Like i said, the 950 on paper has a higher signal to noise ratio and is >100db.

What bothers me somewhat is that some of those who have the Rotel and the Outlaw side by side exclaim the Rotel is quieter and in some case exhibit no hiss at all. It should be the other way around if anything. I'm getting some hiss with my unit; at my house it is very difficult to acheive a low background noise to check for thing such as this. At first i thought it was the ear to tweeter test like most people experience but the hiss seems more pronounced a month later. I can hear the hiss from 3-5 feet away and during quiet music passages i can faintly hear the hiss at the listening position. Is there a solution to this without asking for another unit?