Cardas Audio Iridium Tonearm Cable - 2.0 Meter - S-DIN to RCA

Straight DIN to RCA at Two Meters, the Longest in the Range

This is Cardas Iridium at two meters, sold each, straight DIN at the tonearm and RCAs at the phono stage. It is the longest DIN-terminated run Cardas cuts in this cable.

Two things have to line up on a long DIN run: the plug has to match the arm, and the length has to be genuinely necessary. A phono signal is the smallest in the system, and every extra meter of cable is more capacitance for it to drive.

Star Quad, Golden Ratio Gauges, and a Jacket That Bends

Fit and Materials

Two meters, straight DIN at the arm and RCA at the other end. It suits a wall-mounted deck or a rack well away from the turntable, on an arm that takes a straight DIN. Confirm the plug, and satisfy yourself a shorter run really will not reach.

The construction is star quad: four 24.5 AWG Cardas copper conductors, scaled to Golden Ratio proportions, insulated in PFA with a carbon-impregnated tape wrap and finished in an ultra-soft extruded TPR jacket measuring 0.300 inches across.

What Reviewers Are Saying

StereoLife found that "Iridium outperforms it's price point and offers a great introduction to the Cardas sound" — the role Cardas intends it to play at the foot of its phono range.

Who Is the 2.0 Meter S-DIN to RCA Iridium Best For?

• Your arm has a straight DIN socket — and the run is a long one
• Your turntable is wall-mounted away from the rack — the case two meters exists for
• Shorter runs have come up short — measure the route rather than the gap
• You want to avoid an extension — one continuous run beats a cable plus an adapter, every time
• Your run or your sockets are different — Iridium comes in several lengths and terminations and none of them adapts to another; the full set is in tonearm cables

How Do You Fit It?

Line the DIN plug up with the keyway at the arm base and push it straight in — never twist it home. Seat the RCAs at the phono stage, check the cable hangs in a loop rather than pulling at the plinth, and connect the separate ground wire.

Pairs Well With

What most owners fitting a tonearm cable shop next.

• Phono preamplifiers — the other end of this cable, and the bigger variable
• Phono cartridges — the signal source everything downstream is serving
• Cartridge alignment tools — geometry first; no cable fixes a misaligned cartridge
• Tonearm cables — the other lengths and terminations in the range

Frequently Asked Questions

How many do I need?

One. A turntable takes a single tonearm cable, and this is sold each.

Does the extra length cost me anything?

Capacitance rises with length, and a phono cartridge is more sensitive to that than any other source. Two meters is worth having when the run demands it and worth avoiding when it does not.

Straight DIN or right-angle DIN?

They are different plugs and neither adapts to the other. Look at the socket at the base of your arm pillar — whether the cable needs to leave it straight back or turn downward is usually obvious once you look.

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