I have had the mmgs and the mg12. Yes ;they need watts and the bass is good down to 45-50 with watts. I could not buy lots of good watts so I paired them with a pro amp qsc 1400; and you could get very very loud without distortion... very clean. I would look into pro or NAD 150x2 for better quality. The mmg are great only if you sit in the narrow sweet spot.
Magnepan MMG Speakers?
Having not been in a position to build a proper stereo system the last few years, I'm finally ready and I'm about 90% sure I'm buying a pair of Magnepan MMG speakers. My speaker budget is approximately $600-$700. I have a PS Audio IV stereo pre-amp and am also in the market for an amp, so please feel free to make recommendations (approx. $400 budgeted.) If it matters, I prefer listening to CD's of live shows (Dead, Widespread Panic, The Clash, Burning Spear, The Meters etc.) and have thousands of soundboard, matrix, etc. recordings of random music acts, but I would also like to utilize Bluetooth aptX technology to play Sirius radio via my Android phone. I've been out of the loop and it's kind of overwhelming. Thanks!