Roland VS880/ Roland S770??

[HA_DA_JA]

What do you do with gear like this that you have bought since new for over $2500 and now is practically worthless.
I have 2 of these VS880 expanded recorders.
I even have 3 x Roland S770 samplers which were there flagship models they are virtually obsolete?
It seems a waste of them just sitting here. Any suggestions what to do with them?

[headman]

boat anchor.
I know, it's not funny, I own more than a few boat anchors as well, i think we just have to live with it.
One day a DX 7 will be worth something again.

headman

[Thirteen]

There are plenty of CD's out there with sample libraries for the S770, they are a great sounding sampler, they sound better than any plug in and don't have latency, so if it were mine I would get a CD ROM drive, rack it up with the sampler and start buying a CD sample library for it. So much more rewarding to play than VSTi's.

[ChrisW]

There are plenty of CD's out there with sample libraries for the S770, they are a great sounding sampler

Yeah, I still use my S750.
You could sell it on Ebay. There's a market for these older, great sounding samplers. It wont sell for a lot though I admit.
DX7's are quite hot property actually.
There's an 80's revival you know.

[musikwerks]

Hang on to them until Dre or Timbaland uses one in a music video and then all those hip hop wannabe gangsta's will drive the value up on ebay.

[heathen]

Yep stick it in the wardrobe for 20 years and then sell on ebay for $15000. Or yeah doorstop or boat anchor.