Folks, I'm in the middle of doing some tests on battery-powering the Tascam DR-680, having been pretty shocked by how little time a set of Duracell Ultra AAs lasted (about an hour and a half) and am having pretty good results with the badge-engineered Tekkeon unit, which is sometimes available in the UK as the Prestigio Power Bank 501. I set it up to record four tracks at 96/24 with an SPS-200-SB and just left it running. So far I've filled two 8 GB cards (that's three hours, fifty minutes) and it's still chugging along quite happily, with one light down on its battery charge indicator.
If anyone in the UK's interested, Amazon currently have one in stock for a penny under £100 and it comes with a smart leather case and a nice little velvet bag full of connection tips. It has a switchable output voltage, which goes up to 19 volts, and apparently a 10 Amp Hour capacity. As I say, as far as I know, it's a badge engineered version of the Tekkeon MP3450, which B&H have for US$124. Next step is a set of Engergizer 2450 mA/Hr rechargeables, which I'm charging overnight now. I'll report back once I've done the test. Regards, John P.S. Hello, Neil - hope the restaurant's doing well - I've read some rave reviews for it! Can I interest you in some Spitfire surround material for special occasions? _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
