> i also put my A108 audio input (of all 3 A108's of mine) to
> around 9 o'clock for non-distorted input.
> so, i think this behavior of the A108 is normal and not defective.

I was not in the company yesterday as I had to attend a boring "safety at work" seminar because of the German law (unfortunately only ~5% of my time I'm able to do what I like most: design of new modules/units or playing with them).

The audio input of the A-108 is very sensitive (much more than e.g. the A-120). Many users recommended to have more sensitive inputs for clipping/distortion available. If the audio input resistor R1 (standard value 10k) is replaced e.g. by 47k or 100k the input becomes 5/10 times less sensitive.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

P.S.
These are the law codes for the potentiometers used in the A-100:

A = log
B = linear
C = inverse log.