MacBook Pro settings for mini-toslink output

can anyone give any help using a mini-toslink output cable from an apple computer?

Before you do anything, try playing some music through the Mac other than the NPR station. Rip a cd to a lossless format like flac, and compare the 2.

OK, I'll see if I get any output from a cd file
Thanks

Check you midi settings. They are hard to find. Maybe google it. Perhaps they are set to 24/96 and your dac only takes 16/44.

Why are you using a Mini-Toslink from your MAC headphone output to the Luxman D-05 Toslink digital input? Am I missing something?

I suggest you use the USB connection on your MAC Book Pro computer to your Luxman D-05 DAC. I also have a MAC Book Pro computer and use a USB cable from the computer to my Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC. It works fine.

Setting up the computer is not easy and I hope the information below helps. I suggest you review the following web site for setting up your MAC computer for connecting to your Luxman D-05 DAC:

http://www.ayre.com/usb-dac-apple.htm

http://www.audioquest.com/pdfs/CA-Setup-Guide.pdf

Audio Midi Setup: Set up your audio devices

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5176?locale=en_US

http://www.usbdacs.com/Macintosh/Macintosh.html

I hope my above links work. If not, please copy and paste to your browser.