Cardas · Headphone Cables
From $190
Cardas · Headphone Cables
A 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable cut from Cardas headphone cable, for connecting a phone, DAP or laptop headphone output to a hi-fi system.
Price is for one cable at the shortest length shown. Choose length in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
iLink cables are normally cut from Cardas headphone cable: four 23.5 AWG Cardas Litz conductors with Golden Ratio stranding and PFA insulation in a shielded star quad bound in carbon-impregnated FEP tape, under a TPR jacket. The standard build is a 3.5 mm TRS plug to a pair of male RCAs.
Cardas also offers custom and balanced configurations, and can build iLink from any of its shielded four-conductor cables, including phono cables and some interconnects — ask us for a quote.
Measure from the source to the amplifier's RCA inputs along the real path and round up to the next half metre. For a 4.4 mm or 2.5 mm balanced source output, ask us about a custom balanced iLink. Longer than 5 m? Cardas prices custom lengths by formula; call us for a quote.
| Type | 3.5 mm to RCA interconnect |
| Conductors | 4 × 23.5 AWG Grade 1, 99.9999% OFC Litz, Golden Ratio stranding, PFA insulation |
| Geometry | Shielded star-quad bound in carbon-impregnated FEP tape |
| Jacket | TPR |
| Outside diameter | 0.210 in (5.3 mm) |
| Terminations | 3.5 mm TRS to dual male RCA standard; custom and balanced configurations 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 iLink 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 iLink Cable 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.
