Hello Martin, I don't think the CEM based filters lacking charakter.
What I love about the A107 you can try a variety of filter types and
slopes within the very same patch just by stepping through them.
It's also possible to switch at audio rates.
However, it always depends on your application which filter fits. I
think the A101-2 especially gives bass patches a "natural" touch. I
haven't gone deeply into my A101-1 but so far think it's great for a
frequency depended scanning of 1 complex signal fed into diff.
inputs or diff. signals into 2 or more inputs... However, if money
is a concern both A101-2 and A124 will bi a good start. Regards, Ingo

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Martin Rudling"
<martinrudling@h...> wrote:

>
> hi.
> Further investigation has made me interested in the A101-1/2.

words like

> "smooth distortion" and "organic" really give me the shivers. The

word

> "dirty" though, makes me think of mud and ugly distortion, but I

suspect

> that isn´t the case with the wasp filter. And when you say that

the A107

> sounds clean, it makes me think of "without personality/character"

in other

> words; boring, but I suppose - again - that isn´t the case with

this unit

> (107). But the price of A107 is also non-attractive and, less

abstract and

> mind-misleading, than all these words... So I might just start my
> doepfer-adventure with two cheaper ones like 101-2 and 124

waspfilter.

> If I had not read some personal reviews of the 101-2 (steiner

lp-gate),

> I would have chosen the 101-1 version, but the praisings of the

101-2 - on

> this yahoogroup - certainly makes the situation quite complicated

to me.

>
> As you probably can see, I´m far from sure about what exactly I´m

up to, but

> I´m also very willing to take risks and just follow your very

appreciated

> advice...!
>
> Regards /martin
>
> >
>