I lucked out and got the LAST demo sony SCD 777EE in the area for $1,700. (so I got the 5 year warranty) The articles in the mags about it just came out and it was already no longer being made!
I like it and hope it lasts a long time!
And yeah, aside from the feet, case design, and the fake balanced outputs, (and possibly ?? the power supply?? but that I am not very sure of...I think the power supplies are the same too.) they are identical