Need help, what am I missing???

The whole point of Hermes is its OCXO and superior signal processing.
I would set this up as follows if possible -

Eversolo to Hermes via USB

Elite to Hermes via Coax

Brennan configured as NAS and accessed from Eversolo

Hermes to Pontus via i2s

This achieves what @soix mentioned above. I just don’t know if Eversolo has capabilities to read NAS  

As stated above all sources should be connected to the Hermes and the only connection from the Hermes to the Pontus should be the I2S.

@fthompson251 @jastralfu, @soix, @audphile1, @gkelly, @erik_squires, @rick_n, @jsd52756, @mapman, @otherworld74, @sns, @cfarrow, @bobbyloans,,,

THANK YOU!!! Every single one of you, I sincerely appreciate all your interest, time, and support! Wish I could buy you all a drink, and @fthompson251 a dinner as well...

You know that feeling you get when you introduce a new toy, you're all excited, you think you know what you're doing...AND THEN...NOTHING! And the feelings of despair, angst, and desperation kick in? I had that in spades. I was truly in panic mode

Now, elation, excitement and over the moon joy! Fully up, fully running, and could not possibly be any happier! All 3 components operational and sounding so sweet. After @fthompson251 replied in my other thread about the connections it clicked. Everything to Hermes, Pontus set to I2S, dirrrrr kingbr - LOL! 

Anyway, I am going to let it run all day while at work tomorrow, come home, pour a glass of wine, batten down the hatches and sit for 4-5 hours for some critical listening. I'll post my impressions if I notice a difference with Hermes...

THANK YOU ALL so very much again! Christmas came a couple weeks early. Got that little boy excitement for tomorrow...

@audphile1 how would I configure NAS for the Brennan? The only output it has is Toslink?

It should be automatically. Then access it wirelessly as DLNA via the Eversolo app Best done according to Eversolo documentation.