> Just used the dark energy for the first time and I've gotta say
> the build quality is excellent. I was very impressed with the
> smoothness of the pots, so much nicer than the stiffer a100 ones.
>
> Doepfer, any chance of getting all future a100 modules with these pots
>
> John :)

The same pots are used in Dark Energy and A-100. The only difference is the
horizontal/vertical orientation. E.g. the A-111-5 or A-138m, A-183-X and all
other A-100 modules with horizontal orientated pots use exactly the same
pots as the Dark Energy/Dark Time. Maybe it's the diameter of the Dark
Energy knobs and the design/surface of the knobs (polished black with silver
cap) that makes the user think that higher quality pots are used in the Dark
Energy.

There was a similar issue with our keyboards. A few years ago we had a
cannibalized piano case at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. We replaced the piano
keybed by the keybed of our master keyboard LMK4+. Many visitors who were
playing both the "piano" and a stand-alone LMK4+ mentioned that the keybed
of the LMK4+ is not bad. But the keybed of the "piano" is much better. They
were very surprised as we told them that both are exactly the same !

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer