i didn't know the Hfi's were bad at all, but then again in the caribbean we don't know many of the top of the line stuff, i must admit ive been educated alot by this forum.
also yeah the gain is at about 3/4 and i haven't had any probs with it.
That ending part was directed the OP but it can also be directed to you. But you have 4v out, you shouldn't need to have the gain that high.