Sherwood 1710
Information on the Sherwood 1710 is thin and contradictory. Period reviews describe what look like two very different devices under this model number - one a powerful receiver from the mid-1960s, the other a slim FM tuner from the early 1980s. Sherwood may have used the number for two separate products, or the record may just be muddled. No original documentation has been located to settle it. Here are the specs found in surviving magazine coverage.
High Fidelity (May 1966, p.114) described what was clearly a receiver: “Music power 140 watts (4 ohms) @ 0.6% harm distortion. IM distortion 0.1% (at 10 watts or less). Power bandwidth 12-35,1710 cas. Phono sens. 1.8 mv. Hum and noise (phono) - 70 db. FM sens. (IHF) 1.6 µv for 30 db quieting. FM signal-to-noise: 70 db. Capture ratio: 2.2 db. Drift .1%.” The same review also mentions “All-silicon reliability,” a noise-threshold-gated automatic FM stereo/mono switch, a zero-center tuning meter, and a front-panel mono/stereo switch and headphone jack.
Seventeen years later, Audio (April 1983, p.69) tested a completely different product as a tuner. It listed an FM usable sensitivity (mono) of 10.3 dBf, stereo 50‑dB quieting sensitivity of 36.5 dBf, and dimensions of 17¼ in (44 cm) W × 2¼ in (5.5 cm) H × 15½ in (35 cm) D. Weight was 10⅜ lb (4.7 kg). The price was $249.95.
Without a service manual or period catalog to confirm the identity, the Sherwood 1710 remains an oddity in the brand’s lineup.
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