Sherwood S-7100A Receiver

Another amazing low wattage amp arrived this week, the Sherwood S-7100A receiver. This unit has a beautiful walnut veneer case. The unit is rated at 18 watts per channel and is quite highly regarded.

Under rated to the Pioneer's and Marantz of the same era but an absolute great sound receiver. The bass is full and the sound stage is spot on. I had this unit powering the Visonik Euro 7's and I am impressed.

I cleaned the pots and need to replace the bulbs.

The Classic Receivers site has a good write up on this unit as does Seventies Stereo.

Along with the Yamaha CR-400 I am really enjoying the low wattage receivers.

Creek 4040s2 Integrated Amp

I came across this mid 80's Creek 404s2 amp yesterday on my way to work. I did not know anything about Creek but realized that this little amp was designed and built in England. I knew it would be worth while.

The 4040s2 is rated at 30 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 40 watts per channel into 4 ohms, there is a large toroidal transformer with two 6800uf caps, this unit states that it has 11 amps of back up power for peak music.

I have only had about 30 minutes of time with this unit playing through the Visonik Euro 7's, Tannoy Oxford Gold's and the B&W D5's and wow! does this little unit sound open and transparent.

I will run this unit soon with the Mission 770 Freedom IV's and the Celestion Ditton 110's soon.

There will be more to come in the future on this amazing little amp.

Current Bliss

NAD Model 30, Braun L1030, Braun L830, Dual CL390, Visonik Euro 7, Braun L830's.

Never will I see a collection like this again, so it must be documented.