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In Reply to: RE: Which Sherwood S-5000? posted by dls123 on July 29, 2014 at 07:13:08
I'm glad we have this discussion on Sherwoods..If you remember 4 or 5 years back,people people would gawked and say,why would want a Sherwood of all amps..Then,with the rebuilds you and I do on these and even before in a good running unit,people are amazed at how they sound..Then again,all Sherwood ever did was build integrated amps and receivers outside of the S-360.
Don,I haven't found many too separate amp and preamp combos within the power rating of the Sherwood run with the Sherwood once rebuilt..I'm speaking mostly of the Dynaco ST-70 and PAS3 as well a few others but definitely the Sherwood will outrun the Fisher 500c or Scott 299 sonically..I think the type of metal in the chassis,the ground scheme,and the one extra tube in the preamp line stage gives us a bit more flexibility to make these things sing.I also love the 7199 for driving 7189s...You couldn't ask for a better tube in an integrated amp of that size.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
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all,
do we have an idea of how many S-5000's were approximately sold? do the serial numbers give any clue?
btw, one sold on 7-25-14 for $100 (BIN)! who's the lucky chap?
Tons and tons..They sold a lot of receivers as well..The The S-8000 receiver was priced 70 to 90 dollars less than the Fisher 500c and those as well as the integrated not only sounded better but they were so beautiful to look at and women just went nuts when they saw how beautiful it looked..I knew this because one of my old audio mentors that is now in his 80s used to sell them along with AR speakers and Fisher amps and Garrard and thorens tables..
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
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