Vintage sherwood receiver

Post by PioneerFan » 05 Nov Post by rewfew » 05 Nov

Sherwood Electronic Labs was founded in Chicago in to manufacture an amplifier designed by legendary audio engineer Ed Miller. Determined to design high performance audio gear and to manufacture it themselves, Miller and his partner John Snow created a company that has long set the standard for audio excellence and efficient manufacturing. When the stereo boom started at the end of the fifties Sherwood was already well established, having won a position as specialists on FM tuners. The Sherwood products were slimmer then their competitors Fisher and Scott, and had beautiful enamel fronts and knobs where the others had square, stark metal fronts. Their main product lines were tuners, integrated amplifiers and receivers.

Vintage sherwood receiver

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Post by vinyl master » 06 Nov Apr 19, direwolf, vintage sherwood receiver. Sherwood Electronic Labs was founded in Chicago in to manufacture an amplifier designed by legendary audio engineer Ed Miller.

Sherwood is one of those names in Vintage audio that most people have heard, but that is not held in quite the same reverence as Scott or McIntosh or Eico. Sherwood flies under the radar as they say. A quick look online at their s tube receivers reveals that these are actually quite well made and serious units with a Jetsons-like mid-century styling that is all their own. You can just imagine Jackie O dialing in the rock and roll station out at Hyannis Port and turning the loudness dial all the way up! After selling my Scott C a while back, I found myself missing the vintage receiver and its golden tone with voice, the classic look and the wonderful antique-ness of the whole thing. So I went Sherwood hunting. One big thing to consider about buying a vintage receiver is restoration.

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Vintage sherwood receiver

One company that flies a little under the radar yet is still pretty popular with a subset of collectors and enthusiasts is Sherwood. Miller had designed an amplifier and wanted to design and build equipment under the Sherwood name. This particular stereo is the Sherwood S The S was not their top of the line receiver, more middle of the pack, but still performed very well. Sherwood even took pride in the fact that they were smaller than the other dominant companies in the audio field. Basically they felt that other manufacturers marketed to the mass consumer market while their equipment was targeted toward the more discriminating connoisseur. So, of course, they would sell far fewer receivers than say Pioneer or Sansui. And, they did seller fewer receivers than the big boys. In fact, most of their production runs were only to around units at a time.

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GP49 Super Member. These older Sherwoods are known for a very smooth, tubish sound along with excellent tuner sensitivity, when properly aligned. Log in Register. I feel so [sigh] empty inside. Search titles only. Search Posts. Sherwood Purchase. They had some decent mosfet amplifiers, the and the , there are one more and a 5 channel amp but I forgot their model number. Any Sherwood fans? Install the app.

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I checked for cold solder joints, bad circuit board traces, loose wires and short circuits, and cleaned the boards with isopropyl alcohol, and still have the hum. As a nearly random example: the S was a fine piece of hardware by any reasonable standards with a hot and good-sounding tuner. As a result, finding a well-restored Sherwood is harder. And, Sony was near their peak engineer design with solid-state. Maybe thats my problem. Your mention of Sanyo is significant too, as they have made millions of cheap consumer goods level radios, tvs and inexpensive small appliances. I replaced them simply because I thought it was wise to do so considering their age. I thought well of the unit and setup. Posts: Location: Atlanta Joined: May 12, It will take some work to pry it from him but, I miss it. For me, sound trumps looks. Search Advanced search…. Re: Sherwood Receivers- Am I crazy? Cabinets mcintosh Marantz.