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Cambridge Audio MINX MIN22
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Professional Reviews 82/100
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Sound Quality
82/100
Build Quality
80/100
Value for Money
81/100
The MIN22 brings wide-dispersion sound and transparent detail to rooms where conventional speakers simply will not fit. What Hi-Fi? found its compact satellites remarkably room-filling, controlled and easy to position, with sparkling spatial effects, clean vocals and impressive composure at volume. For discreet music or cinema systems with a subwoofer, this is an unusually refined small-speaker solution.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Wide, even dispersion creates an enveloping soundfield and makes placement on shelves, walls or furniture forgiving.
Delivers clean, transparent, detailed sound with controlled lower mids and no harshness.
Tiny cabinets play unexpectedly loud without audible distortion, making them effective for compact home cinema.
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Cons
Dynamic expression and bite are less convincing than with similarly priced full-size speakers; energetic music can sound overly polite.
Requires a subwoofer for meaningful deep bass, and a complete system can be costly once amplification is included.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 82/100
In the Minx S325 system, the compact Min22 satellites are praised for a clean, transparent and unusually enveloping presentation, particularly where wide dispersion and discreet placement are priorities. Their limitations are those expected of a very small satellite: reduced dynamic expression versus full-size standmounts, a slightly polite edge on energetic music, and reliance on a subwoofer for true low bass.
Bass
74/100
The review credits the Min22s with keeping unruly frequencies tightly controlled, but does not describe meaningful deep-bass output from the satellites themselves. With a specified response beginning at 120Hz, these are designed to hand the low end to a subwoofer rather than cover full-range music on their own.
Mid
84/100
Lower-midrange delivery is described as tight and coherent during demanding cinematic material, while vocals are called transparent and present within the complete system. There is some loss of emotional character in comparison with Wharfedale's larger Diamond 12.1 package, so the presentation is not quite as expressive as the best conventional standmount alternatives.
Treble
82/100
The system projects fine ambient detail without harshness, supporting the review's description of a refined and detailed overall sound. On the other hand, electric guitars are said to lack some bite, with forceful material rendered a little too smoothly and politely.
Soundstage Imaging
92/100
This is a clear strength: the Min22s produce sparkling spatial detail, consistent coverage across the soundfield and an enveloping room-filling presentation. Their near-180-degree dispersion is also credited with making positioning flexible and integration into a living space easy.
Dynamics
82/100
The tiny cabinets can play surprisingly loudly without audible driver distress, and the system retains strong leading edges, impact and snappy timing in film soundtracks. Yet the reviewer finds them less dynamically expressive than equivalent full-size speakers, with punchier music sounding somewhat restrained.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
80/100
The Min22 uses an acoustically damped thermoplastic and extruded-aluminium cabinet, finished in high-gloss black or white, with a distinctive curved form that supports unobtrusive installation. The review provides little direct assessment of cabinet resonance, terminals or long-term durability.
Value for Money
81/100
At the listed price of 129 per speaker, the Min22's appeal is primarily its exceptionally compact, flexible satellite form rather than all-in-one affordability. What Hi-Fi notes that a suitable amplifier, suggested at around £600, must also be budgeted for, and that a complete Minx system is not priced to compete directly with soundbar packages.
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