The repost is worth another look: the link (awesome) below has helped us understand how T, SHBG, free T, albumin works.

(25-03-2016, 12:37 AM)Lotus Wrote: Cholesterol is the precursor (for all hormones) that converts testosterone (via the leydig cells,) which sigals the lutenizing hormone ------to either produce more or less T, other factors regulate this process too though. These formulated esters can be tanking NBE imo and we don't even know yet. (Yikes)

For the non geek types it might be easier to see T explained from this publication:

how testosterone is made
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/01/15/how-testosterone-is-made/

Note: referenced under " where and how testosterone is made " no. 4