Originally Posted by: iamthe_eggman... I've started new topics on subjects that I know have been discussed before, but I started them anyways, since (a) I had no idea what search terms to use, and (b) I wanted a fresh perspective...

For a fresh perspective to an old thread, post a reply to the old thread. That brings the old thread back to the top of the stack for everyone to review and reply to. A good example of this is the recent resurrection of your old 'pick noise' query.