Review: Harmonic Technology Battery Pack IV for Cyberlight IC Interconnect

Category: Cables

I recently purchased the new battery pack IV for my Cyberlight P2A interconnect cables from HT. If you are using the Cyberlights, I strongly recommend that you consider upgrading to this new battery pack! The version IV battery pack is very cool in that it does not any switches to turn on and off, once you hook it up and plug it in you are done with it! No more remembering to turn on and off the battery for your cables, and no more worrying about runing out of battery power, now the cyberlight cables are just as easy to use as any regular cable without battery. And, it is in a MUCH smaller and lighter package which is much more convenient to use. How could this be true? Ask Jim about the details, but the basic concet as I understand it is that there are actually two batteries in the battery pack, and they automatically alternate back and forth. So as one is being used, the other is charging. All of this is completely transparent to the user, so nothing to worry about or switch, it is all handled automatically inside the very small package.

But the good news doesn't end there! The new battery pack also provided a dramatic improvement in sound in my system! I upgraded from the version III battery pack, and I was not prepared for the improvement I heard, so I was thrilled! In my system I heard improved dynamics, better soundstage, definitely improved bass, seemily everything was more clear and real sounding. I am not expert in articulating all of the subtle improvements in sound quality, sufice it to say the improvement was immediately noticable and significant, not the type of improvement you have to try to listen for to see if it is really there, but the kind of improvement where you immediately say, WOW!

John Axtell

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