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Cardas Audio offers cables featuring ultra pure copper conductors for high end stereo systems, as well as premium connectors & quad eutectic solder for manufacturers and electronics enthusiasts. Menu Cardas Audio Bandon, Oregon, USA • Cables • Connectors • Ultra Pure Copper & Silver • Solder & Flux Learn More American Made: Cardas Clear Beyond , produced by Jana Dagdagan for Darko.Audio Film maker Jana Dagdagan traveled to Bandon to document the production of a Clear Beyond Speaker Cable, including the braiding of its conductors, and the application of its compression die forged connectors. But perhaps more importantly, she captured the essence of our company's culture, showcasing who and what Cardas Audio really is. This video has caught the attention of countless audio enthusiasts, many of whom have shared it with their loved ones to help them to understand their passion for the high-end audio industry. Learn More The Clear Cables • Sky • Cygnus • Reflection • Clear • Clear Beyond Within the hierarchy of Cardas Cables, the Clear Cables are in a category all their own. Starting with Clear Sky and spanning to Clear Beyond, the entire range brings exceptional clarity, precision, and musicality to any audio system, ensuring an unparalleled listening experience. Unprecedented transparency & neutrality, never sacrificing musicality. All of the cables in our Clear product line feature Matched Propagation Conductors , as described in George Cardas's US Patent 7,674,973. Matched Propagation Conductors offer unprecedented neutrality and clarity. Matched Propagation Conductors solve the intelligibility issue plaguing cables since the early days of the telephone, when audio was first being transmitted over cable. In a Matched Propagation Conductor, the audio signal never outpaces the charge/discharge rate of the surrounding dielectric materials. And the result is Clear. Unlike any other solution, these cables never have to "fix" the intelligibility problem, because they never let it happen in the first place. Cardas Cables Elements of A Cardas Cable Deep Dive into Cardas Parsec The cables in our Parsec product line benefit from technology developed for our flagship cables. Parsec offers a superb balance of characteristics. Classic Cardas midrange, quick bass, rich harmonics, and a naturally extended top octave. As with all of our cables, Parsec far outperforms its price point. • Speaker • Interconnect • Power • Digital • Headphone Parsec Cables All Cardas Cables Elements of A Cardas Cable Deep Dive into Cardas Iridium The Iridium cable line delivers audiophile-grade quality with Cardas Grade 1 Ultra Pure Copper, renowned for its exceptional conductivity. Known for their clear, balanced sound and smooth mid-range, tight bass, and refined highs, Iridium cables are meticulously engineered for stereo systems and high-end home theaters. They provide an immersive listening experience, making them a top choice among enthusiasts worldwide. • Speaker • Interconnect • Phono • Power Iridium Cables All Cardas Cables Elements of A Cardas Cable Deep Dive into Cardas Headphone Cables Cardas Audio introduced the high-end audio industry's first aftermarket headphone cable in the early 2000's. That one was simply called "Cardas Headphone Cable". We've never stopped developing and improving, and now offer Parsec, Clear Reflection, Clear, and Clear Beyond headphone cables. As with all Cardas cables, Cardas headphone cables can be re-terminated. Change headphones? No problem, send your Cardas cable in to be re-terminated to work with your new ones! Headphone Cables Nautilus Power Strip Pure power distribution. No PC boards or current limiting components. Ground noise filtration on every outlet. We began the Nautilus project by designing our own outlets, the 4181US, and 4181EU, now also available to manufacturers and hifi enthusiasts. Based around our custom outlets, the Nautilus uses Cardas internal wiring, and employs the same noise filtration system found on our finest power cables. Nautilus Power Strip Cardas Connectors Precision machined parts for cables, speakers, and electronic components. George Cardas started designing and manufacturing his own cable connectors in the late 1980s, shortly after starting Cardas Audio. Our premium connectors are available to DIY enthusiasts and manufacturers. Cardas Connectors Where To Buy OEM Program Soldering How-To Videos All Cardas Cables Choosing The Right Cable Deep Dive! Quad Eutectic Solder The worst kept, best kept, secret in audio. Widely regarded as the best solder in the audio industry. And the most highly guarded , most sought out, metallurgical formula in the micro-niché world of solder. Quad Eutectic Solder Where To Buy OEM Program Soldering How-To Videos Cardas Connectors are found on our own cables, as well as cables made by other manufacturers, and on some of the finest speakers and electronic components in our industry. Our connectors are machined from copper or brass billet, and plated with silver, and a flash of rhodium. This plating method not only creates beautiful looking parts, but it also ensures excellent conductivity, with no fears of oxidation. Cardas bulk cable & chassis wires are used throughout high-end audio, as well as by DIY cable & component makers. All feature our Grade 1 Ultra Pure Copper , arranged in Golden Ratio scaled , multi-stranded Litz conductors. Cardas connectors & wire are available to DIY enthusiasts through any Cardas dealer . Manufacturers purchasing in quantity can deal directly through Cardas Audio . Read more about Cardas connectors here . Read more about Cardas bulk cable & chassis wire here . Chassis Wire Cardas Chassis Wire is featured in some of the finest speakers, amplifiers, and electronic components in the world. All of our chassis wire features multiple strands of Cardas Grade 1 Ultra Pure Copper. Cardas Chassis Wire is sold by length, with no minimum order through your Cardas Parts Dealer . Chassis Wire Where To Buy OEM Program Soldering How-To Videos Bulk Cable Cardas Bulk Cables feature our chassis wires arranged in cable designs & geometries suitable for a variety of applications . Cardas Bulk Cables are sold by length, with no minimum order through your Cardas Parts Dealer . Bulk cables include: • Speaker cables • Interconnect cables • Headphone cables • Internal tonearm wire • Instrument cables • Microphone cables All Bulk Cables Where To Buy OEM Program Soldering How-To Videos Cardas Copper Cardas Grade 1 Copper is manufactured using our proprietary drawing process. Our copper wire is used in many fine audio products from a wide variety of manufacturers. It's even used in laboratories for it's superior electrical and thermal conduction properties. Cardas Copper & Silver is sold by weight, and delivered on spools (as shown). All About Cardas Copper Request Price Qoute OEM Program Adaptors Premium adapters for nearly any audio application. Custom wiring available. If the connectors exist, we can make an adapter out of it. Probably. All Adaptors Where To Buy Golden Ratio Scaled, Multi-Stranded Litz Conductors. They're at the heart of every Cardas cable. They're the basis of one of George Cardas's first US Patents. But what are they? Take a deep dive into Cardas Cable design principles . Deep Dive Turntable Things Our turntable-related offerings range from tiny little cartridge clips to the fattest phono cable ever, our award winning Clear Beyond XL . From your cartridge to your interconnect, you can do it all with Cardas. Turntable Things Where To Buy Soldering How-To Videos The Cardas Terminators The quality work performed by the Cardas Terminators, our team of 9 skilled and dedicated craftspeople, enables us to offer our lifetime warranty on all Cardas cables. Head terminator Jesus Ornelas has been with Cardas Audio since 1993, joining the Cardas team shortly after George moved the company from Southern California to the Oregon coast. Shayla has been at Cardas for 5 years, and prepares our Clear speaker cables for their die-forged terminations. These buttons will take you to some of our site's most popular pages You can also use the menu at the top of the page, or this search box: NEW! Trade-In / Upgrade

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Clear Cygnus “I tried a Clear speaker cable, and it was amazing, but outside of my budget. My dealer suggested I try a pair of Clear Cygnus. Based on the price difference, I didn’t expect Cygnus to stand up to its big brother Clear. But I was very pleasantly surprised! Cygnus packs a lot of punch and tons of detail, and outperformed everything else I tried in the same price category. By a lot.” -B. Patel, Austin TX Cygnus Interconnect Cygnus Power Where To Buy << Clear Reflection Cygnus Speaker Cygnus Phono Choosing A Cable FAQ Clear SE9 MP >> Interconnect Cygnus Interconnect Clear Cygnus Interconnect benefits greatly from the latest developments in the Clear product line, including a more economical version of Clear Beyond Interconnect’s air-tube suspension. This cable replaces Clear Light and brings added performance to the table without adding much to the price. Clear Cygnus is more detailed, but also slightly richer with better low frequency performance. Clear Cygnus performs well in any system at any length, in both single ended and balanced configurations. If you want Cardas musicality but with a neutral tonal balance, look no further. Standard Terminations: Cardas GRMO or Neutrik XLR. Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in double layered PTFE tape wrapped jacket. Geometry: Star-Quad 4 conductor, 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 conductors. Finished in an ultra soft extruded TPR jacket. Gauge: 4x25.5 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.384”/9.76mm Speaker Cygnus Speaker It wasn’t easy to improve upon Clear Light without giving up it’s incredible value, but we did it! Clear Cygnus is more revealing, more holographic, and more refined. Matched Propagation conductors help to provide a very open and dynamic sound. In addition it can be internally bi-wired which wasn’t an option with Clear Light. Standard Terminations: Cardas spades or bananas forged using 10,000psi Design/Construction: Conductors: Braided Matched Propagation Kevlar core, Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a PTFE tape and Electro-Dissipative dielectric. Geometry: Concentrically braided four conductor surrounded by anti-static fibrillated polypropylene fibers. Outside jacket is a soft and flexible TPE rubber. Gauge: 4x15 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.695”/17.67mm See how we perform Cygnus Speaker Cable's solder-less forged terminations: Cygnus Power Cygnus Power Like a scaled down version of Clear Beyond Power, Cygnus Power features three well shielded conductors, and a passive noise filter. Although designed for use with source equipment and small-to-medium sized amplifiers, Cygnus Power has the current handling capacity for even larger, tube powered amps. As you would expect, Cygnus Power pairs well with the rest of the Cygnus lineup, and provides many of the benefits of it’s higher-capacity siblings, at a fraction of the price. 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 tin plated copper, gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a PTFE jacket. Geometry: Double shielded with tin plated copper and magnet wire. Twisted triad mixed with PVC air tubes bound with FEP tape wrap. Flexible TPR outer jacket. Gauge: 3x13 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.500”/12.7mm Clear Cygnus Phono is detailed without any hint of harshness and has great low fre- quency performance. Clear Cygnus will help bring your analog to life. If you want Cardas musicality but with a neutral tonal balance, look no further. Custom terminations including Cardas R-DIN and SME 90° DIN connections are available. Standard Terminations: Cardas S-DIN to Cardas GRMO, or RCA to RCA. Hand soldered in Bandon, Oregon. Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in double layered PTFE tape wrapped jacket. Geometry: Star-Quad 4 conductor, 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 conductors. Finished in an ultra soft extruded TPR jacket. Gauge: 4x25.5 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.384”/9.76mm Cygnus Phono Cygnus Phono