Elektron Musical Instruments

The construction issues seem to be:
> 
> (i) buttons
> (ii) rotary encoders (I know these are surface mounted, which already worries me)
> (iii) labels (paint wears off)
> 
> Are these really issues?  

The Elektron Mono & MD are very well constructed electronic boxes with lots of 
switches, pots & LEDs popping through the face plates. Yeah, I think the stuff is 
surface mounted, but everything feels VERY solid. There must be some structure 
under the boards to help to give it rigidity. Failure of a switch, LED or encoder 
wouldn't be out of the question -there's around ninety components that pass through 
the heavy gauge aluminum face plate -which almost all the graphics are anodized 
onto the surface. I dont think anodization scratches off, it's like a different color of 
aluminum that's been plated to the surface. I bet if you spilled a good drip of water 
on it while it was on you might need to send it to Sweeden for some work. You could 
probably shear off a pot shaft by sliding a cabinet into it at just the right angle.
Judging by the way they look & feel I bet there will be plenty of working Monos & MDs 
around that never needed service in the year 2040. just a guess