Elektron Musical Instruments

Hey guys,

   I received my MachineDrum right as my cable modem connection was 
being fixed and I was called to a meeting explaining the layoffs at 
work, so perhaps I don't have the best perspective. Regardless, in my 
very brief time with the MachineDrum I listened to it completely 
through the headphone jack and I noticed an unexpected floor of noise 
when I turned the volume up to 3/4 through full settings. This was 
using the default kit and the default settings, so perhaps this is a 
side effect of some default DSP effect going on but I doubt it based 
on the fact it had no apparent cycle to its nature, simply sounding 
like white background noise. Have other people noticed this? Is this 
perhaps simply a matter of the quality of its headphone jack as 
opposed to its regular outputs? I'm not sure when I'll have the time 
to play around with it as much as I'd like; I'm sure before the end of 
the week but still I'd like to others' thoughts on what may be causing 
this disappointing sound quality (and yes, I'm using the U.S. power 
adapter in a standard US two prong outlet.) Anyway, I still have yet 
to discover all the power that lie beneath the surface but hopefully 
that's near to come and the bg noise is near to go. I do concur wth 
the look and feel being pretty impressive although I must say that the 
buttons are much lighter than I thought they'd be considering all the 
comments on sturdiness and feel of the unit. I suppose this doesn't 
help my image as a broken cog in the works of Elektron's attentive 
fans but then again this is the most expensive instrument I've ever 
purchased so I have to be rather critical of it. Of course, if i buy 
the new minimoog then all the pressure is off.