Sherwood RX4105 2-Channel 100 Watts Stereo Receiver (Black)

With the brick-and-mortar stores pretty much void of anything but high-end 5.1 receivers, it is gratifying to have a site like Amazon offer an affordable alternative for those not needing any thing fancy in their home entertainment system. The Sherwood RX-4105 is just such an alternative; a simple two-channel sound system, with five different audio sources including am-fm radio. For those simply needing to navigate between the audio inputs of their separate components and not interested in a fancy 5.1 speaker system, this is the way to go.

I was looking for a basic stereo receiver for use in my workshop. It meet these requirements perfectly as it allows listening to FM/AM radio and I can plug in my iTouch when I want to listen to my own music. The receiver is straight forward and does what it is intended to do well.

Don't get me wrong, this is a very clean amp! If you love mid and high sound !
The amp does not have the power reserve to give you good low end sound !
But like i said,it is very clean sounding !If you are into old school 2 channel
sound as myself,with vintage high end speakers this is not the receiver!If you are just wanting to set up a decent bedroom stereo, then yes it will work great,as long as you budget a powered sub-woofer into your purchase!If you want true power of 100 watts a side, check out the Yamaha RX-797,And it's even cleaner than the Sherwood!
Drawback is it is a lot more expensive, but worth it if you have quality speakers!

This receiver's scan feature for finding stations wouldn't even pick up local stations no matter what we did with the antennae. Most features required using the remote, which is bad considering most people have a tendency to misplace their remotes. Don't lose the instruction manual - without it you will be lost. The instruction manual had a picture of the remote with a description of how to use the buttons but the problem with that is the picture was on one page and you had to flip the page to see what the button did and most times it required you to push several buttons so by the time you flipped back to see where the next button you needed to push was located it timed out and you had to start over. I love remotes but I also want to be able to do the steps manually on the unit itself. We are keeping it and will use it elsewhere in the house and get another higher priced more user friendly receiver for our entertainment center needs.

I purchased this to replace a 16 year old Sony surround sound receiver. Setup was perfectly easy, plug in the components, speakers, and plug the power cord in the wall, and you're done. The inputs are all RCA (composite, red and white plugs) audio. That's it - no video or digital audio, and certainly no HDMI. There are four inputs, two of which (VCR and tape deck) also have outputs. I've only got the cable box and DVD player hooked up to it. I'm running this through a pair of Polk Audio R300 speakers, the smallest and cheapest tower speakers Polk makes. The sound quality is excellent. Bass is full and natural, and the midrange is nicely detailed. My old Sony used to have more deep bass, but I almost thought it had too much, sounding unnatural. This Sherwood sounds more balanced; less "sparkly" in the treble, but more detailed through the mid-bass and midrange. It doesn't have the "phantom center channel" mode like my Sony, as this is two channel only. I guess for TV, it sounded a little better with the phantom center, but it only took a few minutes to get used to this stereo. The remote control I got is a little different than the one in the picture - it's got the volume and mute control in the center, the components (CD, Tape, etc) on the bottom, and the number pad on the top. It's a bit underpowered, and needs to be pointed directly at the receiver in order to work. I programmed my universal remote to control the receiver.

Overall, it seems like a great unit for the price. Great sound quality, that's all that really matters. It's a nice heavy unit, as heavy as my $160 Sony it replaced. Though you can tell it's bottom-of-the-line as soon as you touch the volume knob, which is thin plastic. Oh well, you use the remote for that anyway. As long as it lasts a good long time, I'll be perfectly happy with it.