Thanks Methos!
I hear what you're saying about the upper fret access... As a primarily electric player, I do go up there often but as an acoustic player it's rare. That said, when playing the X7 it all looks and feels normal until you venture up high and there's an open area making ease of high notes. Since the upper bout is still there, I forget that the body under the higher part of the neck just isn't there.
When I was originally looking at the X7, the appeal was that of a smaller parlor guitar that I can take with me on trips and not worry. While the new X7 still fits that bill, I'm ecstatic that it sounds big enough for me to take to gigs.