September 18, 2008
Sherwood Newcastle R-965 AV Receiver
Outstanding Receiver!
Ultimate AV Mag says:
Back in the misty days when 2-channel stereo was still an exciting new format and tubes ruled the land, Sherwood was a brand name to be reckoned with. Together with such companies as Harman/Kardon, Fisher, Marantz, and McIntosh, Sherwood was instrumental in launching the American hi-fi industry on a path that would culminate in today’s high-end audio gear—grist for our sister publication, Stereophile.
However, the path was a rocky one. When audio went solid-state in the 1960s and ’70s, Sherwood and the other giants of American hi-fi found themselves unable to compete with the cheap transistorized gear flooding in from Japan. One by one, the American companies fell on hard times and were forced to sell. For the next decade or so, the once proud Sherwood logo appeared only on a long line of inexpensive, mass-market gear…more
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