MBL 9008A users


I am curious to know how hot your 9008A amps run. The heat sinks on mine get quite hot. You can place and leave your hand on the heat sinks near the rear of the amps, but if it was only a little hotter you could not. I am running them in stereo mode. They sound great, but I am curious to know if this is normal. The only reason for my concern is that I had heard that they run only moderately warm. Your experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.
Dennis
dgclark0007

Showing 1 response by classicjazz

I would concur that you may need two more amps. The MBL amps in stereo mode do not have much power or current capability at rated output (130/220/340). Peak output is another thing altogether but they really perform their best as monoblocks. Perhaps you can combine 8011AM or 9007 for the top and 9008A for the bass? Also, 9011 amps in stereo mode will still face the same problem as your 9008as. If you examine the rated output the 2 amps used in stereo mode are almost the same.

I had overbuilt 100W Class A amps on my MBL 101E speakers and while I knew they were not able to drive the speaker adequately, this became clear only after I installed amps with much more power.