Same here. I've always loved the purest rawest analog tone, but working with the Prophet '08 taught me to appreciate the strengths of the DCO. I would name them as 1) good quality analog tone, 2) no needed warm-up time, 3) perfect tuning stability, and 4) perfect oscillator-keyboard tracking. I would say the DCO makes for excellent polyphonic as well as monophonic uses, whereas the VCO is best for monophonic uses. That's why I was hoping to find the "perfect" VCO mono synth. Oh well.
The Prophet '08 has been called "thin-sounding" by many folks. I would qualify that and say, yes, it's thinner than a Model D or an Oberheim Two-Voice. But by no means is the standing statement accurate. It's just thin enough and just thick enough to be perfect for massive chord playing. I suppose sixteen Model Ds MIDI-ed together would be the very definition of gorgeous analog thickness, but I think in polyphonic uses it would be far too much of a good thing; it would be so dense and heavy as to lack clarity and definition. To me, the Prophet '08 strikes a perfect balance, and whatever thinness it possesses only allows it to be clean and distinct in chordal moments.
So, Exode, what purchases do you have in mind? An OB-6?