Audioquest cables: replace the DBS Battery pack.

You may want to have a look at Mike Mickelson's recent review of the Audioquest Sky on Soundstage. Mickelson seems to suggest that the static voltage bias induced by the batteries takes several days to establish after the battery is activated, and several days to drain if the battery is turned off. While Mickelson asserts he has tested the effectiveness of the battery pack by cycling the batteries on/off for several days per cycle, he should have sourced two identical sets of cables and interconnects: one set with batteries and one set without. This would have enabled him to make quick swaps for a more accurate/reliable audio comparison. Please see:
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/audioquest_sky_volcano.htm
Guido

really good cables make a bid difference , it all depends on what you want to spend , AQ and MIT are the two companies that make the others lag in depth and clarity , any one with a really good system can hear it , don't think so , then take some regular rca's in to a really good audio store and have them change them out for you and you will hear it instantly

Wow, nine years til the last post. Anyway, I was a Synergistic Research nut (ICs and speaker), for a while. Then I auditioned some Audioquests and I sold off my SR stuff. The AQs were superior in practically every way. I'm lucky to have found them.

I agree teh AQbattery onlytakes the place of 'break in'. If one has no interest in having cables already broken in from the first moment, then the AQ battery thing has little value.
If you leave your system on 24/7.. and do not mind breaking in your new cables for the first few hours/days/weeks it takes for them to fully 'form the dielectric, then the AQ battery and such are a waste of money.
However if you want your cables to be fresh, enven if you turn off your equipment for months at a time, Then yeah AQ makes a lot of sense..
So it would seem.

I have the AQ  Diamond USB cable and I put in the system cold played for 2 hours then plugged in the battery pack. I totally agree the  electrostatic shield 
needs to energize end saturate the Dialectric which for the little USB cable 
much less time within an hour the music was more precise and smooth sounding.
instant results not happening .the dibs technology does work. I just had the cable 
on loan with option to buy. One thing to add regarding USB audio 
the little AQ jitter bug does work and improve the performance a small amount in 
cleaning up artifacts in the digital transmission. One item that is a true bargain 
even better in a different way . The USB Regen for under $200 a break through product .