Bybee Audio tweeks. IQSE

Ozzy:

Did you ask your vendor about the purpose of the battery, and what happens when it's fully drained?

Did you return the iQSE or are they still beneficial for your system?

mtseymour,

The dealer had no clue just the product info that is available to all of us. Yes, I still kept the iQSE's for it is a good tweak and I have 6 of them.
But I do wish there was a way to replace the battery.

ozzy

This is what my dealer told me about the iQSE and whether it has a battery:

"The larger version wood QSE use batteries, but I am not sure if these do. When Jack implements the batteries, he is creating what is called a homopolar motor. It generates an electromagnetic field that activates the materials inside the QSE. The larger wood QSE is meant to be used under interconnects and speaker cables that tend to generate very low EM fields. So the battery is used to assist in activating the material inside the QSE and increase the effect on interconnects and speaker cables.
With the iQSE the intention is to use the electromagnetic fields generated by the component to activate the materials. So they do not need the battery, and my suspicion is they don't have one inside.

Either way, the drain on the battery is so low that Jack estimates the batteries to last 10 or more years. The materials will continue to activate inside a component that generates an electromagnetic field without the battery. "

I will try 2 iQSE and see if they improve my DAC, pre, or amp.

mtseymour,

Well, l I don’t know how to say this kindly, but your dealer is... err, lets just say is incorrect. 
Look at my systems page I placed pictures of the iQSE insides showing clearly the watch battery hidden underneath.

Now, this is just my opinion, but I don’t believe batteries will last 10 years without losing its charge and/ or corroding the attachment terminals. Never had it happen. I have old remotes with batteries left inside that prove my point.

ozzy

The standard AA and AAA Duracell batteries I use in the Clever Little Clock last between 5 and 8 years and never (rpt never) become corroded. The expected lifetime of newer style batteries like Duracell Quantum batteries is almost certainly 10 years, no problem.