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A 3.5mm-to-RCA interconnect lets a source built around a small headphone-style jack — a phone, portable player, or compact streamer — feed a stereo system's RCA inputs directly, with no separate adapter in the signal path. What separates a premium cable from a bargain one is conductor quality and shielding against outside noise.
Cardas builds its ilLink cable on the same platform as its current Parsec headphone cable, replacing the headphone connector on the output end with a stereo pair of RCA plugs, for connecting a portable music player or laptop to a stereo system.
Cardas says ilLink uses Grade 1, 99.9999% pure oxygen-free copper conductors with an SPN clear coat, gauge sizes scaled to Cardas's Golden Ratio proportions, arranged in a shielded Star-Quad four-conductor geometry.
The four conductors are bound together in carbon-impregnated FEP tape, Cardas says, inside a super-flexible Alcryn rubber jacket built to survive daily handling. Overall gauge is 4x23.5 AWG, with a cable diameter of 0.204 inches (5.21mm).
ilLink ends in a 3.5mm mini plug on the source side and a stereo pair of RCA plugs on the amplifier side, built on the same termination approach as Cardas's Parsec headphone cable line.
Plug the 3.5mm end into your source's headphone or line-out jack, and the two RCA plugs into the matching RCA inputs on your amplifier or receiver, matching red to red and white/black to white/black.
Then power up the system as usual. Other and longer lengths available. Call for prices.
A 3.5mm-to-RCA interconnect is one link between a source and an amplifier or receiver. It usually joins these categories.
Many portable players, phones, and compact streaming devices only offer a single 3.5mm headphone-style output, while most home amplifiers and receivers expect a stereo pair of RCA inputs; this cable bridges that one mismatch without an extra adapter.
We carry ilLink in 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 meter lengths; call us if your run needs something longer.
Cardas arranges ilLink's four conductors in a shielded Star-Quad geometry, bound in carbon-impregnated FEP tape, inside a flexible Alcryn rubber jacket.
Unbalanced. This is a single-ended connection on both ends, not a balanced connection.
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