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Who here continues to regularly use a CD player?
Sure do, use my Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 3D every day closely followed by vinyl. As others have mentioned, streaming is merely used for checking new music for purchase. That and a large CD & Vinyl collection, much to my better parts dismay... 
Do you own gear from defunct brands?
McLaren were a New Zealand company started in 1981 with the 602 a line preamp released to the US in 1985, they went on till about 1996. Great company that had some lovely looking and sounding gear.   
Do you own gear from defunct brands?
Spectron Musician 3 Signature power amp, the IC Power Module blew after moving house, it now resides in the garage for parts as my other one still works. I do miss them bridged though and hope one day to resurrect it.  
!!!OK OK - I'm Big Enough To Admit I Was DEAD WRONG!!! Class D Doesn't Always Suck!!!
“Synergy” is the word. I was using a class D for a long time with my Magnepan MG3.6R’s until the Power Module in one channel decided it had had enough. Yes, it’s me with the wanted ad for Spectron part. A friend uses Jeff Roland mono blocks with h... 
Bad idea?
Build your own if your confident enough, check out the site https://www.tnt-audio.com/int.html I built the TNT system rack which looks and sounds superb and two different types on mains cables. Some good DIY projects for the winter months