When I sold off a pricey tube amp and tube Pre-amp, I then bought an integrated amp (also tubes) and pocketed thousands. I thought I was downgrading. Funny thing- it was quickly apparent that the integrated amp sounded better. I call that a win-win.
As far as digital- something that may have been tops a decade ago is often easily outperformed now at lower cost.
As far as digital- something that may have been tops a decade ago is often easily outperformed now at lower cost.