Desmond got back to me and as I expected they did make some circuit changes from the first X250.5’s with the original X250 case to the later. Here’s what Desmond said.
"The main difference on the rear was the addition of a white ground post. We had several people hook up rel subwoofers across the speaker terminals, thinking the black terminal was ground.
When we added the ground post we took the opportunity to clean up some internal layouts as well."
I'm sure the early .5 series is still an improvement over the originally unit. I’ll drag it home to compare before I purchase first.