Which receiver is best suited for infinity Oreus?

[Volumius]

I am going to buy the infinity Oreus speaker set and I was wondering which receiver is best for them. This because I heard they are a little power hungry.

I have had a demo of them, they were connected to a Yamaha RX-V450 and the salesman had to turn the volume up to -10 (he was using a sacd of Sting) to get some good sound out of them and me and my dad were easily able to speak with each other while the yam was set at that volume. So I think the Oreus speakers are pretty power hungry, or the Yamaha rx-v450 itself was not in a good condition.

Anyway, does anyone has some experience with these speakers and know what receiver is best for them? I would like a receiver that can provide enough power for the Oreus set and that it is easily able to go cinema loud while still having some db left to turn up.

 

[Volumius]

Hasn't got anyone a idea? Is the harman/kardon 430 any good?

 

[krzywica]

The 450 is only 85 watts per channel so it is on the bottom end of the yammy lineup. I would go with something bigger in light of down the road upgrades.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Why are you looking at that speaker setup? Price? Either of the receivers you mentioned are way over rated for those speakers. The HK has more headroom and better high current (don't go by watts per channel especially when looking at HK), plus HK and Infinity are under the same ownership. The Infinity speaker set up is probably very inneficient even though the speakers are small - a db rating under 90. You are on the right track with receivers, but I would look elsewhere for speakers IMO.