Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps

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.

With 3 different types of Silverline speakers on hand, Sonata IIIs, SR 15, and a Center stage HT loudspeaker, I've ran them all at various times using two different recievers.

A 10 YEAR OLD Sony STRV 444 ES, (110WPC @8), AND THE MORE CURRENT Onkyo TX SR 805, which has a little more power at (130-140wpc @ 8), at low levels, and mid levels, in small rooms and mid sized rooms, with no real issues to speak of here.

Some have been driven by amps with as little as 60 wpc and again, with no concerns.

RWV of course, and tone, integration into the room, and user preffs will have some affect on how one likes or dislikes their end results, but I can say without mitigating a thing, they don't dislike these two recievers I own, or any of the 3 other amps I own as well..

I will say this... and I suppose it applies to the largest portion of speakers in general, serving them good power in sufficient amounts will broaden the smile on your face. It's really an either or situation IMHO. Very good adequate power, 60-120, or a good bit of it, 150-200.

They're also honest enough to enable the owner to determine any upstream changes too. Hopefully the Minuets will be as easy to accomodate as have been other Silverline speakers I've experienced first hand. If they're virgin speakers, be paitient. it'll be a while for 'em to flesh out and really perform.

Enjoy.