I remember ~15 years ago you could find MP-1s, JMP-1, Triaxis, even the occasional H&K Access, sometimes even in decent shape, but without having to pay crazy money. I still prefer the modularity of rack over head-and-cab. I just want signal into the rack, then a cable out to my cab. Pop the cover, plug in, done. My back can't do that in a single rack now, but I try to play places with few stairs, or where the stage hands handle that stuff.
For rack stuff I've been using Synergy with a Randall RT2/50, and loving it. Outboard effects are where it feels like we've lost a lot of ground. People want pedals, and now you have more computing power in a pedal than what would have taken a rack space or two 15 years ago. The new Eventide H90 mounted on a rack tray may be the closest to what I'm wanting.