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.
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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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. |
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. |
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