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Manufacturers
None of those are legitimate excuses not to provide a customer with a response , or giving a terse response. How hard is it to put a message on a website, answering machine stating any of those 
Manufacturers
" one.man business so.it is very challenging"While that is true it doesn't excuse lack of appropriate follow-up with customers , that is unless you want negative publicity  
Your most indispensable "tweak"?
Annual ear wax removal 
spend on the streamer or on the DAC ?
Went from a Cambride Audio CXC to a SimAudio 260DT CD transport feeding my Mojo Audio EVO DAC ; it made a positive difference in SQ 
Power Conditioners
Never have had that problem with or without a conditioner. Only way you'll know is trying one in your environment 
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
" The MSB may be a marvel of engineering but how much does it differ on the analog output from the Benchmark? In my opinion it isn't so much how we get the result as what is the result."Seems to me that finding an opportunity to go listen to one... 
Puritan vs niagara 1200
thei, you might want to check if the 1200 is even instock in your country, it isn't presently readily available in the US from some websites I've looked at e.g. Upscale Audio which is located "next to them" states " Ordered with Manufacturer. Cont... 
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
Well my man I'm the only person in my house so when components, cables, etc. get moved in and out guess what - non-blind testing ,  the eyes see what the hands moved/connected and the ears hear - test concluded..  
Cables for Audio Mirror Tubadour III
Too each his own experience but I found Signal Cable power cord to be no better than the stock power cable that comes with components. I'll offer a suggestion of taking a look at Audio Art Cable power cords 
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
Guess I'm all screwed up because I can sure as hell tell how different components , cables, etc. sound in my systems without having to blind test myself. Likewise, I have tube amps in both systems and they don't cloud the assessment.  
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
Not following your characterization of the system - "vintage", or your thoughts he could not hear the difference between these DACs in that system?   
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Sonny Landreth - Blacktop Run 
Power Conditioners
rbach604, suggest going beyond the conditioner and also have an electrician install a home home surge suppressor at the panel. I live in a suburb of Memphis and we get lots of lightning with storms and glad I did. Twice lightning was so bad that i... 
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
BTW lalitk - nice system! 
Msb dacs why not alot of postings
@nitewulf " "Once I heard DA2, I could no longer listen to Rockna Signature in my system."these types of hyperbolic statements are completely meaningless in any logical discourse. What did you hear, what with, what are the comparison notes, how...