Cardas · Parsec
From $110
Cardas · Parsec
Quite possibly the best value in digital cables, in Cardas's words: a light, flexible 75 Ω coax of Golden Ratio Litz copper that is detailed, smooth and musical.
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
Parsec Digital uses a single 20.5 AWG Cardas Litz conductor with Golden Ratio stranding and PTFE insulation in a coaxial geometry, with low-density polyurethane air tubes bound in FEP tape to suspend the aluminised polyester and tin-plated copper spiral shields away from the conductor. The geometry achieves 75 Ω.
Cardas describes it as detailed, smooth and musical, light and flexible, and at home in almost any digital system. It is terminated with the Cardas GRMO RCA or a BNC in Bandon, Oregon.
Use BNC where both components have BNC sockets 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 × 20.5 AWG; Grade 1, 99.9999% OFC Litz, Golden Ratio stranding, PTFE insulation |
| Geometry | Coaxial, with low-density polyurethane air tubes bound in FEP tape suspending the aluminised polyester and tin-plated copper spiral shields away from the conductor; geometry set for 75 Ω |
| Outside diameter | 0.345 in (8.8 mm) |
| Terminations | Cardas GRMO RCA 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 Parsec Digital 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 Parsec Digital 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.
