The value pick in Cardas speaker cables: a star quad of Golden Ratio Litz conductors with the classic Cardas midrange, quick bass and a naturally extended top octave.
Price is for a hand-terminated pair.
Build your cable
4 × 15.5 AWG
Cardas Litz conductors, Golden Ratio stranding
Star-quad
with air-tube core
12.7 mm
outside diameter
0.5–5 m
standard lengths, any length to order
Parsec Speaker arranges four 15.5 AWG braided Kevlar-core Litz conductors as a star quad around a nylon air-tube core and anti-static fibres, with PTFE air tubes bound in FEP tape under a flexible TPR jacket. It is hand soldered to Cardas CGMS spades or CABE bananas.
Cardas describes a superb balance: classic Cardas midrange, quick bass, rich harmonics and a naturally extended top octave, working with virtually any speaker, including bi-wire. Internal bi-wire is available for a small fee.
Key technologies
Ultra Pure Cardas Copper. Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen-free copper, drawn and annealed slowly through silver dies, then given a single poly-nylon coat to prevent oxidation and crosstalk between strands.
Golden Ratio scaled Litz conductors. Multi-stranded conductors in which each layer of strands steps up in size by 1:1.618 from the centre outward, a Cardas patent that controls strand resonance.
Quad Eutectic solder. Hand soldered with Cardas Quad Eutectic solder and Cardas rosin flux at 800 °F irons, by the Cardas terminators in Bandon.
Made in Bandon, Oregon. Every Cardas cable is built and hand terminated at the Cardas factory on the southern Oregon coast, and carries a transferable lifetime warranty.
Choosing length and terminations
Measure along the path the cable will actually take — down the rack, along the floor, up to the speaker terminals — and round up. Cardas charges by the half metre.
Both cables in the pair are the same length. Keeping left and right equal is the normal practice, even if one speaker is closer.
Spades suit binding posts you can torque down; bananas are quicker and fit most posts. You can mix: for example, spades at the amplifier and bananas at the speakers.
Internal bi-wire puts two spades or bananas per polarity at the speaker end for speakers with separate bass and treble terminals; choose it under Speaker End for the fee shown. If you would rather keep a single run, Cardas jumpers are the alternative.
Longer than 5 m? Cardas prices custom lengths by formula — call us for a quote.
Specifications
Type
Loudspeaker cable, stereo pair
Conductors
4 × 15.5 AWG; Braided Kevlar-core Litz with Golden Ratio stranding, PTFE insulation
Geometry
Star-quad around a nylon air-tube core and anti-static fibres, with PTFE air tubes, bound in FEP tape
Dielectric
PTFE on each conductor; PTFE air tubes, FEP tape binder
Jacket
Flexible TPR
Outside diameter
0.500 in (12.7 mm)
Terminations
Cardas CGMS spades or Cardas CABE bananas, hand soldered
Bi-wire
Internal bi-wire available, +$110 per pair
Lengths
0.5 m to 5 m standard (see selector); any length to order
Sold as
Pair
cardas.com · Specifications and pricing from the Cardas Spring 2025 Retail Catalog. Cable lengths are metric; Cardas builds any length to order.
Where it sits in the range
Cardas speaker cables run from Iridium to Clear Beyond; the Clear-range cables (Sky X4 and above) use Matched Propagation conductors, and Clear, Reflection, Cygnus and Beyond are terminated with compression-forged connectors.
We stock or demo select Cardas lines and can order anything in the catalog, from Iridium to Clear Beyond.
Plan your cabling with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Cardas dealer in Portland, Oregon, a short drive from the Cardas factory in Bandon. We can measure your runs, recommend terminations for your components, and special-order custom lengths and connector options. Call
(503) 222-2599 or email
sales@pearlaudio.com.
