Would a tube amp generally do better on power conditioner than a SS amp?


If I have understood the posts on the subjects correctly (and it is quite possible that I haven’t) most tube amps do not double their WPC when the impedance drops from 8 ohms to 4 ohms and therefore do not meet the criteria to be a high current amp.  If I have that part right, would that also mean that having a tube amp plugged into a device or component that potentially inhibits or limits current would not effect them as much as it would a high current ss amp?

immatthewj

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Okay.

What made me wonder is that from the threads I have read on the subject, the main objection to power conditioners is that they may limit current.  I would think that current limiting would have more of a negative effect on a high current amp that I am thinking must thrive on drawing a lot of current from the wall?

 

@inna , a few weeks ago I was curious about how one would know if one had a high current amp or a not high current amp so I started a thread asking that very question.  What I think I got out of it was that if your amp doubles its WPC when the load goes from 8 ohms to 4 ohms it is a high current amp.  And I also got out of it that generally with most tube amps this does not happen and the WPC remains constant.  My Cary is one that does not double its WPC with a 4 ohm load.  That is what prompted my question. 

I probably didn't word my question as well as I should have:

what I was getting at was that if a tube amp doesn't pull as much current from the wall as a ss amp does, would the tube amp be less likely to be adversely affected by a component such as a power conditioner that might have a current limiting effect? 

But power tubes definitely draw a lot of power/current, you can almost feel it - just kidding.

But apparently not as much current as ss amps that double their WPCs when the impedance halves, @inna .  At least that's what I got out of that thread that I previously alluded to.