n4rc0l3pt1c, I haven't heard the SL-CT790, but you may want to pass on that one. The U.S.- and Canadian-market versions of that model has no line-out at all whatsoever, making the headphone-out jack as the U.S./Canada SL-CT790's only audio output. And the U.S./Canada CT790 may be using the same dull, lifeless, crappy-sounding headphone-out as its cheaper cousin, the SL-CT590. But worst of all, since there's no line out, and there's no anti-skip mode switch, you'll be stuck with the compressed 48-second anti-skip all the time if you buy the American/Canadian SL-CT790.
Note that I'm discussing only the versions of the SL-CT790 officially marketed in the U.S. and in Canada; those meant for the Asian and European markets may have a line/optical out and a linear (uncompressed) 10- or 15-second anti-skip.