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.
Standard Terminations: Cardas GRMO or Neutrik XLR.
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.
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.
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.
Standard Terminations: Cardas CGMS spades or CABE bananas.
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.
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.
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.
Standard Terminations: Soldered and crimped Cardas power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid cop- per contacts.
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.
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.
Standard Terminations: Cardas S-DIN-E to Cardas RCA’s, or RCA to RCA. Hand soldered in Bandon, Oregon.
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.
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.
Gauge: 4x24.5 AWG
Outside Diameter: 0.300”/ 7.62mm
Iridium Phono
