{"product_id":"cardas-audio-iridium-speaker-cable-2-0-meter-banana-to-banana-pair","title":"Cardas Audio Iridium Speaker Cable - 2.0 Meter - Banana to Banana - Pair","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRecommended by \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Sound's 2016 Buyers Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories \u0026amp; Music\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerforms Like a Far More Expensive Speaker Cable\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eCardas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Sound's 2016 Buyers Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories \u0026amp; Music\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA Satisfying Upgrade for Me\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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, \u003cem\u003eforums.stevehoffman.tv\u003c\/em\u003e, October 18, 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSophisticated Conductors and Geometry\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIridium 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIridium is finished in a soft extruded TPR jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Delivers Excellent Dynamics\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"Delivers excellent dynamics,\" observes Woiciech Pacula in Poland's high-end audio online journal, \u003cem\u003ehighfidelity.pl\u003c\/em\u003e, February 1, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cardas","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45981531439277,"sku":"NEW-CRIRSP-2-BANBAN-PR","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/3708\/1773\/files\/crirsp_bnbn-large__33057.1692906737.1280.1280_262ff8d0-da1d-49b6-a7ab-ef9e1a9cd3dd.jpg?v=1778142554","url":"https:\/\/www.audioadvisor.com\/products\/cardas-audio-iridium-speaker-cable-2-0-meter-banana-to-banana-pair","provider":"Audio Advisor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}