Option 3 is the only one that makes sense. AFAIK the output of the Duet/SB3 is 24-bit. You don't need to "upscale" it. I can't see the point of the 518 these days TBH. In 1995 - sure. Anyway, why don't you just try it and see. Your 5200's are already upsampling to 24/192 internally anyway.
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