ok. i'm slow, for sure, but eventually i'll understand this. What
you're saying (and what i've just seen in my own experiment) seems to
imply that there are 2 stages of gain in the sytek :

1) an input gain that is *changeable* (via the knob on the front), and
whose resulting signal hits :

2) the final amplification stage that is constant and unchangeable.

is that right ?

thanks for your patience so far, guys.