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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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? 

My guess is that my amp pulls a lot of current but it's only a guess, I don't want to call VAC just to ask this.

@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. 

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. 

A balanced power supply is a wonderful thing.  Two poles; one at 60 volts at 60 Hz, the other at -60 volts at 60 Hz.  They are joined at the power supply plug-ins for perfect constant delivery of 120 volts at 60 Hz.