RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today

Posted by geezerrocket on November 20, 2014 at 13:20:32

In Reply to: RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today posted by Sherwood Forest on November 20, 2014 at 09:37:27:

SF;

I'm running a strong quad of 7189 Amprex Bugle Boys at this time, however, I do have a matched quad of 6p14p-er tubes ready to go in. I also have a pair of NOS Sylvania 7199's.

So far I have been playing around with 12ax7's - Siemens, and Telefunken smooth plates. The Teles seem to have a little more detail and air on the top end and the Siemens have the edge in bass. Since this particular Sherwood is in no way lacking bass, I left the Telefunkens in.

The amp has about 35 hours on it so far and it is really beginning to open up. I suspect those Teflon caps Mikey put in take a bit longer to loosen up than the Russian pio's he normally installs.

Thus far I have compared the S-5000 with a Jolida 502 and a completely rebuilt and re-tubed Fisher 500c. I don't want to disparage that gear, but it was obvious to anyone that could hear that the Sherwood completely outclassed them both.

The phono section in the Sherwood is the real surprise as it sounds sublime. It has a ton of detail and depth, but only up to a point. I'll explain; The highest output cartridge I have lying around is 3.5 mv which plays fine at normal listening levels, but won't play at spirited levels. I suspect that the phono section would like to see around 5 mv so as to have more headroom. No matter, I'm rebuilding my L75 Lenco at this time to accommodate a 12" Jelco or Ortofon arm to run with a Denon 103r and a diy Cinemag SUT.

This clean little Sherwood hot rod at 20 wpc sounds H-U-G-E !! In fact, it sounds closer to 60 wpc.

Mikey hit this rebuild out of the park! To say that I'm pleased would be a gross injustice - I'm ecstatic!

I don't have enough time on it at this point to do a full on review because the speakers are new (Altec/GPA 802, Crites 1526 cast woofers), the interconnects are new (Nordost Heimdall), the DAC is new (PS Audio Nuwave), and I have some new room treatments.

Once I get a handle on things I will have a friend come over and shoot a video and upload it to YouTube. He is a cameraman for a local cable TV channel so the quality should be better than the average shit on Youtube.

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Topic - My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - geezerrocket 09:51:00 11/14/14 (29)

what are those coupling caps in the black heat shrink? - gkargreen 09:16:18 11/15/14 (3)

RE: what are those coupling caps in the black heat shrink? - Michael Samra 23:00:38 11/15/14 (0)

RE: what are those coupling caps in the black heat shrink? - geezerrocket 09:55:58 11/15/14 (0)

RE: what are those coupling caps in the black heat shrink? - Mossback 09:50:36 11/15/14 (0)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - sony6060 17:09:30 11/14/14 (2)

She Is A Beauty - geezerrocket 06:42:28 11/15/14 (1)

RE: She Is A Beauty - sony6060 17:09:16 11/15/14 (0)

My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - Steelhead 13:33:11 11/14/14 (0)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - Michael Samra 11:02:42 11/14/14 (0)

It's going to be a big disappointment. So just send it to me before you even plug it in - airtime 10:30:43 11/14/14 (3)

No me, I'm closer, cheaper shipping n/t - Awe-d-o-file 12:42:23 11/14/14 (0)

RE: It's going to be a big disappointment. So just send it to me before you even plug it in - geezerrocket 10:42:16 11/14/14 (1)

RE: It's going to be a big disappointment. So just send it to me before you even plug it in - airtime 12:18:59 11/14/14 (0)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - Brian Levy 10:18:01 11/14/14 (15)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - geezerrocket 10:37:23 11/14/14 (4)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - tesla 14:12:16 11/14/14 (3)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - geezerrocket 15:08:47 11/14/14 (2)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - Sherwood Forest 09:37:27 11/20/14 (1)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - geezerrocket 13:20:32 11/20/14 (0)

RE: My Samra'd Sherwood S-5000 Came Today - airtime 10:33:29 11/14/14 (9)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - altecboy 03:51:19 11/21/14 (8)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - geezerrocket 08:56:37 11/21/14 (7)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - kbuzz 07:32:59 12/09/14 (3)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - kbuzz 12:45:24 12/13/14 (0)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - kbuzz 19:43:58 12/10/14 (0)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - geezerrocket 12:54:20 12/09/14 (0)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - rosendds@frontiernet.net 14:11:27 11/21/14 (2)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - geezerrocket 15:21:05 11/21/14 (1)

RE: What is it that makes this amp so special? - rosendds@frontiernet.net 04:45:23 11/22/14 (0)

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