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Originally Posted by Ritmo
Interesting that this new pre departs from the 3 box configuration of the XP-30.
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I commented on this in another thread. There is a picture somewhere which shows both the XS Pre and what looks like an XP-20 - the XS pre is *much* bigger. My guess is that while a 3 chassis design is better in a theoretical (and probably measureable) sense, Nelson opted for visual symmetry with the 2 chassis XS amps while fitting all of the necessary goodness (apparantly significantly better than the XP-30) into 2 boxes. Or perhaps there were indications that potential Pass Labs customers found the 3 chassis design a bit cumbersome. Just speculatin'.