It *cannot* just be about 1's and 0's - surely?

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3 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

 

Well, unless it has DAC/DSP capability built in (not entirely out of the realm of possibility in audiophiledom cable world), I don't see how it could be the cause of your experience directly.  I suppose coming back to mansr speculation, it could be somehow causing the endpoints to do funky USB speed/driver changes but this explanation is long shot as it is...

 

Given the history of Audioquest as noted above, I would suspect any cable containing extraneous active/electrical circuitry. The Kii controller hasn’t shown any undue behavior with well behaved cables in my experience.