Not that buying the 990/770 combo is a bad thing or anything but when the the 790 comes out all of you all will be trying to unload those 770 for a shinny new 790. The thing that really drew my attention was the fact that the 990 literature really pushes the XLR balanced out puts, yet the 770 does not have balanced inputs. Only guessing I would say we will see balanced inputs besides more power (Tim Allen)!