Cardas · Clear Beyond
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Cardas · Clear Beyond
Cardas's secret-menu phono cable: a dual run of Clear Beyond Interconnect, with eight Matched Propagation conductors and multiple shields, from a single 5-pin DIN tonearm plug to Cardas SRCAs.
Price is for one complete phono cable, both channels, at the shortest length shown. Choose length and ends in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Clear Beyond Phono X2 began as a one-off: a pair of Clear Beyond Interconnects prepared for a 5-pin DIN tonearm in an extreme analog system shown at Munich High End. Word spread, and the dual phono is now a catalog item. Each channel gets its own full Clear Beyond run — four 26.5 AWG Matched Propagation conductors with ultra-fine 47 to 39 AWG strands, air-tube suspension and a composite shield — for eight conductors in all.
A single run of Clear Beyond is already a top phono cable; some vinyl systems benefit from a dual run, which is simple when the turntable has RCA outputs but normally impossible from a DIN arm. X2 solves that. Standard termination is a Cardas S-DIN to SRCA; R-DIN and SME 90° DIN are available to order.
Check your tonearm: most have a 5-pin DIN socket under the arm base (straight DIN), some exit sideways and need a 90° DIN, and others have RCA sockets on the plinth. Cardas builds a 90° R-DIN or SME-style 90° DIN to order at no extra charge in most cases; tell us the arm model and we will specify it. 1 m to 1.25 m suits a phono stage on the same shelf; measure the real path to a stage on another rack and round up to the next quarter metre.
| Type | Phono (tonearm) cable, both channels |
| Conductors | 8 × 26.5 AWG; Matched Propagation Kevlar-core Litz, ultra-fine strands from 47 AWG to 39 AWG, extruded PTFE insulation |
| Geometry | Two Clear Beyond star-quad runs, each with anti-static LDPE air tubes bound in carbon-impregnated PTFE tape and a composite shield of tinned copper and magnet wire on 1.618× air tubes |
| Outside diameter | 0.511 in (13 mm) |
| Tonearm end | Straight 5-pin DIN (Cardas S-DIN); Cardas R-DIN (90°) and SME 90° DIN to order |
| Phono stage end | RCA pair — Cardas SRCA |
| Lengths | 0.5 m to 2.75 m standard (see selector); any length to order |
| Sold as | Single cable |
| Warranty | Cardas lifetime cable warranty |
| Made in | Bandon, Oregon, USA |
Cardas Clear Beyond Phono X2 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 phono cables run from Iridium to Clear Beyond Phono X2, built with a straight 5-pin DIN or RCAs at the tonearm and Cardas RCAs at the phono stage; R-DIN (90°) and SME 90° DIN to order.
Plan your Cardas system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Cardas dealer. Tell us your tonearm and phono stage and we will specify the DIN or RCA ends, order custom lengths, and arrange an audition in our Portland showroom. 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 Phono X2 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.
