what's your synth journey/story?

i'll go first! it was one fateful day a few years ago, i walked into my local synth store. i didnt even really know hardware synths still existed, i was a lowly pleb using MIDI controller for stock logic pro sounds (didnt even have a fancy vst like omnisphere). i walked around looking at all the fancy gear that i didn't know about, and then there it was. the Sequential Take 5. i hit a key, and this warm, thick, rich sound came blasting out of the store speakers. i was smitten.... until i asked about the price. $1500?? i promptly walked away and left the store after noodling around with some other gear. but it was too late, i had been bitten by the bug. IMMEDIATELY when i got home i started googling "affordable/cheap/entry synths." after lots of research and loopop videos, i got myself a behringer Pro-1. i loved it, but what were all these "patch points"? dammit, bitten again. more research, more videos, now i had a Pro-1 and a Subharmonicon. "semi.... modular?" and thus the slippery slope began. i decided i wanted to have a Poly + modular setup, so i ended up saving up (read: tax returns) and got a Sequential P10 and hand-built a modular case (the one you see in my profile). eventually realized the P10 was too feature limited (mainly unsync-able LFOs) for me and sold it and got a Rev2. somewhere along the way tried a Moog Minitaur, got a Behringer TD-3, and upgraded my midi controller as well. which brings me to my final setup: Sequential Prophet Rev2, controlled by Arturia Essential Keylab 88, Behringer TD-3, and a 9Ux80HP modular system.

so, what's your story?