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Originally Posted by The Sandman
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'.
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I will add that I found the XP30 difficult to place in my racks. While my old C500T/C fit snugly in a 12" spaced shelf on my rack, the XP30 is just a tad too tall. This left me either splitting it up (power on one shelf and left & right on another) or stacking them three high on the top shelf. Both option are visually unappealing to me. I've since ordered a seperate stand for my XP30.
Great sounding preamp, just a bit unwieldy.