Have you seen this review of your speaker?
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/magnepan-mg-201-loudspeaker/
The reviewer thinks they need 300w into 4 ohms to "come to life", and with a sensitivity of 85db/2.83v, which is 82db/1w because of the 4 ohm, I would agree. Some simple acoustic music would probably sound ok, but anything with dynamics would suffer.
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/magnepan-mg-201-loudspeaker/
The reviewer thinks they need 300w into 4 ohms to "come to life", and with a sensitivity of 85db/2.83v, which is 82db/1w because of the 4 ohm, I would agree. Some simple acoustic music would probably sound ok, but anything with dynamics would suffer.