Iridium
"Over the last year I’ve been assembling my first serious hifi system. I was just using some bulk wire from the hardware store on my speakers, and didn’t think anything of it. I went to the hifi show in Tampa and realized that there’s an entire world of cables out there. I asked my friends in the hobby, and several mentioned I should try Cardas. I decided to try a pair of Iridium speaker cables, and I was really impressed. My system become fuller, with more detail. And somehow I couldn’t stop listening to it. And things got even better as I upgraded to Iridium XLR cables, and an Iridium power cable.”
-B. Hutchens, Tamba Bay, FL
Iridium Interconnect
Combining a star quad arrangement with our proven golden ratio copper conductors, Iridium achieves the perfect balance of detail and warmth. Natural treble is blended with a smooth midrange and quick bass response for a very musical interconnect.
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Standard Terminations: Cardas GRMO or Neutrik XLR.
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Design/Construction: Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a
FEP jacket.
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Geometry: Shielded Star-Quad 4 conductor bound together in PTFE tape. Hybrid shield combines a spiral of tin plated copper and a carbon impregnated PTFE tape.Finished in an ultra soft and flexible extruded TPR jacket.
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Gauge: 4x24.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.300”/ 7.62mm
Iridium Speaker
Performance: Suitable for virtually any amp/speaker combination. Perfect for long or short runs. Rich midrange with strong bass and smooth treble. Iridium speaker cable performs like a product costing much more. This cable is very soft and flexible for its size. Jumpers are required for bi-wire.
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Standard Terminations: Cardas CGMS spades or CABE bananas.
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Design/Construction: Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-fieldlayer geometry, insulated in a FEP jacket.
Geometry: Twisted pair with natural cotton filler bound with PTFE tape wrap. Finished in an ultra soft and flexible extruded TPR jacket.
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Note: Unlike most of our speaker cables, Iridium can not be bi-wired. We suggest either our 11.5 AWG or 9.5 AWG Jumpers when using Iridium with bi-wire speakers.
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Gauge: 2x11.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.415”/10.54mm
Joining Iridium Speaker, Interconnect & Phono, Iridium Power brings high performance power delivery to the affordable end of our product line. Shielded, with two Cardas 11.5 AWG Crossfield Conductors, PFA tape dielectric, and a toroidal filter, Iridium Power shares design features with our higher end power cables. Iridium Power is light & flexible, and comes terminated with our own Cardas 3455R Power Connectors. It has enough capacity to be used with almost any electronics from sensitive digital sources to power amplifiers.
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Standard Terminations: Soldered and crimped Cardas power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid cop- per contacts.
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Design/Construction: Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a PFA jacket.
Geometry: Double shielded using aluminum/mylar and
tinned copper. Twisted pair with natural cotton filler bound with PTFE tape wrap. Super flexible Alcryn rubber jacket.
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Gauge: 2x11.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.490”/10.1mm
Iridium Power
Looking for a rich, non-fatiguing, musical cable for your analog playback that doesn’t break the bank? Look no further. Iridium Phono brings that classic analog sound with warmth and richness without sacrificing balance and detail.
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Standard Terminations: Cardas S-DIN-E to Cardas RCA’s, or RCA to RCA. Hand soldered in Bandon, Oregon.
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Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC copper with SPN clear coat (Litz), gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a FEP jacket.
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Geometry: Shielded Star-Quad 4 conductor bound together in PTFE tape. Hybrid shield combines a spiral of tin plated copper and a carbon impregnated PTFE tape. Finished in an ultra soft and flexible extruded TPR jacket.
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Gauge: 4x24.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.300”/ 7.62mm
Iridium Phono
