As I re-read the title of my thread, I realized that maybe the term "thingy" conveyed to some that I felt this hiss issue is a non-issue, overblown, etc.

Let me just say that this was not my objective, and I do realize the 950 hiss exists, and in some systems is an big issue. It was for me, I'm on my third 950, and lowering the gains on the first 2, would not have reduced their hiss enough. My third 950 arrived with much lower hiss, and my gain reduction seems to have solved it.

Titles kinda like that e-mail post hittin send, doh, did I really say that to him??