n80, I have all my ripped CDs on HD in ALAC transmitted by WiFi to DAC. Since transmission, similar to your Schiitt USB is asynchronous, nothing on the side of computer matters as long as the data has lossless compression (ALAC, FLAC etc).
CD DR can be poor since it is made for average person that plays it on the boombox or small system (that requires compression) but some of CDs are sounding incredible showing no limitation of the media (at least to me). Limitations of the sampling rate should show at high frequency short bursts (like sound of cymbals) since Nyquist's 2x applies only to continuous waves, but I cannot hear that. (at least I couldn't before, since recently I suffer hearing problems).
There is a chance that LPs today are mixed/intended for audiophiles since everybody else uses CD players at best.
CD DR can be poor since it is made for average person that plays it on the boombox or small system (that requires compression) but some of CDs are sounding incredible showing no limitation of the media (at least to me). Limitations of the sampling rate should show at high frequency short bursts (like sound of cymbals) since Nyquist's 2x applies only to continuous waves, but I cannot hear that. (at least I couldn't before, since recently I suffer hearing problems).
There is a chance that LPs today are mixed/intended for audiophiles since everybody else uses CD players at best.