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Some components too old now?

I have a traditional HiFi. Some bits are really old, but still working fine and I wouldn’t have a clue about updating even if I wanted to. Just wondering how long I can expect them to last, and whether I should pro-actively seek to update before there’s a catastrophic failure.
In particular, my CD player, pre-amp and DAC date back to around 1990, so these are about 30 years old now:
Marantz CD80 / Aragon 24k (with phono stage that I use) / Aragon D2A
Thoughts?
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mahler123
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The advancements in technology have been on the digital side.  If you are happy with your analog rig I would leave it alone.  Your CDP can still be a fine transport.
Amplication has changed but not necessarily for the better.  I would get a new DAC and stop there for now.
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