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!
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I drove a pair of MG12s with an 18 watt tube amp very satisfactorily to my ear. They were in a small room and I rarely listen at loud levels but still was amazed at how good they sounded with 18 watts.
When I sold them the buyer auditioned with my 100 watt Harman Kardon PA2200 amp driven by a Bottlehead tube preamp. That's how I used them most of the time and they really did sound nice.