Dolby and if you only want stereo inputs that can be achieved with this DAC very easily.
while i appreciate the great engineering in what they have provided, the single USB input is useless to me. my signal path needs SPDIF or some other paired 2 channel inputs coming in from my DSP for my multi-way stereo speaker setup. as it stands this can really only be used with a computer setup, which isn’t my preference for hifi use. tragically close to perfection!
LOL
Michael