Pangea Audio Premier Interconnect RCA to RCA - Various Lengths

Jay Victor Put Cardas Copper in the Premier

Pangea Audio's Premier is the cable where the brand's copper changes. Jay Victor designed it around Cardas Grade One copper, made in the United States by Cardas Audio. Each channel gets a solid-core conductor. He has designed cables and connectors for more than forty years, and the Premier is that experience in an everyday interconnect.

Other length & termination options are available. Call us to discuss your needs.

Copper Drawn Slowly, on Purpose

The raw copper is mined in the United States, then drawn by Cardas in New England inside an argon-filled chamber. The slow draw yields long-crystal strands. George Cardas developed the grade for his own cables. Pangea buys it for the Premier rather than a generic oxygen-free copper.

Three Shields and a Return Path of Its Own

Most entry cables use one conductor per channel and let the shield carry the return. The Premier gives each channel its own OFC copper return conductor, so the shield only shields. Each conductor has its own shield. A foil layer covers the channel pair, and a braid covers the whole cable.

The Prime 400 Plug, and Why It Is Chrome

The Prime 400 RCA plug has a gold-plated brass body and a copolymer core insulator. Its one-piece center pin is gold plated and split, so it compresses and grips the jack. The ground ring is gold plated too, cut in four places to hold the jack's outer contact.

The barrel is machined brass under a baked-on chromium finish. Jay Victor chose chrome because paint on a barrel flakes after years of use, and chrome does not. A nylon braid jacket covers the cable itself. It bends easily and protects the cable from scuffing.

Who Is This Interconnect Best For?

• You want Cardas copper in the signal path — the grade George Cardas developed for his own cables carries each channel here, so the conductor is no longer the compromise
• Your rack is full of power supplies and Wi-Fi — three layers of shielding, one per conductor, a foil over the pair and a braid over all, are there to keep a busy shelf off the signal
• You plug and unplug often — the split pin compresses as it seats and the four-cut ground ring grips the outer contact, so the plug holds firm after every swap
• You keep gear for years — the chromium finish does not flake the way paint does, and the nylon braid resists scuffing, so the cable looks the same years on
• Your RCA jacks sit tight together — the Prime 400 barrel is 13.2 mm at its widest point. Jacks packed closer than that will not take two side by side. Measure the gap first, or call us with your component and we will check the fit, or browse our Interconnect Cables

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Run the Premier from a line-level output, a DAC, streamer, CD player or phono stage, to a line-level input on your amplifier or preamp. Keep left to left and right to right at both ends. Push each plug on until the four-cut ground ring grips. The chrome barrel gives you something solid to hold.

Seat it once and forget it.

Measure the Path, Then Add a Little Slack

Measure the route the cable will really take between your components, around shelves and behind the rack. Then add a little slack. As audio legend George Cardas puts it, "A cable that's just long enough usually turns out to be just not long enough." Keep the left and right cables the same length. We recommend a matched pair.

A Long Run Between Components?

If your amplifier and speakers sit far from your source, we recommend a long interconnect over a long speaker cable. A really long interconnect affects system performance less than a really long speaker cable.

When Is It Time to Upgrade?

An interconnect often stays in a system for years, so it is easy to overlook. Look again when something else changes: a new DAC, streamer or phono stage, or a better amplifier.

Pairs Well With

An interconnect is one link in the chain. It usually joins these categories.

• Integrated Amplifiers — the usual input end
• Digital-to-Analog Converters — DAC output to amplifier
• Phono Preamplifiers — phono stage to line input
• Power Cables — clean power at both ends

Frequently Asked Questions

What copper is in the Premier?

Cardas Grade One copper, made in the United States, as a solid-core conductor for each channel. The return conductors are oxygen-free copper.

How is it shielded?

Three ways. Each conductor has its own shield, a foil wraps the channel pair, and a braid covers the whole cable.

What insulates the conductors?

Polyethylene. Inside the Prime 400 plug, a copolymer core insulator surrounds the pin.

Is there a step up from the Premier?

Cardas Iridium is the next step we recommend. It runs four Cardas Grade One conductors in a shielded star-quad. It ends in Cardas GRMO plugs and is hand soldered in Bandon, Oregon.

Need a Different Length or Connector?

The most popular configurations are shown on this page. If your system requires a different length or termination, call our audio experts. We’ll help you choose the right configuration and arrange a custom cable for your system.

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