LOL - I wondered how long before that audiopile cable loonies would try the computer market
I would guess the comunicatations errors maybe more frequent on long crappy cables or cables with losoe fitting connectors than on short good cables with tight fitting connectors.
Each errors means more work for the OS - therefore more data sent and therefore higher chance of an audio glitch.
I do run high quality (but not expensive) USB cables for a couple of long (6m) connections - on of them them is to the TI.