Sherwood S-32CP (circa 1980)
The S-32CP is a stereo FM/AM tuner from Sherwood. Surviving documentation is thin. No service manual, owner's manual or catalog pages have surfaced. The model did get a full equipment profile in Audio (January 1980, p.100), and that review is the basis for nearly everything recorded here.
The tuner was specified with an IHF usable sensitivity of 9.84 dBf (1.7 µV) in mono, frequency response of 20 Hz to 15 kHz (+1.0, -2.0 dB), and stereo separation rated at 45 dB at 100 Hz and 35 dB at 10 kHz. It ran on 120 V, drew 10 watts, and measured 17 inches wide by 5¼ inches high. Bench results in the same issue (p.102) were generally good. THD in mono measured 0.075 percent at 100 Hz and 0.13 percent at 6 kHz, with stereo figures of 0.12 and 0.16 percent. Capture ratio measured exactly 1.0 dB as claimed, and AM suppression came in at 63 dB. Image, i.f., and spurious rejection all beat the published figures at 65, 63, and 90 dB respectively.
Missing from the record: original price, production years, and any clear sense of where the S-32CP sat in Sherwood's late-1970s lineup. If you have a manual or a catalog page, the Archive would like to see it.
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