Out of necessity I have quite a few devices synced together. The best clock I have is my ADI-2 Pro FS R BE. It's connected in both directions to an original UFX. The UFX however is not my audio interface. It's connected via Adat to a MADI system of Madiface USB and ADI-648.

My clocking signal flow is:
ADI-2 Pro FS R is master clock > UFX AES in
UFX Word Clock out > Madiface USB Word clock in
Madiface USB MADI out > ADI-648 MADI in

My question is to do with the UFX and RME SteadyClock. Because UFX  SteadyClock is an earlier generation to ADI-2 Pro SteadyClock, is the UFX Word Clock output sending an inferior quality clock due to UFX SteadyClock interaction on clock signal before passing to it's word clock output?

Is there any way to turn off steadyClock in UFX if the answer to previous question is yes?

I've read other manufacturers stating that a clock over MADI is more jitter prone to a clock over BNC word clock. Does RME think this as well?

Also in a similar way is a clock passed over Adat optical cables more jitter prone than a clock signal over BNC word clock?

Kind regards