putting the DAC on the clean or dirty side depends on two or three issues.
Linear or switching power supply?, Switch = dirty
Ladder or chip ?, IF chip with Faraday cage = clean, IF not then dirty
Chip vs. analog display or switching ? see ARC and Aesthetix defeat of those w improved sonics, otherwise = dirty
finally listen
always use a quality power conditioning and a dedicated line for dirty
Linear or switching power supply?, Switch = dirty
Ladder or chip ?, IF chip with Faraday cage = clean, IF not then dirty
Chip vs. analog display or switching ? see ARC and Aesthetix defeat of those w improved sonics, otherwise = dirty
finally listen
always use a quality power conditioning and a dedicated line for dirty