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  1. Brian

    Sherwood SEL200 Receiver

    Finally after having it sitting around for about a decade I had it gone through. Bias, a few caps, replaced a balance control and tuner alignment. Have it on the ADS L300s and Koss ESP9b set. I use the Koss for critical listening as it eliminates the room and will never be taken from me...
  2. Brian

    Tuner Quality Still Counts for Something

    Got a Sherwood S3300, FET/Micro Circuit version. Except for the SEL300 this wasn't the last of the tuners using this circuit tha6t started with the All Silicon unit in about '67. I also have the previous version, the FET/Silicon tuner. The latter I use in my main system. No particular reason...
  3. Brian

    Have Times Changed

    "We don't usually do power readings, etc.* Our equipment is more set up for fault finding. If the amp is working properly, bias and offsets good, it should be giving full output, and distortion should be within spec.* When things go wrong, they usually go very wrong and are audibly obvious.*...
  4. Brian

    You Know it will Happen

    Right after you sell off most of your speakers and settle down with only a couple. Down to 4 sets of speakers: KLH Fives Wharfedale W70 ADS L300 The Smaller Advent Loudspeaker The Heresy IIs have been put in storage after my son claimed them. Everything else has been sold off. The...
  5. Brian

    Philips Receiver Power Switch

    Bad luck seems to be following me around. The other day went to turn off the Philips 797 Lab Series receiver and it did not. Guess the power switch failed. It is a toggle type. From the parts lists it was used in the following receivers: 797 7971 787 7871 796 7961 786 7861 The...
  6. Brian

    Philips Receiver Power Switch

    Bad luck seems to be following me around. The other day went to turn off the Philips 797 Lab Series receiver and it did not. Guess the power switch failed. It is a toggle type. From the parts lists it was used in the following receivers: 797 7971 7871 796 7961 786 7861 The...
  7. Brian

    Toronto Speaker Repair Help

    Any of you Toronto boys want to help, here. After getting my KLH Fives up and running, cs, sealing surrounds,.etc. All sounded great for some hours then noticed a tweeter stopped working. I just do not have the energy to dig into them again, too weak. Likely the tweeter gave out as the caps...
  8. Brian

    One Less Receiver in the House.

    Finally did it. My SEL200 is gone but, not forgotten. Happily it should be back in about a month or so. Given my status it seemed silly to get anything repaired but I hated to think it could be trashed because it was not working. I know my son understands my fondness for Sherwood but also...
  9. Brian

    Current Graphics

    In have been looking at this fall back look after the update failure and how light it is compared to the one in the prior version. It is faster, uses less resources and is cleaner than the one before the abortive update. May I suggest this one become the default one or at least an option if...
  10. Brian

    Cried Myself to Sleep Last Night

    Had a little get together yesterday and hooked up the Philips 797 receiver. The attendee really loved the sound on his KLH speakers. I had to admit it sounded great. Not too dissimilar to the Yamaha but, as he said it had more life. I usually refer to it as emotion. Anyway, after we were...
  11. Brian

    Wharfedale W70 & Sony

    Yesterday I did some changes that included mating the speakers to the STR6120. My son and I sat to listen and the speakers sounded terrible. Just music on out of 2 boxes. Small sounding and no soundstage. Checked wiring, all okay. My son could not believe I even liked these speakers. I pulled...
  12. Brian

    Sony STR6120 Failed Test

    Got my Smaller Advents back finally. They were not in my downsizing project as they were on loan. I hooked them up to the Sony and they really did well together, a great match. All the positive attributes of the OLA but no midrange dip. Then hooked them up to the Sherwood S9500c and wow. A...
  13. Brian

    After More than 4 Years, it is Over

    When I got cancer I decided it was time to rethink my future and my relationship to my eventually living environment and music system. There was no place for the then current system. My new goal was see how small I could go while foregoing as little sonic compromise as possible. I wanted to...
  14. Brian

    Got an Eye Opener Today

    Not sure if this is the correct forum so, forgive me if it is not. Had some strength today so, decided to maybe switch the amp and tuner in the current setup. It consists of a Sherwood S9500c amp and S3300 tuner running my Wharfedale W70s and KLH Fives. While trying to decide what to sub in...
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    Happy? New Year

    At 1:30 am heard cat bowing in back yard. We have a ferel we feed and from time to time another comes around but has always stayed away when the dominate is around. Last night the dominate decided to stay in a shelter my wife built and he has been using from time to time. He and the...
  16. Brian

    For those who have to have the most tubes, power and dancing lights

    This may be the ticket. Had I know I would probably never have bought those low powered junky Marantz 9s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08sit9mSkBU
  17. Brian

    Morrison Speakers

    Did a search but came up empty. Does anyone own or have experience with Morrison speakers? Don Morrison, from information I have worked for a time with Stu Hegeman when he was making his speakers in NJ before he got sick and passed on and then acquired the assets and set up shop in Toronto...
  18. Brian

    KLH Twenty-Seven (27) Receiver and KLH Speakers

    Interesting pair. A 27 with a pair of the full range single speaker KLH sets. The driver is the same as the KLH 11, and midrange from the 12 and 5. Not tested with speakers but they are right next to it and he does say he powered it up. I guess he did not test it with speakers = the...
  19. Brian

    Koss ESPs

    For anyone using the ESP systems with the energizer box, you may want to open it and tighten the transformer, choke and other screws. My 9b system recently started to have a low level hum with the AC energized system. Today I opened the box to see what is in it and found the mounting screws...
  20. Brian

    Crappy Day Yesterday

    Man, when it all goes bad thankfully there is only 24 hours in a day. First, my original KLH Twenty-Seven tuner starts to pump in both mono and stereo. Changed antenna position, antenna and moved the receiver to another location and still happens. Okay through aux input and AM. Second...
  21. Brian

    Sherwood SEL200 Turn On Pop

    Finally found the service data for this receiver and in looking at it in trying to figure out why it pops loudly in turning, I found a pair of 1500 1.4kv caps across the actual line and. "thermostat". The thermostat is, I guess a Thermister but there is not specification in thwarts list for it...
  22. Brian

    KLH Seeing Double

    What is better than a Twenty-Seven? Why 2 of course. The bottom unit got here a couple of days ago. Typical faceplate pitting and broken antenna. Easy fix for the antenna, just unscrew the bracket, use the broken piece as a template and drill 2 holes. Screw it back together and done. Does...
  23. Brian

    Walt Disney's Fantasia Record Release

    Never noticed we do not have a forum related to analog music or records. Interesting. Anyway as you guys have the knowledge as to the turntables so, I will start here. I have a 2-disc CD from Buena Vista released in '82 of Disney's Fantasia. Not a bad release for a CD and listenable but...
  24. Brian

    Size Matters

    Of course. This is part of my remaining stash of 60 watts and smaller receivers. Eye candy for maybe some who think size matters. JVC J-RS301, their near baby of the line at 60 watts. I have no idea why I have this. Sherwood SEL200 at 40 watts Philips 797 at 60 watts, the 45 watt 796 is the...
  25. Brian

    Rare Nudies Sherwood SEL200 Receiver

    Decided to open her up, quite a chore as this darned thing is heavy and has both the wood case and metal case under it. Suspect the metal cover was to removed if using the wood but, when I put it all back, I left both as the receiver runs very cool. DC runs between about 8.4 - 14 mv on each...
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