I'll put this here. I've also had the hiss problem.
I got an email Mon the 23rd saying that a new one was going out to me that night. Now, I also got the "exchange" email saying it's not going to ship until the 1st two weeks in Jan.
Which is it?????
>> OK, looks like it is almost here.

[This message has been edited by Kevin C Brown (edited December 27, 2002).]