Onkyo s3400 speaker upgrade

I bought the onkyo s3400 system a while back and I'm getting that upgrade itch again. I want to upgrade the receiver but I feel the speakers have to go first.

This is the speaker set I'm looking at:

"MartinLogan MLT-2 5.1CH Premium Home Theater Speaker System Black System"

I would post a link but I just signed up on the forums and I am unable to yet.

My question is will the onkyo s3400 receiver be able to power these speakers? Thanks in advance.

I will definitely take that into account and look at my options as far as just swapping out the front left and center. Rather than asking every time if my receiver can power certain speakers, can you shed some light as to what exactly I should look for when deciding if my receiver can handle certain speakers?

Okay so my best bets is a speaker at 110 watts max at a 6 ohm resistance.
Sounds good but another question.

I was looking at some speakers where they gave a power rating in a range but in terms of long term and short term. I'll copy and paste it so you can look at it and explain.


Front Speaker Amplifier Power Output: 100 watts long term / 140 watts short term

Center Speaker Amplifier Power Output: 80 watts long term / 120 watts short term

Surround Speaker Amplifier Power Output: 60 watts long term / 100 watts short term

After a lot of research I decided to go with bigger speakers than the MLT-2's I was originally looking at. I demoed a bunch of speakers and really liked Martin Logan's motion series. I was speaking to an employee at my part time job and he has me a bit confused on what my receiver is capable of.

Basically I'm looking into replacing my onkyo s3400 speakers with Martin Logan Motion 6 or 8 for the center channel and either Motion10s/Motion 4s or Motion 4s/Motion 2s for the fronts and surround.

Will my receiver be able to power this? In reference to their power rating I would be able to power them. But from what he was telling me, the higher end receivers have amps for each channel but mine doesn't so I would need more power to run these speakers.

Is this right or is he misinformed? Thanks for all the help. I appreciate it.

Okay I think I'm going to decide against the motion 10s and stick with the motion 6 and either (4) "motions 4s" or (2) "motion 4s" and (2) "motions 2s". I really don't want to be worrying about blowing up my speakers or receiver haha (exaggeration obviously but you get the point)

Don't mean to keep asking the same question but it seems as if some are confident I'd be okay (obviously they'd sound better with a more powerful receiver in which I intend to get later) while others aren't so sure if my reciever can handle it. Will my receiver be able to handle any combination of motions 2's, 4's, and 6's?