cheap samplers

[Jax1723@aol.com]

anyone know much about cheap samplers?  i need to buy one and i'm not sure 
what is good value for the bucks.  been looking at the boss dr sample and 
the 
yamaha su10 (both sell for about $300 in mus.friend)  or possibly spending 
a 
bit more and getting the akai s10 (or is it s20?) which sells for about 
$550. 
 does anyone have any experience with any of these???  what's good/bad 
etc.  
should i look for something more high-end used?  just want to get into 
sampling and looping more... all i have now is an old 1/4 in. reel to reel 
machine i loop with.  any input about the above mentioned machines would 
be  
greatly appreciated.

thanks
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