Cereal post #3: Testing an older stereo receiver. / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

October 10, 2022 8:46pm CST

I just took this photo. It is of a 1971 Sherwood S-7100A that I own. I've owned it for several years. I can't even remember where I got it, but I think it may have been sent to me by a fella in Texas in thanks for some speaker restoration work I did for him. He had paid me for the work--it was a special gesture. The receiver retailed fr $199.99 in 1971. I don't know what that would be in today's dollars . In any case, one of my fancier stereo components (a McIntosh tuner-preamplifier) in on the blink, so I am hoping to drop this one in if I can get it back up to speed. Right now I am spraying several controls with De-Oxit (contact cleaner), working the controls, and am about to test it out on AM and then FM with my headphones. Wish me luck!

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

11 Oct 22

Good luck, pony! Have fun with it!

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

11 Oct 22

@TheHorse Just don't electrocute yourself.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

@DaddyEvil I don't fiddle that much with the insides unless the thing is unplugged.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

The Sherwood checks out fine. Now I'm on a roll and am testing out other components.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

11 Oct 22

I wish you luck.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

I've made an evening of it. The Sherwood 7100A tests out fine. My older Fisher tube integrated amplifier still has problems that I can't fix. My usually dependent '70s Pioneer TX-6500II back-up tuner won't power up. But my NAD back-up tuner does. I guess I'm on a roll. I still have a few other units to test tomorrow and possibly fix (if I can do it with contact cleaner and voodoo).

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Oct 22

@RubyHawk Heh. Those, and decent problem-solving skills, are my only weapons.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

11 Oct 22

@TheHorse Hope you contact cleaner and voodoo keeps working.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84701)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Oct 22

I think that would be cool if it still works after all this time.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

I fixed it up about ten years ago, and again a year ago. It works fine now, after a little De-Oxit to quiet the controls. They tend to get scratchy after awhile.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84701)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Oct 22

@TheHorse At least it works.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

@kaylachan Yep. And the controls are not scratchy now.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86568)

• United States

11 Oct 22

Hook up some good speakers to that and blast your neighbors out of their apartments with “Crooked Piece of Time.”

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

Yikes. I'll have to check that one out as well. I have everything disconnected right now. I just took a short cyle in the dark to relax a bit. Is that Jupiter I see rising up and to the right of the moon? (I guess you could say slightly Southwest of the rising moon.) I'll have to check.

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askme123

@askme123 (6223)

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11 Oct 22

I don't think it is going to work.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

It works fine through headphones. Even the lights work. But I still have to test it with speakers. Now I am working on some other components.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

11 Oct 22

Hop it works real well

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

Thanks. It works perfectly so far. A little De-Oxit can work wonders.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148701)

• Roseburg, Oregon

11 Oct 22

Good luck is all I can say.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Oct 22

I got this one up and running! Now I'm turning my attention to some other old stereo gear I have around here.

Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

11 Oct 22

Those things were a lot more expensive 50 years ago than in our days. To have actual dollars from 1970 multiply x 6.1. This would cost now 1,220 actual dollars.