
Cardas Parsec Power
December 30, 2022
Cardas Nautilus Power Strip
December 30, 2022Cardas Copper
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.
Iridium Power
Iridium Power brings high performance power delivery to the affordable end of our product line.
Shielded, with two Cardas 11.5 AWG Crossfield Conductors, PFA tape dielectric, and a toroidal filter, Iridium Power shares design features with our higher end power cables. Iridium Power is light & flexible and comes terminated with our own Cardas 3455R Power Connectors. It has enough capacity to be used with almost any electronics from sensitive digital sources to power amplifiers. Terminations: Soldered and crimped Cardas power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid copper contacts. Terminated by hand in Bandon, Oregon.
Design/Construction
Conductors: 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 a PFA jacket.
Geometry: Double shielded using aluminum/mylar and tinned copper. Twisted pair with natural cotton filler bound with PTFE tape wrap. Super flexible Alcryn
rubber jacket. 2×11.5 AWG Diameter: 0.490”/10.1mm