I honestly don’t know. Price point is hardly relevant. I’m more into pro audio and have noticed that on recent higher end devices clock source makes little difference anymore.

It’s a design choice to trade of stability for jitter rejection, not necessarily a matter of cost. Digital audio products have used the same type of conversion chips for years and we have seen a lot of newer designs lately that include onboard digital PLLs or manage this problem by SRC. These ICs may be expensive but I don’t know how that is reflected in standalone DAC devices.

Tbh, I think any digital source connected to a decent DAC will give you decent results. I’m just trying to explain that in digital audio, the entire system is to be considered. A digital source may not have a “sound”, that does not mean the next device in the chain will perform optimally which may unfairly contribute to the “sound” attributed to a certain digital source device.