Cardas · Clear Digital
From $800
Cardas · Clear Digital
The most neutral, detailed and revealing coaxial digital cable Cardas has made: a 75 Ω coax built on a Matched Propagation conductor, terminated SRCA or BNC.
Price is for one cable at the shortest length shown. Choose length and connectors in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Clear Digital uses a single 25.5 AWG Matched Propagation conductor — a Litz bundle of 41 to 39 AWG strands around a Kevlar core, in ultra-thin extruded PTFE — in a coaxial geometry held open by anti-static LDPE air tubes bound in PTFE tape, under an ultra-soft TPR jacket.
Cardas designed it to complement the best digital equipment and extract every last detail, transferring the signal quickly and accurately. It is terminated with the Cardas SRCA or a BNC, or one of each, in Bandon, Oregon.
Use BNC where both components have BNC sockets; it is the connector that holds 75 Ω; and RCA elsewhere; a mixed cable avoids adapters. Measure component-to-component along the real path and round up; digital cables are not fussy about an extra half metre, and Cardas suggests 1.5 m as a good S/PDIF length. Longer than 5 m? Cardas prices custom lengths by formula; call us for a quote.
| Type | 75 Ω S/PDIF coaxial digital cable |
| Conductors | 1 × 25.5 AWG; Matched Propagation Kevlar-core Litz, ultra-fine strands from 41 AWG to 39 AWG, extruded PTFE insulation |
| Geometry | Coaxial single conductor with anti-static LDPE air tubes bound in PTFE tape, 75 Ω |
| Outside diameter | 0.350 in (8.9 mm) |
| Terminations | Cardas SRCA or BNC; mixed RCA/BNC available |
| Lengths | 0.5 m to 5 m standard (see selector); any length to order |
| Sold as | Single cable |
| Warranty | Cardas lifetime cable warranty |
| Made in | Bandon, Oregon, USA |
Cardas Clear Digital SPDIF / Coax 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 digital cables: Clear-range AES/EBU, S/PDIF coax, USB and Ethernet, plus the Parsec Digital coax.
Plan your Cardas system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Cardas dealer. We can measure your runs, recommend terminations for your amplifier and speakers, special-order lengths and connectors that are not in the selector, 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 Digital SPDIF / Coax 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.
