Cardas · Parsec
From $355 per pair
Cardas · Parsec
The value pick in Cardas speaker cables: a star quad of Golden Ratio Litz conductors with the classic Cardas midrange, quick bass and a naturally extended top octave.
Price is for a pair at the shortest length shown. Choose length, amplifier-end and speaker-end terminations in the selector. Internal bi-wire is a fee shown in the selector.
Authorized Cardas dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Parsec Speaker arranges four 15.5 AWG braided Kevlar-core Litz conductors as a star quad around a nylon air-tube core and anti-static fibres, with PTFE air tubes bound in FEP tape under a flexible TPR jacket. It is hand soldered to Cardas CGMS spades or CABE bananas.
Cardas describes a superb balance: classic Cardas midrange, quick bass, rich harmonics and a naturally extended top octave, working with virtually any speaker, including bi-wire. Internal bi-wire is available for a small fee.
Measure along the path the cable will actually take; down the rack, along the floor, up to the speaker terminals; and round up. Cardas charges by the half metre. Both cables in the pair are the same length. Keeping left and right equal is the normal practice, even if one speaker is closer. Spades suit binding posts you can torque down; bananas are quicker and fit most posts. You can mix: for example, spades at the amplifier and bananas at the speakers.
| Type | Loudspeaker cable, stereo pair |
| Conductors | 4 × 15.5 AWG; Braided Kevlar-core Litz with Golden Ratio stranding, PTFE insulation |
| Geometry | Star-quad around a nylon air-tube core and anti-static fibres, with PTFE air tubes, bound in FEP tape |
| Dielectric | PTFE on each conductor; PTFE air tubes, FEP tape binder |
| Jacket | Flexible TPR |
| Outside diameter | 0.500 in (12.7 mm) |
| Terminations | Cardas CGMS spades or Cardas CABE bananas, hand soldered |
| Bi-wire | Internal bi-wire available, +$110 per pair |
| Lengths | 0.5 m to 5 m standard (see selector); any length to order |
| Sold as | Pair |
| Warranty | Cardas lifetime cable warranty |
| Made in | Bandon, Oregon, USA |
Cardas Parsec Speaker 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 speaker cables run from Iridium to Clear Beyond; from Clear Sky X4 up they use Matched Propagation conductors, and Cygnus, Reflection, Clear and Beyond have compression-forged terminations.
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 Speaker 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.
