I checked both links for PCM provided by Doby and Zaphod... and although thorough, I struggled to find what a newbie would be looking for (and I consider myself a sound noob to be sure).
Maybe a bridge can be built. I really liked JRLA's explanation to me in the Tiesto thread (was off-topic, I know). But, it was streamlined, explained what I wanted to know - as it related to home hi-def media, and not too choked with jargon. Maybe experts would be willing to take PM's for key glossary items, give PM replies, thereby passing them through an idiot filter (folks like me) to see if they're understandable to us non-experts - or those that just haven't had enough experience to put all the pieces together...
Either way - I hope there are people enthusiastic enough to make this happen, I'll help in any way I can (an easy way for me to learn
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