Trident you are correct, I believe.
The Audya simply uses the USB interface to load samples/other data to the hard drive, and then streams from there.
It does not use the USB port for streaming anything in any live sense (apart from USB midi).
So I would agree that 1.1 or 2 doesn't matter much really.
I can understand when people get frustrated with no response, and AJ and Ketron may be a bit remiss, but I have got to say they are about the same as Korg Italy when it comes to responding to direct questions...
However I suspect they would be frantically trying to get everything through customs and sorted in the states fro NAMM at the moment so he/Ketron may be a bit pre-occupied.
AJ's time would be restricted at the moment and as he also has to reply to ALL the emails getting sent to him by owners of ALL Ketron products (he is the ketrton tech after all), he simply may not have enough time left to log onto the SZ.
I would say that all questions will be answered at NAMM or just after.
Dennis