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Thanks.
Trying to be logical about it, if older Mac hardware runs Monterey without significant boot delays, then the new problems we are seeing seem to be caused by specific hackintosh SSDs, namely Samsung ones with the new Phoenix controller. When Apple updated their code for Monterey, if they aren't using Phoenix (though they often used Samsung Surface-Mount SSDs), then they wouldn't think of coding for it.
I'm still in the dark here ... It would be useful to hear from non-Samsung NVME SSD users if they have similar problems. (I may have missed that, if so apologies.. .)
There are a number of threads here -- I don't have the links at my fingertips, but I know that CaseySJ's massive Golden Build thread has a recent mini-guide that was compiling a list of problem NVMe's. Also, on the Dortania site, they have the list of SSDs and are asking volunteers to post benchmarks of their NVMe's using disabled, cutoff limit and maximum limit.
After a week or so of reading the posts, I mostly saw that WD SN750 was pretty much problem free, so I just went with that.