Thank you for your feedback. They're helpful yet reassuring.

Thanks to you now I am aware that there's a PM7005 out there with USB-DAC functionality and offers more juice (60W vs 45W from the PM6005).

Given that I do not have a CD collection to begin with. It might actually be more sensible to drop the CD player and go for PM7005 directly with the money.

This will pose a new set of questions for me:
1.) The price for PM7005 I found online is RM 5300. Where would you recommend me to pick up a unit for more reasonable price? (Amazon US sells PM6005 and PM7005 for USD 700 and 1k respectively)
2.) It's a USB-B port as opposed to USB-A. Can it play directly from portable HDD? (I don't plan to connect my laptop/PC to it in the living room.) If it can then I can drop the CD player entirely I guess.

Thanks again!

Marantz price went up. Was told by new distributor that the stock will be arriving in a week or two.

Denon is under another distributor though

Here are some items and its retail price excluding 6% GST

SR5010 : RM4,459
PM6005 : RM2,809
CD6005 : RM2,539
PM8005 : RM7,749 (at this price range, there are many better amps out there)
AV7702 processor : RM10,349