Sherwood 7100A (c. 1972)

Little is documented about the Sherwood 7100A, a stereo receiver that shows up in mid-1972 issues of two American audio magazines. Most of the record is Sherwood's own advertising. An ad in High Fidelity (June 1972, p.93) claimed the S-7100A improved on the company's best-selling receiver. It listed more low-frequency RMS power, wider power bandwidth, 10 dB better FM selectivity, a direct-coupled amplifier circuit, ceramic FM filters and a revised look. All of that came for $20 less than the previous model, at $199.95 including a walnut case.

The same month, HiFI-Stereo (June 1972, p.59) reviewed the S-7100A. It noted that the relative-signal-strength tuning meter reads full scale on most signals, that a metal cabinet with wood-grain finish was standard, and that a wooden cabinet cost extra. That last point slightly undercuts the ad's claim that a walnut case was included. The included case was probably the wood-grain metal one.

No bench-test figures for the 7100A appear in the surviving record. The direct-coupled output stage and ceramic IF filters still put it at the more technically interesting end of the $200 receiver class in 1972.