You might want to check out this site to try and find music gear (if you have not done so already). I think its all used, but you can occasionally find some good deals. Guitar Centers that have trouble selling their gear put it up on this site and alot of gear gets sold at a lower price than they would ever give you if you were to buy at their stores. Plus most of the items that are put up never get bid on, or you only have to bid against like 1 or 2 people. I don't think many people know about this site yet... There's some brands that I have never been able to find (Elektron comes to mind), but brands like Roland+Korg+Yamaha are of course all over. You can occasionally find some Clavia, Access, and Waldorf gear though. Hope you can find yourself a good deal
http://www.instrumentexchange.com/