My original question did start out with 'for those of you that attend' as opposed to 'attended', .. what did you think?.
That aside, single box versions do have shorter signal paths. I am sure Mr. Meitner et al. have new ideas which may be incorporated in the new single box design. That not withstanding, maybe I should go to the AudioFederation site before I type this, but no one ever accused me of being bright.