Since whenever I learned about subtractive synthesis and started building my own synths and widgets with Synthedit, I've always been silently shaking my head at people getting obsessed with hardware synthesizers. I mean... Sure, having hardware dedicated to the specific task of generating sound is a useful thing to have, and sure, most proper synths tend to have their quirks that make them memorable, but I really don't care if the bassline I hear is a genuine 303, or an analog reproduction, or a digitally calculated emulation. And, I never had any issues with my sounds not being "fat enough" or sounding "too tinny" for my taste. And I've been using softsynths for years now.
