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Anyone have thoughts about this?

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noahbickart:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sound-Devices-Zoom-Zaxcom-USB-5V-to12V-Boost-Step-up-converter-to-Hirose-4-Pin/202948020189?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D77f77082ad844d7aa6298e1a75ff5b61%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D233539930250%26itm%3D202948020189%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042

Gutbucket:
1st thought- someone posted about one of these things (voltage converter in USB plug) here recently and ran some tests.  I don't think it had a hirose-terminated cable.
2nd- will it provide sufficient current? No specs at the ebay link for that.
3rd- it's a switching converter, and probably doesn't provide much if any filtering. Will a "dirty" supply voltage matter? Dunno. Probably depends on what it is feeding.
4th- not as efficient as powering with a battery providing the correct voltage, there will be some conversion loss.
5th- maybe nice to keep on hand for emergency use, to leverage USB "phone" batteries.

aaronji:
^ Here is that other recent thread (actually only a couple of posts down at the moment): https://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=193811.0.

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