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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
First the disclaimer. I have never heard a 7189 S-5000, hence the "partial". Mine is an S-5000 II with 7868 outputs. I have rebuilt and beefed up the power supply and replaced the coupling capacitors.It is also a superb sounding amplifier and to "my ears" combines the best of tube with the cleanliness of solid state. I would think that your speakers would play a huge role in which amp would be best for your situation. The extra power of the II might be beneficial, might not. I don't think you can go wrong in either case. Just my thoughts ...
Gary
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"I would think that your speakers would play a huge role in which amp would be best for your situation."
ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, 100% CORRECT!
The amp/speaker combination is an "organic whole". Examples of both component types, otherwise known to be excellent, that are totally wretched in combination, have been documented more than once.
System synergy IS "the name of the game".
BTW, Mike Samra's primary set up consists of hideously expensive Martin/Logan speakers and Harman/Kardon Citation II amps.
Eli D.
Eli, I agree as a rule of thumb. But I think there are other factors at work as well. Type of music and how loud you listen can come into play. Here's my experience. Don re-worked my S5000. Among other things he set things up so my output tubes are running quite soft, putting out about 12 watts a channel (if Don sees this maybe he'll chime in and give a few more details). Get this. I'm using this amp to drive a pair of Magnepan MMG's. Granted they won't play super loud but up to about 85db they sound glorious, in a fairly large room of about 16'x20'. Another factor is that my listening chair is only about 8' away from the speakers. Sonicly the synergy is great. Electricly it shouldn't work all that well, but it does. Of course, YMMV.
PaulB
I've been using a pair of DIY Zaph Audio SR-71's with GREAT success. It even has a third speaker output that I use for my subwoofer.
The SR71's go cleanly down to around 40-45Hz and the sub just "fills in" the rest.
charles
If you don't push the volume level, it should sound very good. While inefficient, "Maggies" present a tube amp friendly "flat" impedance curve.
Connect a H/K Cit. 2 refurbished ala Jim McShane to the MMGs and you'll get both finesse and volume. :> D A properly reworked "Deuce" produces dynamic power peaks in excess of 120 WPC. Continuous power is "only" 60+ WPC.
Eli D.
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