The board is a Soundcraft Spirit SX
I'm loving the Blofeld but I think Waldorf is a bit like Marmite..you either love the sound or hate it with Waldorf gear, I agree there are so many cheesy presets but some are ok if you tweek them.
Edditing like with most Waldorf gear goes deep and you got loads of options to mangle your sound...the two filters thing can confuse some people too.
I used to own a Micro Q few years back but I never realy liked that one, when I played my friends big Q and XT I was like WOW, also I realy like the PPG and XT wave table sound so I thought what the heck..I was going to get a big XT but kept getting out bid so got the Blofeld but I don't regret getting it.
If you like deep pad sounds, digital/analogue hi-brid and wave table kind of things then for sure it's a winner, the analogue modeling side of things aren't that bad either on it but I wouldn't buy it as an analogue modeling synth...
Don't know how it would fit with hip hop..for that I would still hunt down some cool mono synths or even a Pulse but for Techno, Deep House or electronic music in general it's a shure winner and adds a nice change to tracks from the usual analogue synths..
Here are some sounds I programed and tweeked on it on a techno tune I did...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNO_Snjws7s