Coax cable connection issue, make a difference?

Cables
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I have a Transparent Reference XL “Firehose”. It is sharply bent behind the DSS for room. It was working. I just turned it on and the DSS kept losing signal. I moved the cable and it works fine. I doubt it is a bad cable. It is most likely a connection issue being bent that way.

My question is, could this be ruining the sound. Or these either work or they don’t work?
If it is an issue, how can I tell if it is affecting the sound even if it is working steadily?
Thank you

2

In other, simpler DACs it might hurt the sound. For the DS, as long as it can pass a bit perfect playback test, it’s not hurting the sound.

3

Thank you. That is good news. I question then why I even needed such an expensive cable to begin with. It is unwieldy which is what caused my problem. I am just going to put a Mogami AES on there now.