I understand that the greatest compatibility is desired, and I also get wanting the maximum amount of control over your gameplay... But seriously though, how many new people who ask for help are trying to play some obscure NTSC-J title? Most new people just want to play Final Fantasy VII-IX or Metal Gear Solid or some-such, all of which run fine on pSXfin. I always try to start people off with pSXfin, and then if issues continue try to walk them through ePSXe.
Also, (no offense to the OP) I don't know if English is this guy's first language, and he is definitely new to this, so why not just start with the simple answer and go from there instead of trying to help him get started using what is probably incomprehensible jargon?
I don't know, I get why people like ePSXe, I just don't understand why they have gotten married to the damn thing.
Which probably would not have happened if he did not have to deal with an obfuscatory config at launch.
I think three weeks with no results warrants a change.