Cardas uses a litz wire construction (most of their cables) which has each individual wire strand coated with an insulating enamel. To properly re-terminate a Cardas wire, you will need a solder pot which creates enough heat to melt the enamel coating thus exposing the bare copper wire.
Re-terminate cardas speaker cables DIY?
I have the wire of a cardas speaker cable exposed and possibly oxidized just below the connectors(fork style)
I wonder if I could just cut the cables, remove coating and just use screw-tightened connectors and put some heat shrink tubes on them, to have just as good as new sound?
Or any other suggestions? I've heard cardas uses some kind of coating on their cables so it's hard to solder them.Can't afford re-termination at cardas
Thanks
I wonder if I could just cut the cables, remove coating and just use screw-tightened connectors and put some heat shrink tubes on them, to have just as good as new sound?
Or any other suggestions? I've heard cardas uses some kind of coating on their cables so it's hard to solder them.Can't afford re-termination at cardas
Thanks