It seemed to me that this wasn't a genuine alpine cable. It didn't look right, and I really had to jam the AI-Net plug into the HU's connector to make it fit. And I'm a pretty big guy.Once I got it all the way in the connector (finally), it sounds great, and the deck preforms as expected. Frankly, a cable is a cable, especially dealing with digital. But it'd sure be nice if the proprietary connectors fit.