so what is the street price & expected widespread availability of these boxes? i know i looked this up before, but are they an "all in one" like the v3 / ua5?
722 = $2650 U.S. Retail
744T = $4250 U.S. Retail
Street is probably going to be real close if not exactly this since they are still hard to get. However, when I compare this to the 10K I spent for the Deva, it's a bargain. Although they really aren't competing for the same dollars (maybe the 744T, but it would take two 744Ts to have the correct number of tracks and then there are issues associated with the tracks when they are ganged together).
SD is still having issues getting these out the door to everybody waiting for them, so it's a total WAG when vendors have these "in stock" ... In all honesty, I've never known pro gear like this to be "in stock", usually it's built when somebody orders it. I had a 3 week wait for my Deva and they aren't new, it's just that most of these companies are small (think Grace) and they don't build 1000's of them like Tascam and Sony can and do.
Wayne