Hey Dopogue,
I guess we have a problem with semantics. When I said mapleshade produces more hiss, I didn't mean it added hiss. I meant there is more hiss coming out from the speakers when I use the mapleshade interconnect compared to the other interconnects I've used. Since the amount of hiss is very dramatically different, I accidentally might have "languaged" into saying the mapleshade "produces" hiss; in actuallity, it merely doesn't hinder hiss as well as other cords that are shielded. Mapleshade has no shielding, as you probably know.