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In Reply to: RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? posted by altecboy on November 21, 2014 at 03:51:19
Both the circuit and the iron make the S-5000 special, but the chassis and grounding may also be a factor. Mike, Don, Eli, or Brian would be the ones to explain as they have forgotten more than I will ever know about vintage Sherwood gear.
I have owned many vintage pieces from Scott, Fisher, Dynaco, Stromberg Carlson....This Sherwood S-5000 has been the best sounding, although I wish it had a headphone jack. I will say that I have owned a few Stromberg Carlson ASR 433's and the last one I had was a very fine sounding amp after rebuilt with new power supply, tubes, coupling caps, diodes etc.....
I have recently acquired a Audio Research SP3-a and a Harmon Kardon Citation II that will be heading to casa Samra in the Spring. That combo may, or may not surpass the S-5000 - dunno. The Sherwood S-5000 with big iron and 7189 output tubes is a special amp.
Of the vintage gear I have owned I liked the looks of the Fisher X-202-B best, but it fell short of the Sherwood's sonics. Besides, looks are a completely subjective category. I think the Corvette is uglier than a sack of smashed assholes, where as others believe they are the most beautiful car ever built.
I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes, until the main course.......Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
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did someone say headphone jack:
http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=vintage&m=215601
yup. had to be a dealer install
yup. had to be a dealer install
To my knowledge the S-5000 did not come with a factory installed headphone jack.
Maybe the previous owner had it installed.
How do you like your Samra'd Sherwood thus far?
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
I love the look of your Sherwood components.What year were they made?
Hi;
As near as I can tell 1959 or 60 on the amp. The tuner is probably a 1960 or 61.
I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes, until the main course.......Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
No doubt they are better now then they were when new with all of the mods.that Mikey did on them.
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