This forum is not the place to clarify who we technically are. However, you can observe in my posts my high-end audio PC/streamer. In fact, I’ll share the link with you:
My level of knowledge goes well beyond simple electronic components. What I create or experiment with is backed by measurements that I personally carry out. If you’re unfamiliar with the meaning of a ‘bit-perfect’ player, you wouldn’t have so many questions.
Volumio is a bit-perfect software, whether you run it on an RPI3, RPI4, or a Windows PC. Whether you use Daphile, MoOde Audio, Roon Rock, or Picoreplayer, extracting the audio stream from a USB port using an Amazon Basic printer cable or a $500 USB DAC cable, the DATA stream coming from the USB port is exactly the same!
The USB port provides an asynchronous stream while the clock is internal to the DAC. With the same DAC, you’ll notice zero differences regardless of the hardware/software bit-perfect solution you use!
If you’d like, you can pose your question on the Audio Science Review Forum, frequented by manufacturers, software designers, audio driver specialists (such as ASIO driver designers), researchers, and many audiophiles. They will all confirm, with measurements in hand, exactly what I’ve just stated.
Changing your DAC, amplifier, or speakers will alter your sound (though rarely by changing cables), but changing the bit-perfect source won’t affect the result.