You are not the first person in the world to do that, while being witness to "my way" of making a decision
Being frustrated about not being able to make up my mind myself, I have realized that I have learned a lot during my research. So the quest alone is valuable - For one, no device is perfect and what I've got already does sound really good, but the odd trick is valuable as well.
Initially I wanted a HW synth in order to get hands on a "one knob one function". I wanted to make the sound exploration tactile: learning by hearing and feeling.
This is still very important, but I want the comforts of a modern synth as well: Total midi implementation (or better) and presets: being able to save/recall my findings.
Maybe it's too much to expect?
Of the truely pure analogue synths I've listened to and which I'm able to get my hands on - I find The Dominion most interesting. But it's in backorder and wont be available before late april. It doesn't do the midi implentation thing though, but there might be workarounds.
The Elektron stuff does the daw-implementation right, but the workflow, however impressive, is convoluted.
The DSI PRO2 and Tempest I find interesting as well, but the rumour on the forums are that DSI are not good at fixing bugs in their devices - I don't want that frustration on a new device.
By now I don't think I'm gonna get it all in one device, so I think I'm gonna go with two devices:
1. The dominion 1 for pure analogue sound and hands on one knob one function-style (no further expectiation about advanced functionality)
2. Elektron Analog "something" for total daw implementation, maybe the most inspiring workflow ever, and device support/future development.
3. Keep looking for second hands gems
