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32 Feet USB : sound degradation issues, what next?

Due to limitations of my room, my desktop computer is across the room from my DAC.

My cheapo 4 feet USB cable gave me great sound, but once I added the 32 feet USB extension to it, the sound degrades significantly. Details are lost, sound is harsher, bass gets bloated.
It annoys me that digital cables (its binary data, come on!) has so much effect on the sound.

My question is do USB cables need a burn-in time ?
Or
Do I need to figure out a way to keep my USB cables down to a 3-4 feet ?

I have not seen any audiophile USB cables that are 20-30 feet long, if they exist, do you have any experience with them ?
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elevick
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Skip the USB and go either bluetooth or wifi. I stream to my oppo without any issues from another room on another floor of the house.
USB has some voltage limitations. It's not just the version of USB. Many PC's will have some USB's with better voltage than others, ie the USB's in the back of my PC are stronger than the front. The manual even says this. I imagine that any USB will have limitations.
OR
Can you move the dac to the pc and run long interconnects?
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