Well some other sites are not much better - I have gear fairly priced (I did a lot of research etc.) posted for 2 years...
As far as old school gear vs newer or SS vs tubes - we all have our preferences. I have a nice mix of fully recapped old school SS gear such as Sansui BA/CA 3000 with the 9900TU and 929 TT - nice but far from say my entry level Shindo gear or even the Almarro 318b which I got for a very reasonable price. I also have Pioneer Series20, Marantz Esotec, Kenwood Supreme700 and Yamaha 2000 Centennial Series with matching NS1000 speakers...Love them all.
However, one of the best sounding set was a mish-mash of Dodd battery powered preamp, Pass Labs Aleph Ono phono amp, Quicksilver Silver 70 mono-blocks with Kuzma Stabi/Stogi TT, SONY SACD ES777 and a McIntosh MR71. All from AG all for pretty decent/very fair price. It took me some time to assemble but it was worth the work/time. I also met nice folks either in person or at least through email.
YMMV - enjoy the music!