Cardas Audio Iridium Speaker Cable - 3.0 Meter - Banana to Banana

Recommended by The Absolute Sound's 2016 Buyers Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories & Music

Performs Like a Far More Expensive Speaker Cable

Cardas Audio's Iridium speaker cable performs like a product costing much more and is suitable for virtually any amp/speaker combination. Perfect for long or short runs, it boasts a rich midrange with strong bass and a smooth treble. This cable is very soft and flexible for its size. Iridium replaces bestselling Twinlink speaker cable in the Cardas product line.

"The Iridium cables continue the company’s tradition of warmth and musicality – and compared with their predecessors, the Twinlink speaker wire and Microtwin interconnect, the Iridium cables are said to offer improved imaging. Iridium wires also feature upgraded terminations, and soft rubber jackets for improved look and feel," notes The Absolute Sound's 2016 Buyers Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories & Music.

A Satisfying Upgrade for Me"

"If you like the warm, natural but still detailed-without-being-etched sound of the Iridium interconnects, then you’ll love the sound of the speaker cables," notes Iridium user dj_w, forums.stevehoffman.tv, October 18, 2024.

"Same house sound. They removed a painful glare that no amount of tube-rolling could erase. No fatigue, no glare - but no loss of natural-sounding highs. This was a satisfying upgrade for me and I wish I had done it sooner."

Sophisticated Conductors and Geometry

With an outer diameter of 0.415", Iridium interconnect uses 2 x 11.5 AWG premium Cardas Copper conductors in a twin axial conductor geometry with PFA dielectric. Its gauge sizes are scaled to Golden Ratio proportions.

Iridium speaker cable is available terminated with Cardas CGMS spades or CABE banana plugs. The spades are machined from billet copper, and plated with a rhodium flash over silver plate. The CABE banana plug is constructed from nonmagnetic, eutectic brass and is nickel plated, and it has a 0.25" terminating hole.

Iridium is finished in a soft extruded TPR jacket

"Delivers Excellent Dynamics"

"Delivers excellent dynamics," observes Woiciech Pacula in Poland's high-end audio online journal, highfidelity.pl, February 1, 2017.

"It will be a great complement to any system that thrives on timbre and dynamics. It will calm down systems that are slightly too 'rushed,' but will not cause those on the darker side of the spectrum to become muddy. It will add some color and vigor to them."

Note: Unlike most Cardas speaker cables, Iridium cannot be bi-wired. Cardas suggest either its 11.5 AWG or 9.5 AWG Jumpers when using Iridium with bi-wire speakers.

Product Features

Overview

Replaces Microtwin in the Cardas Audio product line
Available as an unbalanced cable terminated with Cardas CGMS spades or CABE bananas

Conductors

Premium Cardas Grade 1, 99.9999% pure OFHC with SPN clear coat (Litz)
Gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions
Cross-field layer geometry
Insulated in an 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 Cardas speaker cables, Iridium cannot be bi-wired. Cardas suggest either its 11.5 AWG or 9.5 AWG Jumpers when using Iridium with bi-wire speakers.

Product Specs

0.415" O.D.
2 x 11.5 AWG Cardas Grade 1 Copper conductors

"The Iridium cables continue the company’s tradition of warmth and musicality—and compared with their predecessors, the Twinlink speaker wire and Microtwin interconnect, the Iridium cables are said to offer improved imaging. Iridium wires also feature upgraded terminations, and soft rubber jackets for improved look and feel."

- The Absolute Sound's 2016 Buyers Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories & Music

"If you like the warm, natural but still detailed-without-being-etched sound of the Iridium interconnects, then you’ll love the sound of the speaker cables. Same house sound. They removed a painful glare that no amount of tube-rolling could erase. No fatigue, no glare - but no loss of natural-sounding highs. This was a satisfying upgrade for me and I wish I had done it sooner."

- dj_w, forums.stevehoffman.tv, October 18, 2024

"Delivers excellent dynamics. It will be a great complement to any system that thrives on timbre and dynamics. It will calm down systems that are slightly too 'rushed,' but will not cause those on the darker side of the spectrum to become muddy. It will add some color and vigor to them."

- Woiciech Pacula, highfidelity.pl, February 1, 2017

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