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Clear

“I’ve been using Cardas since the early days of my audiophile journey. I’ve enjoyed the progression of improvements, starting with Hexlink, then Golden Cross, followed by Golden Reference. But I was not prepared for the monumental advancements achieved with the Clear product line. Blew my mind. The bass, the midrange, the spatial imaging… staggering. Well done guys!”

-Z. Matani, Pacific Grove, CA

Clear Interconnect

Clear Speaker

Clear Power

Clear Digital (SPDIF)

Clear Headphone Cable

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Interconnect

Clear Interconnect, Rev 1

Completely neutral and transparent. Superb dynamics, high frequency extension and speed. Our flagship interconnect

designed for reference level systems in acoustically neutral listening rooms. Perfect control over the entire frequency

range. Extracts every detail and remains musical. Works great in long or short runs.

Standard Terminations: Cardas SRCA or CG XLR.

Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, ultra fine Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions and range from 41 AWG to 39 AWG. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in ultra thin extruded PTFE jacket.
Geometry: Equilateral triad 3 conductors with anti-static LDPE air-tubes bound with carbon impregnated PTFE tape wrap. Outer layer uses PTFE air-tubes scaled 1.618 times larger than the core tubes to suspend the composite shield of tinned copper and magnet wire away from the signal carrying conductors. Finished in an ultra soft extruded TPR jacket.

Gauge: 3x25.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.450”/11.43mm

Speaker

Clear Speaker

The most musical and revealing speaker cable ever produced by Cardas Audio. Designed to be completely transparent and holographic, this cable matches the legendary Cardas sound with unforgiving detail delivery.

Standard Terminations: Cardas spades or bananas forged using 10,000psi in Bandon Oregon. Not available with internal bi-wire. See our Clear Jumpers for bi-wire applications.

Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions ranging from ultra fine 41 AWG to 25 AWG. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in an FEP tape wrapped jacket.

Geometry: Concentrically wound four conductor surrounded by anti-static fibers with a flexible TPR outer jacket.

Note: Unlike most of our speaker cables, Clear Speaker can not be bi-wired. For the ultimate performance using Clear on a bi-wire speaker, use Clear Jumpers.

Gauge: 4x10.5 AWG

Outside Diameter: 0.675”/17.14mm

See how we perform Clear Speaker Cable's solder-less forged terminations:

Clear Power

A reference level power cable that applies all the lessons learned over 25 years of developing high performance power cables; it was born from the ashes of the highly successful Golden Reference Power. Completely neutral tonal balance with additional filtering which increases dynamics. Large conductors make it suitable for those power hungry electronics and refined enough to power your more delicate source components.

Standard Terminations: Soldered and crimped Cardas power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid copper contacts.

Design/Construction: Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper, gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Crossfield layer geometry, insulated in a PFA jacket. Geometry: Double shielded with tin plated copper and

magnet wire. Twisted triad mixed with PE air tubes bound with PTFE tape wrap. Super flexible TPR jacket.

Gauge: 3x11.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.610”/15.49mm

Digital SPDIF

Clear Digital (SPDIF)

When you need a 75 ohm coaxial digital cable for your high-end digital playback, look no further. Clear Digital uses our flagship Matched Propagation conductors to transfer your digital content quickly and accurately. It’s the most neutral, detailed, and revealing coax cable we have ever produced. Designed to compliment the best digital equipment on the market, this will extract every last detail.

Standard Terminations: Cardas SRCA or BNC. Hand terminated in Bandon, Oregon.

Gauge: 1x25.5 AWG

Outside Diameter: 0.350”/8.89mm

AES/EBU

Clear AES/EBU

The use of our Matched Propagation technology in digital cables has been nothing short of a game changer for digital audio transmission. More open, more dynamic, and completely neutral tonal balance. This is a reference level AES/EBU cable that compromises nothing.

Standard Terminations: Cardas CG XLR’s. Hand terminated in Bandon, Oregon.

Geometry: Equilateral triad 3 conductors with anti-static LDPE air-tubes bound with carbon impregnated PTFE tape wrap. Specific geometry to achieve the 110 ohm AES/EBU standard. Finished in an ultra soft extruded TPR jacket.

Gauge: 3x25.5AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.355”/9.01mm

USB

Cardas Clear USB is a musically neutral cable and sounds the same at any usable length. Clear USB is optimized for constant transfer impedance rather than a full wave characteristic impedance.

Standard Terminations: USB A to B, Mini B, Micro B. Other custom terminations available.

Geometry: Asymmetrical star-quad 4. Signal carrying conduc-
tors are a shielded twisted pair. Power and signal conductors are bound with PFA tape. Final shield is aluminum/mylar, tin plated copper and magnet wire. Outer jacket is TPR.

Gauge: 2x25.5 AWG + 2x21.5 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.220”/5.58mm

Clear USB

HS USB

Clear High Speed USB

Clear High Speed Serial Buss takes our Clear Serial Buss USB cable and adds a special high performance data cable using silver-plated conductors. Each conductor pair in both cables is discreetly shielded, and each cable has its own double-shield. This ultra-premium USB cable adds depth & realism, and improved imaging to your digital system. A noticeable improvement over our already high performing Clear Serial Buss. Clear High Speed Serial Buss USB is ideal for use with high resolution digital audio.

Standard Terminations: USB A to B, Mini B, Micro B. Some custom terminations available.

Geometry: Dual asymmetrical star-quad 8 conductor. Signal carrying conductors are a shielded twisted pair. Power and signal conductors are bound with PFA tape. Final shield is aluminum/mylar tape, tin plated copper and magnet wire. Outer

jacket is TPR.

Gauge: 2x25.5 AWG + 2x21.5 AWG + 23.5 AWG + 30 AWG

Outside Diameter: Approximately 0.453”/11.50mm

Clear Network (CAT-7 Ethernet)

With the advent of network hard drives & high(er)-resolution streaming services, the demand for higher quality ethernet cables has exploded. Who wouldn’t want increased speed, increased bandwidth, and less noise?

Standard Terminations: Telegartner RJ45. Hand terminated in Bandon, Oregon.

Design/Construction: Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper.

Geometry: Arranged in shielded pairs, each pair with its own drain wire. The bundle of pairs is wrapped in a foil shield, and then a braided shield. Jacketed in flexible TPR.

Gauge: 8x24 AWG

Outside Diameter: 0.315”/8mm

Network

Phono

Clear Phono

Completely neutral and dynamic. Superb high frequency extension and speed. Our flagship phono cable is intended for reference level systems in acoustically neutral listening rooms. Perfect control over the entire frequency range. Extracts every detail and remains musical, never fatiguing.

Standard Terminations: Cardas S-DIN to Cardas SRCA, or RCA to RCA. Many other options available.

Geometry: Dual mono twisted pair conductors with anti-static LDPE air-tubes bound with carbon impregnated PTFE tape wrap. Outer layer uses PTFE air-tubes scaled 1.618 times larger than the core tubes to suspend the composite shield of 42 AWG tinned copper and magnet wire away from the signal carrying conductors. Finished in an ultra soft extruded TPR jacket.

Gauge: 4x25.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.418”/10.6mm

Headphone

Clear Headphone Cable

We took the Clear speaker cable and scaled it down to work for only the best headphones on the planet. This is a dual mono run (two completely isolated cables for left and right) just like a pair of speaker cables. Perfect for balanced or single ended operation. Completely neutral, detailed, with life like dynamics. This cable helps you to forget about the headphones and get lost in the music.

Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in an FEP tape wrapped jacket.

Gauge: 8x26.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.170”/4.31mm