If it ' s the same price go for the newer Z 170 setup . <| sep |> I don ' t think you understand . I NEED someone to be mad at . I cannot reconcile that Sea World does some good and some bad . I see the world as if were a magestic orca black and white . <| sep |> You can determine the position if you know the previous position of the encodee , which you keep in RAM . Sure , the encoder will not know where it is when you switch the computer on but after turning the knob to max left and then to max right , it will calibrate itself . A small nuisance but worth it imo . <| sep |> Should have used the D . E . N . N . I . S . system . <| sep |> There ' s no way I ' m gonna jump into that lol . I ' ll talk it over with my doll tomorrow and see how she feels about it