Applejelly:
Bummer. If you hear a hiss with just the 950 connected to your power amp, that goes away when you disconnect the 950 from the amp, then something is definately wrong. In stereo bypass mode, there is very little hiss in my unit, and as you assume, the trims have no effect in that mode. Have you tried the experiment with all input devices disconnected from the 950, so that you just have the 950 and your power amps? If it hisses in that configuration, it is pretty damming for the 950. I really don't understand why this preamp is getting so many reports relatively speaking of hiss. I don't think this is a knee-jerk reaction of customers of the prior hiss problems either. It is not rocket science to make a quiet analog preamp, I know since I've designed my share myself, and it is not that expensive either. As I've said several times before, they should have left off the FM/AM tuner and put the money into a better analog section. Excuse me, I;m ranting.....

[This message has been edited by soundhound (edited September 27, 2002).]