Super capacitors and audio

[rrrremus]

Hello fellow members.
I am a long time audio diy-er and have always taken interest in low noise power supply design. I have never needed to use battery powered equipment although i have always wanted to try my hand at it. I have recently gotten into possession of a few dozen 2,7Volt 50F super capacitors from Nescap. The datasheet can be found here : NESSCAP

I have played around with one cap and they are quite powerful, the charge lasting for a few hours with 10-20mA current draw; however i cannot see a use for them in audio as they take a whole lot of current while charging and also because of the need to wire at least a few of them in series for an analog power supply.

Does diyaudio think otherwise ?

 

[sofaspud]

Two in series is 5.2V and 25F. If you have some low-power application they might work. Something digital, a low-voltage op amp, or a cellphone-type class-D chip amp. Use a current-limiting resistor to handle the recharge.

 

[gmphadte]

I doubt they are of any use in audio. You can make a rechargeable torch with LEDs or something.

Gajanan Phadte

 

[williamwally]

Just heard of this:

Updates from Helium: The first supercapacitor-powered portable speaker | Crowd Supply

Thoughts?

Seems legit but I don't know enough to have much of an opinion.

 

[Refugee1]

Those speakers look a little bit to expensive.
They were used for real time clock backup on video recorders where mains failure never lasted more than a few hours.