Divasson

I have logged out and back in again and I could not get the blue color leds to work in my explorer2 - despite using records that I know that are MQA'ed in other download sites. Downloaded the latest version - also standalone app and Audirvana's embedded one. So I fear it doesn't work yet - at least for my contract (which is HIFI all the way)

I have some Toslink glass fiber cables - from Amphenol. They are fantastic and much better than standard Toslink cable. But when Pierre says that his Toslink betters his own USB - which bettered any of mine, then that is saying something. The Mapleshade USB is more extended in both extremes than the Amphenol Toslink, although this one is more relaxing and warm - more so if I also disconnect the USB while using it. Best sound with my Mac-Devialet system is through Air-wifi, but then I get so many hiccups that I cannot bear it. And forget about hi-rez with Devialet wifi. Music breaks every 15 minutes. If I could get the warmth of the Toslink with the extension of the USB...

In this forum there are some hardcore mapleshade users (me among them). Has any of them listened to the new mapleshade Toslink cable? Mapleshade Clearlink Optical Toslink Cable (standard)-shop.mapleshadestore.com They seem to follow the same path they have been using in electrical cables: thinner, longer, high resistance - but in optical! from my Mac mini to my Devialet, optical is a very desirable option since it isolates electrically the DAC from the computer (provided it sounds better than usb, as Pierre states)