Had a VERY ODD event last night while playing Jazz by Ry Cooder.
Track 2 has a LOT of very deep bass and Tuba.
My Ayre EX8 shut down partway through it on current protection.
Tried again, same thing within seconds.
Now my amp has loads of space around it for ventilation.
Put another album on right away no problems again all night.
Repeated the experience a short while ago and same thing.
So, my conclusion is that all that energy on that track being stuffed into the Maggie’s was simply too much for the " only" 100wpc EX8.
Go figure........
P.s..
I was playing at near ear bleed level. Lol.