Cardas Clear USB cable

Cardas Clear USB Cable is a musically neutral cable and sounds the same at any usable length. Clear USB is optimized for constant transfer impedance rather than a full wave characteristic impedance.

Cardas Clear USB cable Standard Terminations: USB A to B, Mini B, Micro B. Other custom terminations available. 

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Design/Construction: Conductors: Matched Propagation Kevlar core, ultra fine 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 ultra thin extruded PTFE jacket.

Geometry: Asymmetrical star-quad 4. Signal carrying conduc-
tors are a shielded twisted pair. Power and signal conductors are bound with PFA tape. Final shield is aluminum/mylar, tin plated copper and magnet wire. Outer jacket is TPR.

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Gauge: 2×25.5 AWG + 2×21.5 AWG Outside Diameter: 0.220”/5.58mm

Price quoted is for a 1m cable. Other lengths available, please contact us for details

“I’ve been using Cardas since the early days of my audiophile journey. I’ve enjoyed the progression of improvements, starting with Hexlink, then Golden Cross, followed by Golden Reference. But I was not prepared for the monumental advancements achieved with the Clear product line. Blew my mind. The bass, the midrange, the spatial imaging… staggering. Well done guys!”

-Z. Matani, Pacific Grove, CA

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Click here to view the Cardas Clear webpage on the Cardas website

A Brief History of Cardas Audio

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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.