Thanks, everyone. Apparently I’ve run out of “likes” for the next 4 hours (not sure what the rationale of limiting gratitude is) but I’ve tried to like all replies as a basic means of thanks.
Particularly enjoying the mono vs. poly posts. Before this thread, to me, mono vs. poly was sort of like unicycle vs. car. Unless I’m aiming for the circus, those extra three wheels are going to give me so much more potential. But I get it now!
The Digitone might be hard to ignore. Appreciate what some have said re: it being hard to move it away from its very FM sound, and all that that entails, and not being great for pads etc., but when you can pick one up for ~£550 second hand, that’s a lot of sonic loveliness for a very good price.
But the deciding phase continues - not there yet! Got to look into all these mentioned synths. Particularly the Blofeld - that seems a straight up alternative to the Argon/Cobalt I was originally looking at - and the Hydra, which seems almost universally revered (except for this guy).