Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps?


I’ve been into hi resolution audio for 20+ years, well longer than that but acquired high quality gear about that time. I veered off into other interests for 15 years but still had my system sitting idle in it’s dedicated room. I became interested in it again 6 months ago and began to update it. I still have my Rega Planar 25 table and a Dragon phono stage.  I retained my CEC TL1 transport, but replaced my DAC with a Dinafrips Venus II, I also have the Hermes DDC which I feed my CEC into as well as my Cambridge Streamer. I sold my Genesis V speakers because they were having an issue with the left channel bass and since they were out of business I had no way to fix them, it was over my head. I found someone that wanted them and was willing to repair them himself. (he is very happy with them) I replaced them with some Goldenear Triton 1.r’s which I love. So here is the nostalgia part. I still have my VAC Cla 1 Mk II pre amp and my VAC Renaissance 70/70 Mk II amp. I feel they still hold up well sonically, so my thoughts are to send them both to VAC for the Mk III updates this fall of 2022, which includes replacing any necessary parts and "voicing" them back to new as intended when they were first made. I really believe these pieces are worthy of the restoration, are newer pieces today really going to make much headway? I cannot afford to replace these items with "like" items as I am retired and the discretionary income isn’t there anymore. I just feel like they are still really good and offer a very high quality sound. I mean 8- 300 B tubes can’t be all that bad can they? I’ve voiced the pre amp with with Telefunken 12AX7’s and I have a small stash of them. Tube sound is still great right?

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Apologies if I duplicate other’s comments.

I think the simplest designs with solid components, whatever their strengths or weaknesses, have longevity, whatever your judgements are of their fundamental architecture or their particular performance. More complicated ones compete with successors’ evolutionary tweaks.

The other issue is that everything ages. There can be a multitude of performance changes that result from that, more or less amenable to intelligent maintenance.

OP, what exactly would be the problem if it WERE a hotrod job?  If you use "upgrade parts" [a relative term, I acknowledge], maybe you end up w/a BETTER sound that what it was originally...I say this because I am using an OLD Sansui integrated, slightly hotrodded [by someone else], driving some old Pioneers that are majorly hotrodded [by me].   WAY better sound; I sit and shake my head in wonder every time I listen to it.

But go w/whatever you like, obviously ~ just saying that ruling out upgrading something [like caps] might be your sonic loss>>>>>

I happen to have lots of vintage equipment and 10 integrated SS amps and 4 tube amps.I don't buy anything new.I like to find vintage equipment. I can't afford the new stuff.

My equipment is 15 to 66 years old. 
Most of my guests think it sounds spectacular. 

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