Cardas · Headphone Cables
From $2,375
Cardas · Headphone Cables
The first Cardas cable with silver in it: a hybrid-metallurgy Matched Propagation conductor adds a Grade 1 silver strand to a finer braid of Cardas copper, in a dual-mono headphone cable that took several years to develop.
Price is for one complete headphone cable, both channels, at the shortest length shown. Choose length, amplifier end and headphone end in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Clear Beyond Headphone began when loyal customers asked Cardas to outdo its Clear Headphone Cable. Cardas refined the stranding and braiding of the miniaturised concentric Matched Propagation conductor, then did something it had never done before: added a 30 AWG strand of Cardas Grade 1 silver wire to each conductor. Like Clear Headphone it is two separate cables, one per channel, here braided in blue and black thread and joined with copper-plated hardware.
Cardas describes the results as spectacular. It is built to order with your choice of amplifier plug and headphone connectors; the selector shows the common ones, and Cardas has many more.
Pick the amplifier end to match your amp or DAC: 1/4 in for most desktop amplifiers, 4-pin XLR or 4.4 mm Pentaconn for balanced outputs, 3.5 mm for portables. Pick the headphone end by model; if yours is not listed, Cardas almost certainly has the connector; ask us. 1.5 m to 2 m suits a desk; 3 m reaches an amplifier on a rack from a listening chair. Cardas prices in half-metre steps and builds any length.
| Type | Headphone cable, both channels |
| Conductors | 8 × 25.5 AWG + 4 × 30 AWG silver (17.5 AWG per polarity); Hybrid-metallurgy Matched Propagation Kevlar-core Litz copper with a 30 AWG Grade 1 Cardas silver core, PTFE tape insulation |
| Geometry | Concentrically wound two-conductor cable per channel, flanked by anti-static fibres; braided blue and black nylon jacket with copper-plated hardware |
| Outside diameter | 0.182 in (4.6 mm) per channel |
| Amplifier end | 1/4 in TRS, 4-pin XLR, 4.4 mm Pentaconn or 3.5 mm TRS (others on request) |
| Headphone end | Sennheiser HD800 family, Sennheiser HD600/650 family (HPSC), 4-pin mini-XLR or 3.5 mm mono pair (others on request) |
| Lengths | 1 m to 3 m shown; 0.5 m to 5 m and any custom length to order |
| Sold as | Single cable |
| Warranty | Cardas lifetime cable warranty |
| Made in | Bandon, Oregon, USA |
Cardas Clear Beyond Headphone product page and specifications Specifications from cardas.com and the Cardas 2025 Dealer Catalog (Spring 2025 Retail). Lengths are metric; Cardas builds any length to order.
Cardas headphone cables run from Parsec to Clear Beyond, all built to order with the amplifier plug and headphone connectors you specify.
Plan your Cardas system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Cardas dealer. We can confirm the connectors your headphones and amplifier need, order custom lengths and terminations, and let you hear Cardas cabling in our Portland showroom by appointment. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
Hear the Clear Beyond Headphone by appointment in one of our two purpose-designed demonstration rooms, with your own music and time to compare without pressure.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
