Ah! A Dell 1901FP is what I have. You are so right on the AS500 speaker bar...The model number on the speaker bar was much larger than the monitor's model number...had to get a flashlight and magnifying glass out to read that one!
Speaker bar is not hooked up so I may just remove it. 
 
Home built 6 yrs ago i7 950 @ 307GHz; 3.10Ghz; 12 GB ram; Win10 Pro, 64bit; Lifer Platinum;
Just added a new C: 1TB HDD with all Cake programs & content in default locations;  1TB HDD Data drive for music;pictures;business and personal docs; 2TB external backup; 650MB drive for all Sonar songs, notes, lyrics.
Always connected to internet. Works for me....Also have an i5 Acer laptop with an SSD drive to record Steinway
grand piano in the living room, at the piano.

DrLumen
SteveC, you might want to check out their website - if you haven't already. I find ordering online and picking up at the store particularly useful. At the one here in Dallas there is usually a long line for the normal checkout lines (of which there are many). But, the pickup counter usually only has a few, if any, people waiting. It only takes a few minutes to get the gear and pay for it. If you want you can still shop around for more gear too and take it up when you pickup your online order.

 
Thanks, doc!   That sounds like a good idea, so I will definitely check them out online for possible pickup.
 
 

Jesse G
SteveC,
This Micro Center has a nice mark down section in the store and a lot of nice deals weekly.  As soon as you walk in to the store there are items stacked in large quantities.   Take a trip on Saturday.
 
If you are married or dating, there is the Radnor Hotel across the street that has a brunch on  Sundays to die for.  All you can eat with free mimosa  for brunch.  $29 each person, but the food is worth it.
 
Radnor Hotel Sunday Brunch

 
Thanks, Jesse!   Micro Center is sound better all the time...   I'm not sure I could get my wife to go knowing the type of store it is, but hey, ya never know.   I appreciate that. 
 

I just had Jim Roseberry build a new PC for me. 


Broadwell 6850K (6 core)
64 Gigs of Ram
5 x SSD drives
Video - GTX 970
 
Many of my productions include multiple sample libraries and many many tracks, plug ins and automation.  I decided to put my audio drive on an SSD because a conventional HD wasn't keeping up, so it was either a raid setup or try an SSD.
 
I also do some audio post and some light video editing, which explains the GTX 970 card.
 
My old machine was a gaming machine built by Digital Storm.  It served extremely me well for 7 years but was no longer powerful enough.  This machine is great! And not to be a commercial for Jim Roseberry or anything, but, he did a fantastic job and his support has already been exceptional.
 
As others in this thread, I would stick with a desktop due to ease of upgrading and changing out parts.