Hi Vince, I forgot to congratulate you in my last post. I have no doubt that you will enjoy that combo immensely. I ran my MCA 5 II with the Outlaw 950 and had excellent results. I don't know anything about the MCA 5 running hot. I owned one for 4 years and never felt that it ran all that warm. I have a tube amp in my 2 channel rig so I have a different opinion on what hot means : ) I've also owned some Solid State Class A behemoths in the past that you could fry an egg on. I now own the 990-7500 combo and feel that it is bargain. Enjoy your new toys and let us know what you think.
Regards
Svet