prodig. maybe one of the pots is bad? sounds like something that may be fixable and not related to the wc or digi board, but who knows.
brian, it took me a loonnng time to get over missing my adk, but I'm pretty attached to the mme at this point, and honestly to my ears, sounds very similar. def. hated to give up on the 1000, though.
it might be worth it to call them and try to wrangle a trade-in. they did it for calico on this board, and essentially gave him a 500 or so break on a new mme, shipped from apogee. that's how I got mine too.
and if your issue is running a fixed gain pre, the screw pots are basically a non-issue at this point. couple of turns, and done. and it is *real* nice not to have to worry about anyone knocking the gain knobs off.