especially when it comes to the audio quality...
That is what I said.
Anyhow, the Summit seems like a good middle ground for those with only one synth. I have all the VCO goodness I need, therefore I'm looking for a gloriously digital (albeit knobby) synth. Unless you can point me to some examples of the Peak's wavetable capabilities sounding as out there as the Blofeld for example, then perhaps you would like to post an example of your own instead. It would certainly speak louder than mere words.
P.S. Thanks in advanced if you decide to take up my request. 
Maybe if you give me some links to the wavetable sound you like, it would be more of a challenge for me, because then I have a reference point if I decide to take you up on the request
I definitely feel that the PEAK is up there with the Blofeld though... the only disadvantage is that you cannot create your own wavetables (at least not yet) ... if you compare the sound of the Wavetables with Blofeld and the earlier 8bit waveforms of the Microwaves, the major difference is that the Blofeld is much smoother, has greater bit depth in the waveforms and has better anti aliasing algorithms.
With PEAK it's the same, but the high 24Mhz FPGA speed of processing completely eliminates aliasing and other artifacts in especially the higher pitch range, something that is not the case with the Microwaves for example... especially when the waveforms have many high harmonics in them... on Microwaves the sound gets really harsh and digital... I think they solve this somewhat on the Blofeld via bandlimiting or something, but Blofeld does not run at 24MHz speed internally... on most digital synths (also non wavetable) I often hear aliasing in the higher registers... but not with PEAK because of the high internal sample rate... if I choose a harmonically rich wavetable (like a pitched noise waveform), then when I play higher and higher, I hear no aliasing... on some waveforms instead the volume start to drop out, but rather that, than a bunch of hissy screaming aliasing noise.
even though PEAK has now got 60 wavetables, I'd still like to be able to create my own, or rather be able to select the five waveforms that PEAK internally is morphing between, from an internal bank of waveforms... that would allow more timbral variations, and still not make it overly important to import you own waveforms... say... an internal ROM bank of 256 waveforms where you could choose the five you want to morph between...
So there is still room for improvement regarding wavetables on PEAK... for sure... but the audio quality I have no problem with, that's for sure
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