Ayre V-5xe pops off/Manley Shrimp

My guess, (hey Al, want to chime in?) is that the Shrimp is
emitting a little bit of DC and the Ayre doesn't like it and
is shutting down.

Probably need to have EveAnna look at it.

I agree with Mofi, it sounds like the Shrimp is leaking so DC which is tripping the Ayre's protection circuits. Maybe some caps need to be replaced in the Shrimp.

Interesting speculation.

I recall reading a somewhat energetic exchange of posts between Ralph (Atmasphere) and another member concerning whether a linestage or pre can leak DC. Ralph was quite adamant that should never happen. If the DC leakage speculation is correct, I guess the unexpected can sometimes occur.

What is particularly surprising here is that Manley makes very good gear and one would think this could never happen. I wonder if Manley pre/linestages use output caps. If so, I am puzzled by how DC could find its way to the output taps.

Have you tried new tubes in the pre? I had a bad tube in my Audio Research pre cause an amp to shut down.