Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp?


Has anyone heard the XP-30 that was released a couple of weeks ago?

I have the XP-10 and just wondering how much better the XP-30 is at $16.5K? How does it stack up against the Ayre KXR preamp?
sfstereo

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My understanding from Pass is that the margin of improvement from XP -20 to XP-30 is about the same as XP-10 to XP-20. I have not compared the xp10 to the xp20 so I don't have any reference.

I did compare the Ayre kxr and the Pass xp10 in my system and found the kxr to be much better and it should at x3.5 cost of the xp10. The kxr sounded very natural and easy to listen in my system.

According to people that have compared the xp20 to the kxr, the xp20 comes close but the kxr is still better. Can the xp30 match or exceed the kxr?
I am looking to get either a kxr or an xp30 in few months.