Yes, it sounds like you may not have the latest issue of the 950. If you bought it from someone else, there's almost no way it could be the newest one, as they only came out a couple weeks ago. I'd call Outlaw and sort it out.

The gain is "free" in the sense that it was accomplished without an increase in noise. Usually, the higher the gain, the higher the noise. They got around this by using quieter IC Op Amps in the analog gain stages.

[This message has been edited by soundhound (edited January 01, 2003).]