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Re: Suggestions for a Sherwood 5500II..

Posted by Jim McShane (D) on April 22, 2007 at 13:49:33

In Reply to: Suggestions for a Sherwood 5500II.. posted by Supercool! on April 22, 2007 at 04:48:36:

"1) The new Volume pot has a weird volume curve now so that the volume comes up very slow, then very fast at the 11 o'clock position. Anyone know where I might find an original or better replacement. Is it the same as on the 5500I?"

I don't know where to find a pot for your amp. sorry to say. Pots for early integrateds and preamps are very scarce, you'll just have to keep looking I'm afraid. It sounds like the tech put a linear taper pot in place of the audio taper. It may have been the best he could do.

"2) The sound, while full, has a little too much midrange and not enough air or refinement. I think it needs new caps and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this model and suggestions as to what caps should be replaced and which would be a good choice. Is it overkill to use something like Mundorf caps?"

If the coupling caps and power supply caps are original they're likely tired by now. There are better and much less expensive choices for cap replacements than Mundorf, especially if you want more energy at the frequency extremes.

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