Who to trust when buying vintage ss ?

@tonydennison Without getting into the nitty-gritty, you need twice the power to get a 3dB increase in perceived sound volume. The corollary is that at 30w, you'd take a -3dB hit. To get twice as loud (+10dB), you need ten times the power. Anyhow, unless he's blasting it, it's 30watts of clean power versus 60 watts of grainy old components grinding away through old potentiometers and dusty caps. 

The PM6007 is 60 W and the Rega is, I think, 30 W. The speakers would have to be real, real, real sensitive.

@noromance 

Are these Class A?

thnks

Really need to know what speakers he’ll be driving to make any meaningful recommendations here, but I agree with the recommendation above that for not much more $ I’d avoid vintage and consider the Schiit Vidar or Aegir (sweet Class A) depending on his power needs.  Best of luck. 

I sold and old McIntosh C28 and MC2125 because every time I hooked it up I asked myself why I was listening to this gear with a lack of focus and clarity. I loved the tone, so that saved it for a few rotations.

When I do have that nostalgia, and I almost pulled the trigger here once, I look at my priorities and budget, and just think back the late 70's and early 80's instead. 

I would to pick up something old as a soldering project but then I'd need speakers I didn't want to test it on. lol

Not the best answer but it's free.

@ditusa 

"I would look at Schiit Audio:"

Good idea