Some components too old now?

1984 Klipschorns, NAD 1600, Mc 275, Mcd 707 the Node 2i is the only thing new. Happy with all of it, solid old equipment beats the snot out of a lot of the expensive new stuff. There was much greater sales volume of HEA in the 70s and 80s, more volume = better profits = better r&d. Imo those solid old components can't be beat.  I listened to a set of speakers the other day that darn near made my ears bleed, they cost as much as a house and had diamond tweeters, and sounded awful.  Certain things just work, tubes,horns, solid engineering. 

Of all the things mentioned I would say the DAC is the main piece I would upgrade and the CD player last. That or a an updated mid to high end CD player with a better built in DAC than something from 1990. 

Thanks for all your comments. Boiling it all down, it seems that the only thing I should consider is potentially changing my Aragon DAC.
Does anyone know much about the Aragon D2A? It has a separate power supply, and I remember that in its day it was considered one of the best.

Like you said, it was one of the best in its' day, but that was more than 20 years ago. I think you'll find just about any DAC built recently will be a significant improvement.
I found a link to another forum (hopefully allowed) asking the same question:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/dacs-old-vs-new.3229/
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Hmm. Thanks gdnrbob - really interesting.
Reading that thread, and over-summarising again, it seems as though a really good 90’s DAC (like the Aragon) will still sound as good as a decent modern one, but the difference is a modern one will have far more functionality. 
Is that the way you read it?