*** Iām so pleased*** 
I was literally on the verge of buying a MOTU or ESI interface to relpace my grand old Midex 8. For some strange reason I was looking at the Steinberg site and saw a little reference to discontinued gear ?
I could not believe my eyes ! it would seem that very serious efforts in customer care and support and starting to have an impact.
Thankyou Steinberg - in particular those who managed to convince the team that this was a good move !