In the early days of Cardas Audio, George Cardas realized that there was a lack of high quality connectors for his cables. So he designed and started making his own. We now offer many different audio connectors, plated with silver & rhodium, for cables, speakers, and electronic equipment. Connectors As with all Cardas products, our connectors are available through any Cardas dealer or distributor . This includes any physical store that carries our cables, or any online dealer . However we have dealers that specialize in parts & connectors who may be more knowledgeable about our parts offerings, and are more likely to have our parts in stock. Manufacturers who wish to purchase our parts in large quantities can buy directly from Cardas Audio. Read more about our OEM program at this link . If you have technical questions about our parts, or assistance in choosing the best connector for your product or project, please contact Brian in our tech support department . Spades Bananas RCA Males RCA Females XLR Connectors DIN Connectors Binding Posts Power Connectors Headphone Connectors Phone Plugs Bulk Cable & Wire Cardas Solder How-To Videos

Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder, Rosin Flux Paste, and Cardas Contact Conditioner. They're supplies, because know, they run out. So you gotta re-supply. Solder & Supplies Roll Solder Bar Solder Flux Paste Contact Conditioner Where To Buy Quad Solder Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder Description: A proprietary blend of copper, silver, tin, and lead. Proprietary as in "please don't ask for the recipe because we're not telling, and we don't want it to get weird." No other solder flows as well, solidifies as uniformly, sounds as good or provides as durable and long lasting solder joints. There's a reason Quad Eutectic is considered the best in audio, and is widely used outside of our industry as well. Quad Eutectic Solder was developed in the early days of Cardas Audio when George Cardas realized that the available solders on the market - from hardware store grade to expensive silver-heavy solders - all had shortcomings that lead to degradation in sound quality & long-term reliability. He worked with an English metallurgist to arrive at the perfect blend of elements. The four elements in Qua d Eutectic Solder are in specific proportion to melt and solidify at a temperature lower than that of any of the component metals! Thus the resultant joint is contiguous from wire to connector rather than slurry - this provides a perfect and permanent connection that will never breakdown over time. Quad Eutectic Solder has a rosin core, and has a melting point of 350º F (177º C). Available on 1/4 pound and 1 pound spools. For soldering tips, check out our video series "Soldering With Jesus" , starring our head-terminator Jesus Ornelas. Please note: The label on Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder is changed on occasion. If you have a spool with a label that differs from what you see on this page, that does not mean your solder is counterfeit. As long as you buy from an authorized dealer , you're getting genuine Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder, regardless of the label. Part numbers: P41.6 for 1 pound spool P41.7 fo 1/4 pound spool Bar Solder Cardas Bar Solder Used in solder pots to tin Litz wire, we offer both leaded and lead-free bar solder. Leaded bar solder contains tin & lead, and has a melting point of 360º F (177º C). This is the same bar solder we use in the solder pots at Cardas Audio. Available in 2 pound bars. Lead-free bar solder contains tin & copper, and has a melting point of 440º F (227º C). Available in 1 pound bars. For soldering tips, check out our video series "Soldering With Jesus" , starring our head-terminator Jesus Ornelas. Part numbers: P41.1 for 2 pound leaded bar solder P41.1 for 1 pound lead-free bar solder Flux Cardas Rosin Flux Cardas Rosin Flux Solder Paste aids in the transfer of heat to help solder flow between conductor and connector. Along with Cardas Bar Solder and Quad Eutectic Solder, this flux is used for terminating cables at Cardas Audio. Part number: P41.3 for 2 oz container Contact Conditioner Cardas Contact Conditioner Cardas contact conditioner is a contact enhancer. Use in small quantities to both enhance and lubricate connections. Apply with a small brush or Q-tip to only the conductive surface. Do not apply to any non conductive components. Not for use on power cable connectors. Not recommended for use on TS, TRS, TRRRS, or any other type of multi-surface headphone plug. Cardas Contact Conditioner is not for use on power or USB plugs. In all applications, avoid over-use. Apply conditioner, then wipe off excess. Never insert a connector that is dripping with conditioner, or wet to the touch. Part number: P50.2 for 3 milliliter bottle

Quadlink X speaker cable. Quadlink was based on our legendary Quadlink speaker cable, offering performance improvements. Quadlink X Interconnect Quadlink X Speaker The original Quadlink speaker cable launched in the mid 80's was one of Cardas Audio's most successful products. It stood the test of time. Quadlink X speaker was designed to offer better performance in all areas. Bigger bass, more detail, more richness. Quadlink X uses a similar geometry with a modified star-quad, larger air tubes, larger conductors, and advanced dielectrics. Quadlink X speaker is suitable for virtually any amp and speaker combination including those with difficult loads. In spite of exceeding our performance goals, Quadlink X became a victim of bad timing, as we had developed Cross speaker cable at the same time, and the two would have occupied similar price & performance points. So we shelved Quadlink X for the time being. Cross being long retired, we decided we'd release Quadlink X into the wild. The supply sold fast, with the only remaining Quadlink X being available through our dealer Music Direct . Standard Terminations: CABE banana 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: Star-quad with teflon air tubes. PVC outer jacket. Geometry: Twisted pair with natural cotton filler bound with FEP tape wrap. Tin plated copper spiral shield, PVC outer jacket. Gauge: 4X11.5 AWG Outside Diameter: .5"/13mm

