Sherwood Electronic Laboratories · Sherwood valve receivers

Sherwood S-8000

Sherwood's best-remembered valve receiver - the "second tier with first-rate engineering" that collectors now rate alongside Fisher and Scott.

Sold-price reading for this model →

Catalogue code: S-8000
Years: 1959
Type: tube receiver
Valves & speakers: Valve AM/FM receiver with 7591 (later 7868) output tubes - Sherwood's flagship
Lifecycle: retired
Confidence: Medium

Specifications

Channels: 2
Technology: tube
Tubes: 7591 then 7868 output
Inputs_outputs: phono, FM/AM 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.

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

Nothing predates 1959; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-listing reading: fair $152, good $250, excellent $400 USD · 5 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2012-09 – 2013-11. Classic Receivers eBay SOLD-price table (https://classicreceivers.com/vintage-receiver-values), 5 completed listings; fair/good/excellent are the observed minimum / median / maximum of those sold prices, not condition grades.