The biggest drawback to the 788 is lack of USB connectivity; you have to burn a disc thru a SCSI-attached external hard drive in order to export

The storage method is superior to old hard drives

a Tascam 2488NeoThe TASCAM DP-32SD 32-Track Digital Porta studio has much improved preamps over the Neo and No noisy hard drives

My previous Tascam, the DP01, lasted nine years before the hard drive went bad

NO CD-R like on the Neo