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Sherwood S-5000

Sherwood's integrated valve unit, remembered for build quality at a price below Fisher and Scott.

Catalogue code
S-5000
Years
year unknown
Type
integrated amplifier
Valves & speakers
Integrated valve amplifier of the early 1960s, the core of Sherwood's separates line
Lifecycle
retired
Confidence
Low
Technology
tube
Channels
2
Tubes
7591 then 7868 output
Inputs_outputs
phono, tuner, tape
Safety

Valve receiver/unit: HT rails stay live after switch-off and the original can electrolytics must be reformed or replaced before power-up. Output transformers and the faceplate are the value drivers; history of a professional restoration usually adds more than it costs.

How this model is dated
01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Model / catalogue number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

The introduction year is not documented, so the model narrows nothing.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-price aggregates are not collected yet, so the archive gives no figure — condition, originality of the transformers and a documented recap move this model more than any list price.

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