[Ron Ramirez]

Thanks, Mike and John.

It really doesn't surprise me that much about the vinyl covering, given that this was one of the last USA-made stereo receivers. I've recently discovered that Sherwood used the fact that the S-7900A and S-8900A were made in the USA as a selling point in at least some of their print advertising.

The cheap vinyl over particleboard was done, no doubt, to cut costs. Even the older 1960s Fisher cabinets were made of particleboard...but they did have real walnut veneer.

I'll have to look at my Fisher 432 again (from the same era) and see if its cabinet is vinyl or real veneer. As the 432 was made while Fisher was owned by Emerson, prior to the Sanyo buyout...it may be vinyl.