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Cardas · Clear Digital
From $800
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Cardas · Clear Digital
A reference 110 Ω AES/EBU cable built from Clear's Matched Propagation conductors and terminated with Cardas CG XLRs; Cardas calls Matched Propagation a game changer for digital transmission.
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 AES/EBU uses the same three 25.5 AWG Matched Propagation conductors as Clear Interconnect — Litz bundles of 41 to 39 AWG strands around Kevlar cores, in ultra-thin extruded PTFE — in an equilateral triad on anti-static air tubes, with the geometry set to meet the 110 Ω AES/EBU standard.
Cardas describes it as more open and more dynamic, with a completely neutral tonal balance: a reference-level AES/EBU cable that compromises nothing. It is terminated with Cardas CG XLRs in Bandon, Oregon.
Use AES/EBU where both components have XLR digital sockets; it is not interchangeable with 75 Ω S/PDIF. 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 | 110 Ω AES/EBU digital cable |
| Conductors | 3 × 25.5 AWG; Matched Propagation Kevlar-core Litz, ultra-fine strands from 41 AWG to 39 AWG, extruded PTFE insulation |
| Geometry | Equilateral triad with anti-static LDPE air tubes bound in carbon-impregnated PTFE tape, geometry set for the 110 Ω AES/EBU standard |
| Outside diameter | 0.355 in (9.0 mm) |
| Terminations | Cardas CG XLR, male to female |
| 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 AES/EBU 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.
The Clear AES/EBU is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
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.
