From my perspective, it was a dull and uneventful NAMM. Without DSI and Moog, I didn't expect much anyways. It seems the analog mono synth market is settling down (those little Arturia and Doepfer units aside), since nothing close to full-sized appeared. I'm wondering if Moog will put something in place of its discontinued Model D. It seems like a good opportunity to produce an instrument larger than the Subsequent, and that's what I was most hoping for from NAMM 2018. A Voyager Mk II would be fabulous, especially if Moog added another LFO. It seems absurd to let that masterful design fade away.
I would say the Korg Prologue won the day this year, even overshadowing the Quantum. But sorry; it's impossible for someone with an eight-voice Poly Evolver Keyboard to get excited about the Korg. Yes, they're very different instruments, but you know what I mean. In the end, it's the quality of sound that most matters.
Except for an announcement from DSI, which I'm very much anticipating, I find myself drawn to other boutique companies. For a while, Analog Solutions had my attention, but Artisan Electronic Instruments now has my curiosity.