it doesn't seem to be actually recognizing the device as the same device when i turn it off and on, and further experiments have just brought me back to randomness: sometimes i get the high filter, sometimes i don't. it's not the flash that's actually doing anything, or the driver reinstall. it's just turning the device off and on. it keeps adding a new unique streaming device in: sad 12, 13, 14, 15....

i think i kind of have to get that right, first. none of the other devices are doing this.

it suggests in the documentation that i should turn the device on before the machine. i never have. but, i'm going to see if it make a difference in recognizing the device as the same device or not.