Here's a question:
Is there anyone who thought they would buy the 722/744 sound devices but "settled" (and I use that word gently) on the R-44?
I had preordered a Sound Devices 788T a few weeks ago. But at around $6000 I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I ended up getting two R-44s and slaving them together. I am glad I went with the R-44s. I like the portability, ease of use, built in mics and speakers (for use in a pinch), no moving parts, XLR/TRS combo jacks (don't have to spend a lot of $$$ buying the SD TA3 cables). With the money I 'saved' I bought some large diaphragm mics, some SDHC cards, Logic Studio, 16GB of RAM and 3 1TB SATA internal hard drives for my Mac, and some gas for my truck.