Will, no I've never had any real problems with hiss but mentioned it because this thread is titled "I'm hissing". I use the other preamps because I am not totally satisfied with the BM issues, in my system, on the analog bypasses. I am getting increasingly picky with regard to analog music playback as time goes on, and now, in fact, have decided to sell my Parasound preamps and get a Musical Fidelity CD/DAC/Pre24 unit. This will handle all 2 channel playback. The Outlaw 950 will continue to handle all movie and TV audio playback as it always has...