Since 1987, Cardas Audio has manufactured high performance cables, premium connectors, and our proprietary Quad Eutectic Solder, all of which is used in some of the finest audio systems in the world. Learn about our products, and contact us with any technical questions you might have. About Cardas About Cardas Audio A brief history of Cardas Audio is below. However this video, "American Made: Cardas Clear Beyond" , produced by Jana Dagdagan in 2021, tells the story of current-day Cardas Audio beautifully. A Brief History of Cardas Audio Cardas Audio is located in Bandon, a small town (population 3, 321) on the Southern Oregon Coast, about 1.5 hours north of the California border. We specialize in premium audio cables, consisting of multi-stranded Litz conductors, featuring our own ultra-pure copper. We also produce high quality connectors, chassis wire, bulk cable, and accessories for home & pro audio systems. Our company was founded in Ontario, California, in 1987, by George Cardas. George’s previous career was as a line engineer with the telephone company. He had a strong background in challenges of transmitting audio over cable. He was also an avid, and quite successful, semi-pro racing driver. He and his machinist, Mike Colver, came to realize that Golden Ratio proportions could be applied to various aspects of engine and exhaust design. And the results were often so successful that their designs would be banned in their racing league for giving them an unfair advantage. A music lover and HiFi enthusiast, George came to realize that cables were a limiting factor in his audio system. He began experimenting with cable design, applying what he knew from his career with the telephone company, and using Golden Ratio scaling of conductors to reduce resonance, and came up with some very effective designs. His cable consisted of multi-stranded Litz conductors. In a Litz conductor, every strand of wire has an enamel coating to eliminate cross talk, and to prevent oxidation of the copper. George's conductors featured Golden Ratio scaled strands, in which the smallest strands were at the center, with each layer of wire being a Golden Ratio step (1:1.618) larger than the layer beneath it. This stranding is a micro-resonance control technique, and George was awarded two US patents (4,980,517 & 4,628,151) for his cable & conductor designs. He also found the last copper producer in the US who could make ultra-pure, fine copper wire to his specifications. They were on the verge of closing their doors, but George made a deal with them - keep going, and I'll keep ordering copper. The copper they produced with George's method is the purest, highest quality copper wire available. His next challenge was getting a cable factory to take him seriously and produce his designs for him. Most of them dealt exclusively with military contracts, and were accustomed to making many thousands of feet of cable at a time. George just wanted a few hundred feet to see if it would sell. Through persistence, he finally persuaded a vendor in Southern California to produce his designs. He made cables for friends, and got enthusiastic positive feedback. But to make it a business, he had to get his cable into stores. He once again faced resistance. But he finally got his local stereo shop to give his cables a try. The owner was reluctant, but agreed to audition the cables. George came back a few days later, and the guy was blown away. He became George’s first dealer, and sales slowly but steadily grew. At first, George and some friends would terminate cables in the family garage, and George continued to work at the phone company. But soon, the cable business showed signs of becoming self sustaining. He and his wife, Darcy, decided it made sense for him to take early retirement, and focus on Cardas Audio. Before long, the Cardas “factory” moved out of the garage, and into a space in an industrial park. And business continued to grow, with new dealers in the US, and distributors in other countries, signing on to represent the cables. George and Darcy’s oldest daughter, Mary, ran the business side of the company, while George focused on product design. A few years later, in 1992, when the lease came up on the manufacturing space, George and Darcy thought it made sense to consider other options. They could renew the lease and stay put, or… maybe move somewhere else. They decided to drive up the west coast, eventually stopping in Bandon, Oregon. They fell in love with the small town, and decided to move the ocmpany north, bringing with them their staff. Expect Mary. She decided to stay in Southern California. So they brought their middle daughter, Colleen, to take over as manager. Over the years, both Bandon and Cardas grew. Once primary a cranberry farming town, a new golf resort just north of the city, Bandon Dunes, really put Bandon on the map. And George continued to work on new cable ideas. Whereas his early cables, such as Hexlink and Golden Cross, helped tame the edge of early digital recordings, he started to work on more revealing and sonically accurate cables such as Neutral Reference and Golden Reference. And these new cables sold really well. George continued to work on cable designs, most recently receiving US Patent US7674973B2 for what we call the Matched Propagation Conductor. This conductor matches the propagation rate of the signal in the conductor, which is essentially light speed, to that of the dielectric materials, which are generally 30% slower than the speed of light. This mismatch has plagued audio cables since the beginning of the telephone age, causing smeared, unintelligible audio over long distances. Telephone companies attempted to solve the issue using loading coils, developed by Mihajlo Pupin in the early 20th century. George’s solution is much more graceful - and effective - utilizing specific wire-winding pitches and carefully selected dielectric materials, eliminating the issue within the cable, and continuously throughout the cable. Our Matched Propagation Conductors are used in all of our cables within the Clear range, which includes Clear Sky, Clear Cygnus, Clear SE9 MP, Clear Reflection, Clear, and Clear Beyond. Today, Cardas Audio is managed by George & Darcy’s youngest daughter, Angela. George continues to be the head designer of Cardas products, and he and Darcy split their time between Bandon, and Chapala, Mexico. And our capable staff holds down the fort while they’re away

