Well I'm waiting for my new Hydra 2.5 for the RS from you, hopefully it will ship tomarrow. I know exactly what your talking about, and while I'm waiting for the newer hydra I'm familiarizing myself with the software, and tuning in general.
I've got a PLX-500 w/ WB02, EGT, and knock voltage with audio output. So I plug in my headphones to listen for knock, I wasn't just driving and shifting and hearing the knock over everything else, I was tuning and going through the gears. The car doesn't ping at all when doing a pull in any gear, just doesn't like going from gear to gear.
Thanks for the tips Phil, I'll give em a try!
Nick