Sherwood S-7200
The period record on the Sherwood S-7200 is thin. Almost everything known comes from one thorough review in Audio (May 1973, p.49) and the Sherwood advertising that reprinted it. That coverage makes the S-7200 a stereo receiver - an FM tuner section with a built-in power amplifier. The FM side was the first thing reviewers praised. Audio called it a fine FM performer above all, with a noiseless muting circuit set to just the right threshold for rejecting weak or noisy signals.
The amplifier was the surprise. The same Audio review found the S-7200 genuinely powerful, beyond Sherwood's published claims, with distortion as low as 0.2% at mid-audio frequencies. Power tests were run into 8-ohm loads. HiFI-Stereo (September 1973, p.2) measured nearly 43 watts into each load. The review also credited the volume control with tracking evenly all the way down to 60 dB below full clockwise rotation, a sign of quality potentiometers. Sherwood's own ads, including a spread in High Fidelity (October 1973, p.33), were quick to highlight that.
Beyond those reviews, little is documented. No service literature, original price, or full specification sheet has surfaced in the Archive's research. If you own an S-7200 and can add details on controls, cosmetics or production dates, the Archive would like to hear from you.
Known from period reviews:
- Stereo receiver with FM tuner and built-in power amplifier
- Nearly 43 watts per channel into 8-ohm loads
- THD as low as 0.2% at mid-audio frequencies
- Noiseless FM muting, set to reject noisy signals
- Volume control tracked evenly down to −60 dB
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