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Originally Posted by PHC1
Magnepans typically like to spend their days in the shade of the 4 ohms or lower... As such, they are typically partnered with robust amps. They do like to sip on a refreshing cocktail of juice from the amp and are not shy about demanding it. Yes, the fans should help and if you are still running into the same problem, it will need even more ventilation. I do not think the amp is not up to the task but is simply producing enough heat where the engineer decided the cutoff point would be to prevent a thermal runaway.
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And it was 81c at shutting down which is quite high. I measured heatsink temp of my Gryphon Mephisto and Pass XA160.5 at only around 55c in open space driving Magico and Salon2.