Bryston 5BST and Maggies MG12


I'm looking at possibly changing my Dynaudio Contours and one of the options is a pair of Magnepan MG12s. I've read that the Maggies need a lot of juice from power amps. Would my Bryston 5BST be able to handle the Maggies?

Thanks.
ksroy

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Thanks for that. Yeah, the 5BST's do belt out about 150w in 8 ohms. It's said to also throw 200w @ 4 ohms which if I'm correct is nominal impedance of the Maggies. I'm just not sure whether the 4 ohm rating of the Maggies is stable, or if it goes down to 2 ohms at certain frequencies/transients. The 5BST is currently handling my front and center speakers. I guess I'm toying around with the idea of changing setups again.