Sherwood re-enters tube audio

[Danny Tse]

Saw this on soundstage.com's coverage of a 2008 hi-fi show in Munich, Germany....

http://www.soundstage2.com/avtour2008/apr27a/sherwood.jpg

25 watts/channel stereo integrated amp. Expensive though.

[inspiredsports]

May be expensive, but that sure has a great look! I think tube is going to make a resurgence like tie-dye and the Volkswagen Beetle.

[MillerLiteScott]

Looks like it may be a Hybrid?

[mhardy6647]

Looks like it may be a Hybrid?
The amp or the Volkswagen Beetle? :-)

The speakers remind me of the norhs http://www.norh.com/ Wonder if they might be the amp and/or speaker OEM...?

[engtaz]

I saw some Sherwood stuff at a HT setup and they are really trying to think out side the box and come up with new and improved ideas. I was impressed. Only problem is they have a lot to prove to gain customer approval IMHO. Just my 2 cents.

engtaz

[mhardy6647]

Their older stuff has plenty of customer approval with me... they could re-introduce a piece or two from their history; it worked for Marantz and McIntosh :-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/P1020751.jpg

[disneyjoe7]

Gee maybe I missed something Sherwood never did it for me.

[engtaz]

I do agree about their older stuff. Well built (component wise) and nice sound. But we are talking about some time ago.

engtaz

[dee1949]

Sherwood under the high end brand "Newcastle" was good stuff....maybe still around. Was made in England in the late 90's

[engtaz]

Newcastle is the stuff I saw. Nice ideas that they are doing.

engtaz

[Danny Tse]

Sherwood under the high end brand "Newcastle" was good stuff....maybe still around. Was made in England in the late 90's

Sherwood Newcastle components are still available, although I doubt they're built in the UK nowadays. After all, Sherwood's parent company is Korean.

I know the regular Sherwood components don't get much mention on this forum, but I find them to be very capable. No, they are not Denon or Onkyo, but nor do the Sherwood pieces priced like those brands either. My $80.00 Sherwood RD-4109 stereo receiver is doing a great job in my bedroom system and I think it's an excellent buy.

Back to the original topic....I think the last mass market brand messing around with tubes was Panasonic....Panny had a car receiver with tubes several years back.

[zingo]

http://www.sherwoodusa.com/images/nc/p_a965.jpg
This baby looks decently made...

http://www.sherwoodusa.com/prod_a965.html

[curved]

Their line has vastly improved and are respected in the UK market.

http://www.sherwoodusa.com/prod_r972.html

[mhardy6647]

I do agree about their older stuff. Well built (component wise) and nice sound. But we are talking about some time ago.

engtaz

like 1977?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/Sherwoods.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/Sherwoodtuna.jpg

or 1962?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/1960Sherwoods.jpg