Cardas · Headphone Cables
From $20
Cardas · Headphone Cables
The original portable-audio upgrade cable: a short 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm interconnect in Cardas copper for a DAP, phone or laptop feeding a portable amplifier or DAC.
Price is for one cable at the shorter length. Choose 15 cm or 30 cm in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Headphone Interconnects (HPI) bring Cardas sound to compact portable systems. Two 25.5 AWG and one 23.5 AWG Cardas Litz conductors with Golden Ratio stranding and PFA insulation form a shielded twisted triad bound in FEP tape with cotton fillers, under a PVC jacket just 3.1 mm across.
The standard termination is 3.5 mm stereo to 3.5 mm stereo, in 6 in (15 cm) and 1 ft (30 cm) lengths, hand terminated in Bandon, Oregon.
6 in (15 cm) suits a source strapped to a portable amplifier; 1 ft (30 cm) gives room for the two to sit side by side. For a 3.5 mm to RCA connection into a hi-fi system, see the Cardas iLink.
| Type | 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm interconnect |
| Conductors | 2 × 25.5 AWG + 1 × 23.5 AWG Grade 1, 99.9999% OFC Litz, Golden Ratio stranding, PFA insulation |
| Geometry | Shielded twisted triad bound in FEP tape with cotton fillers |
| Jacket | PVC |
| Outside diameter | 0.122 in (3.1 mm) |
| Terminations | 3.5 mm stereo to 3.5 mm stereo |
| Lengths | 6 in (0.15 m) or 1 ft (0.3 m) |
| Sold as | Single cable |
| Warranty | Cardas lifetime cable warranty |
| Made in | Bandon, Oregon, USA |
Cardas HPI Headphone Interconnect 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 HPI Headphone Interconnect 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.
