Thanks, Wayne. I had actually reread 2/3 of that before I posted and finished the rest of both again now. You have been singularly clear and generous in communicating your approach and rationale in a way that lifts all boats--sincere thanks. And again I wasn't pointing at any one design or even set of choices--just thinking the parts and possibilities for the Type would be farther along in all this time (and maybe they are and I'm clueless). There's a zeitgeist-thing these years, still. Maybe you don't feel as much because you've been so consistently on your own path for so long. Zilch et al, even Earl a good ways back, lots of mindshare. It's like when everyone was running UL amps because that was the thing