It's funny you should say that-I just bought an s20 (non-tested of course ) for $50, and maybe if I could figure out if the damn thing worked, that would suffice. I didn't realize you could re-sample so low! But so far, I've tried a variety of power connectors with no luck. Does it take a special p...

Man you do want it RUFF!! My S612 makes my samples sound nice and dirty!!! If I want it really dirty I sample into my Akai S20 and resample internally down to 4kHz!!! And i got my S20 for $25 on craigslist not long ago in the original box with about 30 sample disks!!!

I would go with the MKS-70 my self. Love the sound but, as others have stated not great for bass due to the sluggish envelopes. But make sure to get the programmer! I didn't really use my MKS-30 a lot until I got the PG200! Now it gets used quite a bit!!