I hope you don't mind me asking, Audiogal, but what do you do for a living? Or where did you learn so much? Your technical understanding of this stuff is incredible. I've had to google a few things just to keep up, lol. If I had to take a guess, electrical engineer? Or if military, maybe an information technologist?
I don't mean to get too personal over the internet, but I have really enjoyed reading your posts and observations. It really blows my mind that you are "new" to the hobby, but you are clearly a very intelligent person.