@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.
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?
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Look at it this way, one way or another, tube or SS you have to produce the same amount of voltage and current through a speaker to get the same volume. Whatever theories there are about a conditioner limiting current you are going to have exactly the same issue no matter what. The physics say that to maintain current you must maintain voltage, so a power conditioner with built in voltage regulation like a Furman AR series unit is the way to go if you want rock solid voltage year in year out at all times of day regardless of your AC running or not. The next step up from that would be a PS Audio power plant. |
immatthewj, I don't understand physics, so I'll leave it to those who do. Regenerators are different devices, not usual power conditioners, and I only tried my amp with PS Audio, though I have an old Furman in my second system. But power tubes definitely draw a lot of power/current, you can almost feel it - just kidding. |
No PC or regenerator for me with any amps, tried both through auditioning process at CableCo, this with push pull tube and 845 SET amps. Continue to run my present 300B monoblocks on this same dedicated amp line, this same phase on breaker box as the other components using balanced PC. Always have great sound quality amps sans PC, quality power supplies in amps should suffice, lesser ps in amps may benefit from PC. |
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