I have personally had posession of the prototype of the 'hiss fixed' 950. It definately solves the hiss problem to my satisfaction. The noise measures about 4 db less, and in addition there is 8db more gain with no increase in noise as a result of the added gain. The result is that there is an approximately 12 db imporvement in the noise floor. The volume control and trims now funcion more as in a traditional preamp, with lower volume control settings yielding lower noise. Since you can set the 950's volume 8 db lower because of it's increased output, the noise is 8 db lower right there. For comparason, most people percieve a 10db change in volume as being 'half as loud' or 'twice as loud', so the improvement in the 950's noise is very significant.

Once the replacements are shipping, I will post a briefing on how to set up the unit in order to realise maximum benfit of the fixes, for your particular system configuration, and issues.

Outlaw came through!

[This message has been edited by soundhound (edited November 20, 2002).]