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Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps

I recently read a review of the Minuets where the reviewer felt that the Minuets "did not like receivers". I am not all that informed on the subject of audiofidelity and was wondering how a speaker might differentiate between the power source in a receiver versus the power source of an amplifier and how that would impact the sound quality. The reason I ask is that I am trying to chase down a pair of Minuets to use with my Harman Kardon HK 3490 receiver. Any insight would be most appreciated.
mntnman62
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tpreaves
2,687 posts
 
Some folks get carried away with their comments about things.The speakers probably didn't sound good with his reciever so he just threw out the "do not like recievers" comment with no technical facts or real life experience.Don't take comments like these seriously.
blindjim
3,092 posts
 
That is fairly odd to say, some speaker does or does not like receivers.

Naturally, he used seven or eight different brands of recievers for his assessment, right?

Critical blanket statements like those just kill me, if of course that is what was written in the review without supporting them by first hand conparisons.

Maybe the reviewer was drinking at the time. Some actually do, you know? I'm not sure which is worse... unfounded remarks or getting loaded while writing a review.
bondmanp
1,831 posts
 
I think he is simply mistaken. When I heard the Minuet demo'd at HE2007 in NYC, they were fed with not just a receiver, but an old Phillips receiver that Alan Yun (of Silverline Audio) had found at a garage sale. Couldn't have been good for more than 30 watts/channel. The sound was nevertheless impressive. One review I read (not sure where) suggested the Minuets be paired with the Outlaw stereo receiver for a high-value entry level hifi system. HK makes, IMO, a solid receiver with decent amplifier capabilities. I would be surprised if the Minuets didn't work well with your HK.
martykl
3,578 posts
 
I use mine in my gym with a NAD receiver and their relationship is perfectly cordial

marty
mntnman62 OP
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Thanks for each of your responses. Mine are also for my basement gym/drum room Martykl. You've confirmed what my instinct was telling me. I have the order in and am salivating in anticipation of hearing from the retailer that they have received them to ship them out. Frankly, of all the reviews that I have read about these speakers, and I have probably read every single one, including a recent one from the 2010 CES (?) show, that single comment was the only one you could identify as negative. I'm stoked to get em set up and fired up for some Zappa, Was (Not Was), Tubes, Return to Forever............
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