Search Results All (81) Products (10) Other Pages (71) 81 items found for "" Products (10) Clear Beyond Interconnect $299.00 Add to Cart CPBP Top Clamp Pre-Drilled (pair) $20.00 Add to Cart Cardas hat - brown & tan $30.00 Add to Cart View All Other Pages (71) Music | Cardas Audio Music Music Recorded & Produced by George Cardas 180 Gram Vinyl CD Frequency Sweep & Burn-in LP The Cardas Frequency Sweep and Burn-in Record is a unique tuning tool for system set-up, diagnostics and maintenance. It was produced by George Cardas and mastered by Stan Ricker. The ³Sweeper², in addition to the standard tones, includes relative and absolute polarity checks, vocal channel identification and frequency sweeps that ultrasonically clean the cartridge stylus and degauss the entire system. And, locked, pink noise grooves that repeat endlessly, blank plateaus, even a sync label to check platter speed. All on a 180 gram pressing with a smiling Stan cover. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.9 Vinyl Pleasure & Pain Ben Harper & Tom Freund Produced & Engineered by George Cardas, March 15, 1992, using Studer A-80 Tape Recorder, Cardas Differential Mics, and Cardas Hexlink Golden 5c cables. This classic Ben Harper album has been re-mastered by Bernie Grundman of Bernie Grundman Mastering, and the results are spectacular. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.7 Reaching Out From The Inside Kip D obler October 7, 1990, Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College, Claremont, California USA. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.14 The Greg Smith Singers November 22, 1991, St. George Catholic Church in Ontario, California USA. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.10 Twenty-Five Miles To Barstow Prt 1 Jonny Ka llas April 26, 1992, Hill Auditorium, Ontario, California USA. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.3 Twenty-Five Miles To Barstow Prt 2 Jonny Ka llas April 26, 1992, Hill Auditorium, Ontario, California USA. ​ Format: 180 gram vinyl LP Part number: P47.4 Dream Tracks Kip Dobler Produced by George Cardas and Kip Dobler. Engineered by Kip Dobler. ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.13 CD Sultan of Sultry Bebe Bardot Produced by George Cardas ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.6 Spontaneous Sound Christopher Tree Produced by George Cardas & Christopher Tree ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.31 Smoke House The Trish Turner Group Produced by The Trish Turner Group ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.30 Sisters The Houghton Sisters Produced by George Cardas ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.11 2002 South Coast Dixieland Clambake Jazz Festival Produced by George Cardas, engineered by George Cardas & Stan Ricker ​ Format: CD Part number: P47.2 Thank You Page | Cardas Audio Thank you, Customer Name You'll receive a confirmation email soon. Order number: 10000 Product Name $0.00 Product option 1 Product option 2 Product option 3 Qty: 1 Note Your customer's note will show here. Subtotal $0.00 Delivery Free Sales Tax $10.00 Total $10.00 Delivery address Customer Name , Street, City, State Zip Code, Country City, NY Zip, Country Phone number 3-5 Business Days Billing address Customer Name , Street, City, State Zip Code, Country , , Phone number Continue Browsing Home redux | Cardas Audio Start Lean A Free Webinar on How to Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur. Save My Spot Presented by Tamala Francis, Founder & CEO at Francis & Co. Introduce the webinar hosts by highlighting their career background or professional history. Just click “Edit Text” or double click the Text Box to add your own content. Save My Spot In this webinar we will cover Digital Marketing Funnel You can easily add your own content to this paragraph. Click on “Edit Text” or double click the Text Box to make it your own. Your Social Media Presence You can easily add your own content to this paragraph. Click on “Edit Text” or double click the Text Box to make it your own. Practical Branding Strategies You can easily add your own content to this paragraph. Click on “Edit Text” or double click the Text Box to make it your own. I want to join the webinar, Sign me up! First Name Last Name Email Message Submit Thanks for submitting! View All

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