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I have just purchased a Roland SP-700 for $21, couldn't help myself for the price! Looked like a bargin, did some background research on it, wasn't an awful lot I could find!
This particular model currently has 8mb of ram, I know it can be upgraded to 32mb, but how accessible are these now, and any idea of cost?
I was also looking to find some of the original sounds that went with this, nothing currently on e-bay, so I guess I am also interested in how available these are to, and what the cost is.
I have read that you can upload Akain 1000 samples, but there may me a drop in quality of sound?
Anyone that has one of these that can shine some light would really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.

Anyone else own one of these?
Thought there had to be someone!

Look on eBay for memory expansion. The SP-700 uses the same 4MB SIMMS as S-760 samplers which are usually under $10 each. Roland format sounds show up on eBay every so often but, you will probably pay more for many of them than you did for the SP. Akai S1000/1100 disks should work without any problems in most cases. Get a CD-ROM drive for loading Roland and Akai disks and get a Zip drive to save your Akai file conversions for faster loading. SCSI for Samplers is a good place to get a CD-ROM drive and they will probably throw in several sound disks of your choice with the deal. http://www.scsiforsamplers.com/

Thanks vm for the heads up, much appreciated.