slart - it's not a 'MIDI splice' he used a poor choice of words to describe it - looking at the Hosa part number he provided, it's a MIDI coupler. USB has nothing to do with what he's talking about.
the coupler should be fine if you are not exceeding 50' of total cable length after using the coupler(s) to connect them. the main issue I'd warn you about would be to watch for them separating, especially if you're using these connections live.