A promising result (preliminary):

First time I've tried this (dont know why), just reduced the gains by 25% on my amp, knocked up the channels a notch, and heard what I think was a postive reduction in hiss. Need to recalb with RS meter, and spend, put the 5 year old to bed, and spend some time with some vinyl and cd's, as well as DVD to see if I'm losing too much juice. On the Yankee/Angel game didnt feel need to even turn volumn up to hear, watched at -30 before/after, and sounds same with gains down.

Could it be, us with "gain controls" need to play around with reductions and hiss issues may be positively reduced/possibly resolved?

One thought is how many have the Parasound w/gain vs the Outlaw, Rotel, Sherebourn etc. Just a thought/denfinitely worth a try. By Sunday, I'll have gone through stuff (plus hopefully watched the Raiduhs pound on the Bills) and for me, put my hiss to rest.