Magnepans and Onkyo Receiver

[Samson_S]

Do you guys thinks I could use an Onkyo receiver with this speaker ? I am thinking about buying the magnepan MMG w and MMG C. Here are the specs of the receiver.

Power Specifications

Power Output* (8 ohm, 20 Hz-20 kHz, FTC) -

Front L/R 65 W/Ch

Center 65 W

Surround L/R 65 W/Ch

Surround Back -

Dynamic Power** -

3 ohm (Front) 160 W/Ch

4 ohm (Front) 125 W/Ch

8 ohm (Front) 85 W/Ch


Amplifier Design

Identical Full-Bandwidth Channels 5

Reduced NFB (Negative Feedback) Design

WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)

Non-Scaling Configuration -

DACs 96 kHz/24-Bit x 6

High Current Low Impedance Drive

All Discrete Output Stage Amplifiers

Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry

Digital Upsampling


Home Theater Features

THX Surround EX and THX Certified -

Extended Frequency Response (+ 1 dB, - 3 dB) 10 Hz-100 kHz

DTS, DTS-ES Discrete/Matrix 6.1, DTS Neo:6 DTS Only

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Digital EX -

A-Form Listening Mode Memory -

Composite and S-Video to Component Video Upconversion -

Composite to S-Video Conversion -

Multichannel Input 5.1

CinemaFILTER

Digital Soundfield Processing Modes 9

Late Night Mode

Color-Coded Speaker Terminals

On-Screen Display -

Adjustable Digital Delay

Crossover Adjustment


Internet Features

Net-Tune -

Ethernet -

Number of Presets (Internet Radio) -


Inputs

Audio and AV Inputs 2/4

HDTV-Ready Component Video Input/Output -

Front-Panel Video Input (with S-Video)

S-Video Compatible Jacks Input/Output 4/2

Digital Inputs 2 Optical, 1 Coaxial

Digital Output -

Amp In -

RS-232 Control Port -

IR In/Out -


Pre Outs

Front L/R, Center -

Surround L/R -

Surround Back -

Subwoofer


Other Features

Dot-Matrix Display

Display Dimmer 3 Levels

Pure Audio Mode -

Dual Banana Plug Compatible Speaker Terminals Except Speaker B

Sleep Timer (90 minutes; 10-min steps)

Phono Input -

Headphone Jack

Zone 2 (Multisource) Line Out -

Powered Zone 2 -

12 Volt Trigger -

A/B Speaker Drive A and B

 

[Chu Gai]

A wonderful speaker that does many things right with the main shortcomings to my mind being that they don't go very far down in the bass which might make integrating a sub a little problematic. If like other maggies, the loads are largely resistive (a good thing), that is a fairly constant 4 ohms but drops to around 3 or so in the upper frequency ranges. Further the efficiency is a relatively low 86 dB.
I think your receiver will be sorely taxed in driving these to any reasonable levels without distress. You should be looking for a continuous power rating into 4 ohms of greater than 100 watts IMO which would suggest a far more substantial receiver or outboard amps.