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Cardas Audio Clear Beyond XL Power Cable - 2.5 Meter, 15 Amp

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SKU: CRCLBEXPC-2.5-15AMP
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For Clear Beyond XL power cable, Cardas Audio took Clear Beyond power cable and scaled everything up, using bigger conductors, better shielding, and improved noise filtering.
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    Bigger Conductors, Better Shielding, and Improved Noise Filtering

    To create Clear Beyond XL power cable, Cardas Audio took its very popular Clear Beyond power cable and scaled everything up, using bigger conductors, better shielding, and improved noise filtering. Cardas then added yet another level of noise filtration, extending the path-to-ground three times the length of the cable itself through a simply and graceful geometry that could only have come from the mind of George Cardas.

    Clear Beyond XL is Cardas Audio's most sophisticated power cable ever. It is designed to provide the large, most power-hungry amplifiers with clean high current, while also giving sensitive source components the stable, clear, and noise-free power they require for the absolute highest fidelity.

    Designed for the most demanding electronics, this no-compromise cable is terminated with soldered and crimped Cardas E-5 premium power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid copper contacts – terminated by hand in Bandon, Oregon.

    The conductors consist of Cardas Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free tin-plated copper with gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions and using cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a PTFE jacket. Each conductor has multiple lay lengths and has its own shield.

    Each cable is double shielded with tin plated copper and magnet wire, a twisted triad mixed with PVC air tubes bound with FEP tape wrap. A super flexible TPR outer jacket facilitates installation. A toroidal ground filter is built into the termination and works in unison with a ground leg extension system.

    Note: The following information refers primarily to Cardas Clear Beyond interconnect and speaker cable, but much of it also applies to Clear Beyond XL power cable.

    Clear Beyond Construction

    Clear Beyond features Cardas' most advanced line-level conductors, constructed of ultra-pure Cardas copper, scaled to the Golden Ratio. Each strand is insulated from the others with a special enamel coating. Arranged in a star-quad geometry and suspended by carbon impregnated air-tubes, the conductor core is double-shielded using a proprietary combination of both plated and bare copper and includes a pair of Litz drain wires.

    As with the rest of the Clear product line, Clear Beyond Interconnect uses Matched Propagation technology, in which the propagation rate of the copper strands is matched to that of the dielectric. The subject of George Cardas' 2008 patent (US Patent 7,674,973), this conductor technology keeps the signal intact and intelligible without the use of load coils or networks, solving an age old problem dating back to the first transmission lines.

    Clear Beyond Interconnect takes Matched Propagation further than ever before, with meticulous attention paid to every detail of the braiding stage of construction, and a no-compromise approach to dielectric choices. No Cardas interconnect is as demanding to build, and thus Clear Beyond Interconnect is built in small quantities, to ensure consistent quality.

    Spectacular Performance

    Matched Propagation conductors match the speed of the conductor to the propagation rate of the dielectric material. This is done by selecting dielectrics with the most advantageous electrical properties, and braiding each layer of the conductor with very specific pitch and lay length specifications.

    The audible benefits of Matched Propagation technology are due to the signal remaining intact, never getting out of time with the dielectric. This is a graceful "in-cable" solution to a problem that has plagued analog audio transmission lines since the early days of the telephone.

    Improving upon the spectacular performance of Clear Interconnect, Clear Beyond combines the famous Cardas musicality with a wider, taller sound stage, deeper bass, and increased dynamics. Everything just gets bigger and better, as a cable carrying the name "Beyond" should.

    Product Features

    • Conductors: Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen free tin-plated copper, gauge sizes scaled to Golden Ratio proportions. Cross-field layer geometry, insulated in a PTFE jacket. Each conductor has multiple lay lengths and has its own shield.
    • Geometry: Each cable is double shielded with tin plated copper and magnet wire. Twisted triad mixed with PVC air tubes bound with FEP tape wrap. Super flexible TPR outer jacket.
    • Filtration: A toroidal ground filter is built into the termination and works in unison with a ground leg extension system.
    • Standard Terminations: Soldered and crimped Cardas E-5 premium power plugs with silver/rhodium plated solid copper contacts. Terminated by hand in Bandon, Oregon.

    Product Specs

    • Gauge: 3 x 9AWG
    • Outside Diameter: .715” (18.17mm)

    "The Clear Beyond performed as its name implies. From the upper mid-band on up, there is an open, stratospheric extension laden with effortless detail rendition, micro transient crispness, and space. With time, the rest of the spectrum catches up to that exalted level and becomes very linear bottom to top."

    "When fully burned in, the Clear Beyond is of one sonic piece. Nothing sounds out of place or varying in character from one frequency range to another. The mid-range was a perfect bridge from the treble to the bass. Open, clean as a whistle, and fast as a jackrabbit. Vocals breathe beautifully rising and falling dynamically with great ease, and loaded with delicate inflection. Of course this applies to instrumentals as well. This wire allows for a very expressive, temporal, and rhythmic presentation, with a very high swing level. As a result, the musical engagement is very high."

    "So transparent is the Clear Beyond, it is the perfect interface for those who want as little between their components as possible."

    "In conjunction with the Clear Beyond's neutrality and the fire hose full of information that it flushes through the system, it also manages to maintain a dose of that Cardas magic that those who are familiar with the brand, have so valued over the years. This may seem to contradict all the above talk of neutrality, implying there is a "sound" related to the Clear Beyond. On an absolute level, that would have to be true. But this is one of those times where I gladly accept the paradox of neutrality and implicit "magic" while sitting back, throwing on some beloved music, and counting my blessing."

    - Gregory Petan, Positive Feedback Issue 19, June 24, 22


    "The Cardas Audio Clear Beyond Power XL is an all-around winner. While it performs like an ultimate power cord in all the ways one would expect with its pedigree, it enhances realism bringing textural musical nuances to life. It does this at every frequency, with every instrument, vocals, drums, and ambiance. Everything becomes a performance, not just a recording. An unabashed breakthrough in power cord design, you absolutely must listen to it in your audiophile system. The better the system, the better the Cardas XL Power Cord will perform. Just wait until you hear what the XL does in your digital setup!"

    - Robert H. Levi, positive-feedback.com, February 13, 219

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