Sherwood S-7910 (late 1970s)

Not much is documented about the Sherwood S-7910. What survives says it was a receiver, and that it sat in Sherwood's late-1970s lineup as the plainer sibling to the S-8910. Sherwood's own advertising in High Fidelity (September 1976, p.9) called the S7910 a state-of-the-art receiver costing under $500. The ad claimed an IHF FM sensitivity of 9.84 dBf (1.7 µV) and credited a 4-ganged tuning capacitor and dual-gate front end for it. That is an ad, not an independent review, but it is the clearest period statement of where the model sat.

By 1978, the model still appeared in an equipment directory. HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (1978, p.76) lists the S-8910 as the same receiver as the S-7910, except for FM-stereo separation specified at 36 dB at 1 kHz and the addition of a tuning meter. That makes the S-7910 the more basic of the two. No complete factory specification sheet has surfaced.

Collector commentary adds a little more. One owner thread compares the front panel to the blue-light Pioneer models of that era, particularly the SX-828 and SX-1010. The same thread reports that a surviving example needed work on its balance pot and that its combine/separate switch had fallen apart. It also calls Sherwood's speaker on/off combo switch a known trouble spot of this generation. A used listing describes a unit found as NOS four years earlier, complete with factory box, manual and antenna. Effectively mint, except that it had been removed from its carton.

Known specs from the period record:

Receiver, Sherwood, late 1970s
IHF FM sensitivity: 9.84 dBf (1.7 µV), per Sherwood advertising

Tuning section: 4

Market Value

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│ SHERWOOD S-7910                                                 Nov 2026 │
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│ High      $516                                    Latest            $290 │
│ Median    $437                                    Trend                — │
│ Low       $290                                    Volume           ~1/mo │
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