It was tempting to go directly through 8Dio, but I stuck with Sweetwater for warranty and return policy reasons. Hopefully that doesn't mean much, if any, delay from the original launch. They didn't have the pre-order list set up when I called, and confirmed that I'll be in the very first batch to go out from them.
... and yes, I got the same impression regarding the manual. I offered to help proof-read early drafts but they don't seem to have taken the bait. All I can say is Waldorf could have used someone with a reasonable grasp of both the technology and the English language to go over the manual before release.
Favorite phrases include the description of Spectrum Skew which reads "Determines the level of the partials in relation to themselves", a statement regarding the Oscillator Mixer that makes the unqualified statement "The LED below the dial doesn’t light up", the delightfully vague note "Due to the fact that the Quantum offers eight analog filter voices the maximum polyphony is about eight voices", and perhaps my favorite: "The graphic display of the waveform may give an idea of what exactly is happening. Otherwise the result is far from accurate."
Even at v3 the Kurzweil Forte manual still has a handful of curious statements that could have used an editorial pass. Having not owned a DSI product before, what kind of shape are the manuals usually in?