While I can't speak specifically in regard to Clear and Clear Beyond, I did extensive demo's of all manner of cables over many years through lending library at CableCompany. This with mid/high tier to near top of line from so many brands, AC, IC, speaker, digital. So what do I end up with after so many years of cable auditions, good old Cardas Golden Reference have remained my workhorse cable for IC and speaker cables, can't go wrong with a nice balanced sounding cable, there are more spectacular sounding cables, but you end up changing them out all the time due to other changes in system. Here is involved discussion in regard to Cardas from WBF, https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/cardas-audio-cables.29157/
Sonically -Cardas the difference between the CLEAR Loudspeaker cable ,and CLEAR BEYOND
I got a very good deal on the Cardas Clear Beyond XLRs and they are very good , I feel the INTERCONNECT is more important if I had to make a choice between Loudspeaker cable and interconnect coming from your sourse, Thst being said
the Cardas clear beyond has 2 x as many conductors a n 8 gauge vs 5 gauge
has anyone ever compared the CLEAR vs Clear BEYOND Loudspeaker cable .
i can get the CLEAR for 60% off as a demo pair , how much better is the clear beyond on the SPEAKER end since I have their top clear beyond for the interconnects. Thanks much in advance.
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I just wish ONE of these cable makers would have the balls to explain the engineering and scientific methodology they used to design their cables!! If I’m not mistaken, Cardas is one of the few that says they utilize trial and error to find combinations of wires that actually yield a difference in sound. They still can’t explain the science!…… |
CARDAS has two main factors : (1) their proprietary best of breed copper . (2);Design, process and engineering. - deep dive into their cables https://www.cardas.com/deep-dive - CARDAS latest patent George Cardas continued to work on cable designs, most recently receiving US Patent US7674973B2 for what we call the Matched Propagation Conductor. This conductor matches the propagation rate of the signal in the conductor, which is essentially light speed, to that of the dielectric materials, which are generally 30% slower than the speed of light. This mismatch has plagued audio cables since the beginning of the telephone age, causing smeared, unintelligible audio over long distances. Telephone companies attempted to solve the issue using loading coils, developed by Mihajlo Pupin in the early 20th century. George’s solution is much more graceful - and effective - utilizing specific wire-winding pitches and carefully selected dielectric materials, eliminating the issue within the cable, and continuously throughout the cable. Our Matched Propagation Conductors are used in all of our cables within the Clear range, which includes Clear Sky, Clear Cygnus, Clear SE9 MP, Clear Reflection, Clear, and Clear Beyond. Go look up their patent in the patents registry office to get further published deets or other reference materials, - failing this, g email Josh Meredith at CARDAS and get a perspective from the source . |
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