Schiit Freya plus. Is this an upgrade?

If I could change one thing, I would want the lights to be cyan instead of white to match the rest of my system and to keep the glare down in the evening. I only use the remote to shift out of tube mode, otherwise it stays on 24.7  
Things I do like:
Low Noise Floor. Its quiet. I don't hear any white noise.
Shift from Tube mode cuts tubes offline.
Balanced Inputs.
Auto Delay on the Tubes, I'm impatient sometimes and would jump the gun.
Not having to open the box and pull the unit out to roll tubes.
Cost IMHO is below what you get.
Lastly, it makes me enjoy my music more. I spend more time listening.

I just ordered this week a freya S from amazon  . they ship direct from schitt . they said 5 left after I ordered.  now there are none. 

mine is on its way. hope its what I needed cause I was going to order in a month or so until I read they freya S was not going to be made any more after stock was sold. 

The Schiit Audio site still has them in stock, apparently, while the Freya+ is listed as in backorder status.  

Things I like about the Freya+ is the jaw dropping audio quality.

True balanced design for my Gungnir

The volume knob tracking with the remote 

The 3 modes of operation is a stroke of genius

The looks are really something, no screws on the top plate.

I'm considering the Freya+ to replace my Onkyo P-3000R preamp. The main reason is the Onkyo doesn't have balanced outputs. ATC that makes my amplifier highly recommends using balanced whenever possible. I emailed Schiit and they responded quickly saying the balanced should only be used for monoblocks and that I should use single ended. I'm sure they know what they are talking about but I'm just wondering if any of you can explain why this would be. In other words why I shouldn't use the balanced outputs of the Freya+ into my amp. Just trying to educate myself on preamp/amp compatibility regardless of which brand I use

I think they say this because you HAVE to have mono blocks in order to use balanced with THEIR amps. Vidar and Aiger only have one XLR input.