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At the heart of a Cardas cable is Our Ultra-Pure Cardas Copper.
Mined in the Southwest USA and processed in the Northeast, we employ proprietary drawing and annealing techniques to create the highest quality, purest copper strands. A Single Poly-Nylon coating is applied to prevent oxidation and eliminate crosstalk between strands
The basic building blocks of a Cardas cable have been constant since day one: Our own, Ultra-Pure Copper, produced using our proprietary method. Multi-stranded Litz conductors, with strand size varying in Golden Ratio steps. Top quality dielectric materials and innovative air-tube dielectric suspension techniques. Premium connectors machined from copper & brass, plated with silver, and a flash of rhodium. Terminations performed by skilled craftsmen, using Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder and Cardas Rosin Flux Soldering Paste. These design elements were present in the original Cardas cables, like Quadlink & Hexlink, and former flagships such as Golden Cross & Golden Reference.
Our Clear cable line combines all of this with Matched Propagation Technology, the subject of George’s most recent patent (US Patent 7,674,973), which matches the propagation rate of the conductor to that of the dielectric, eliminating time-smear distortion, improving musical integrity and dynamic range.
Performance
Based on its big brother, Clear Cygnus speaker cable, the newly up- graded Clear Sky X4 now offers better resolution than the original Sky and is more suitable for a wider range of speakers. Our
new braided conductors allow reduced production time with minimal sacrifice of performance. The new X4 geometry also allows for internal bi-wire.
Finished with Cardas custom printed shrink tubing instead of machined aluminum strain relief, and soldered con- nectors instead of compression die forged terminations, Clear Sky X4 brings serious performance to the most affordable end of the Clear cable line. Standard Terminations: Cardas CGMS spades or CABD bananas.
Design/Construction
Conductors: Braided Matched Propagation, fibrillated polypropylene 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 low noise PTFE tape and Electro-Dissipative dielectric.
Geometry: Concentrically braided four conductor surrounded by anti- static coated fibrillated polypropylene fibers. Outside jacket is very flexible Alcryn Rubber.
Gauge: 4×15 AWG, Outside Diameter: 0.720”8.30mm
Warranty
All factory terminated cables come with our unmatched, transferable, Lifetime Warranty.