Doepfer

One can only report one's own subjective opinion. My modular has around 
30 An.Sol modules and around 15 Doepfer........ I'd bought the An.Sol 
stuff first...... then I discovered Doepfer..... but we can't turn the 
clock back can we.
The Doepfer pots seem of much higher quality than An.Sol's - being 
silky-smooth, as opposed to their counterparts, many of which seem very 
loose..... 
I have had an intermittent problem with one of the An.Sol sequencer 
modules, for some time, and sent it back for repair. It was returned 
with the report - "No fault found." The fault is still there though.
One of the percussion modules has gone totally dead. I sent an Email to 
arrange for its return..... the Email wasn't answered and the module 
remains dud. I'm afraid I also found the responses less than helpful 
when phoning for advice....... The person I spoke to seemed irritated 
and impatient, with the attitude - "Well, if you don't know about these 
things, then you shouldn't be messing with them", an attitude which is 
also reflected in the printed instructions. I bought my Doepfer modules 
from EMIS, and they couldn't have been more pleasant and helpful.
Then there were problems with a couple of the An.Sol VCOs - drifting 
out of tune regarding the octave interval. There's no tuning control 
pot for this on the module's front, which necessitates removing it from 
the cabinet and tuning via a tiny pre-set on the board.
I hope the above is helpful.



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "danfarmer19732003" 
<danfarmer@h...> wrote:
>
> It will be interesting to see if Analogue solutions here in the uk
> will follow along with this price increase.
> 
> Taking into consideration that the doepfer system is the best value
> for money analog modular around.... When I first heard about the price
> increase I was tempted at first to go with Analogue Solutions, but
> even with the price hike, my gut is saying 'go with doepfer'.
> 
> How does the doepfer system compare to the analogue solutions system?
> Can anyone who uses/experienced in both give their opinion?
>