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In Reply to: RE: Which Sherwood S-5000? posted by dee eye why on July 26, 2014 at 14:02:40
The first model (yes, without the roman numeral) is a gem. My "right" one was stored in the original box since the 80's and had 5 smooth Telefunkens, and Sherwood labeled Amperex (Made in Holland) driver, output & rectifier tubes.
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The S-5000 runs the 7189s VERY hard. Don't, for 1 second, give thought to trying any EL84/6BQ5 variant! They will quickly fail.
NOS 7189s are scarce and quite expensive. Fortunately, the current production Russian 6П14П-EB (6p14p-ev), AKA EL84M, is a genuine 7189 equivalent available at reasonable cost. The Russian tube is tougher than the proverbial brick outhouse and its sonics are quite respectable. "Roll" the small signal tubes to obtain maximal results.
Eli D.
Thanks, Eli!
I'm not using my phono at the moment due to trouble shooting the B+ supply voltage for that section but I like how this amp responds to rolling tubes at the remaining 3 spots. I have a smooth 'tele, a ribbed 'tele & and tall mullard playing together nicely.
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