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Cardas EM5813 IEM

Cardas EM5813 IEM

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The EM5813 is the debut IEM from Cardas Audio, an Oregon-based, family-run manufacturer that specializes in premium audio cables and component parts. The result of years of meticulous design by founder George Cardas, it’s efficient, natural, musical, and complete with an eye-catching copper finish Read More

High-End Dynamic IEM

The EM5813 is the debut IEM from Cardas Audio, an Oregon-based, family-run manufacturer that specializes in premium audio cables and component parts. The result of years of meticulous design by founder George Cardas, it’s efficient, natural, musical, and complete with an eye-catching copper finish. The 11.45-millimeter dynamic driver features a neodymium magnet drive motor and a PEN-type thin-film diaphragm. This makes for, according to one Head-Fi reviewer, an “accurate, detailed, balanced, and, most of all, alive and engaging” sound. The review goes on to say, “Buy a set, and you will find yourself having it in your ears all the time.” Fitted with the high-quality Clear Light cable Cardas is known for, the EM5813 comes with three sets of ear tips.

Cardas EM5813 IEM
Cardas EM5813 IEM
Cardas EM5813 IEM
Cardas EM5813 IEM
Cardas EM5813 IEM

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Specs

  • Cardas Audio
  • Body: Golden spiral curved, machined from billet brass, plated with copper, and clear coated to prevent oxidation
  • Driver: 11.45mm dynamic
  • Cable: Cardas Clear Light Headphone (4 x 25.5 AWG matched propagation conductors)
  • Impedance: 32 ohms
  • Sensitivity: 110 dB
  • Isolation: -20 dB
  • Connector: 3.5mm stereo TRS 
  • Weight: 2.23 oz (63.15 g)

Included

  • 1 set of white dual-flange silicone ear tips
  • 1 set of blue dual-flange silicone ear tips (ported to relieve bass)
  • 1 set of Comply T-400 foam ear tips
  • Leather carrying pouch

Shipping

Estimated ship date is Sep 11, 2020 PT.

Payment will be collected at checkout. After this product run ends, orders will be submitted to the vendor up front, making all orders final.

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A bit late to this drop lol. I have owned a set of the EM5813s for about 5 years now and, tbh, rarely used them as I have multiple iems and headphones. The cable microphonics, even around my ears, just got to me. Plus the upper a midrange clarity could not compare to my other multiple driver iems. However, I kept them for the bass, the cable and because the combination of cable and brass iem casing looks good on a wall. Be that as it may, last year I purchased some focal elegias and have been since then almost exclusively shifting between these and Sennheiser ie600s, which oddly I began enjoying more as a contrast to the sound of the focal closed cans. Eventually I bought a better DAC, a Topping g5, to drive them. Which in turn led me to re-exploring my iems (previously I used either a dac dongle or fiio Btr 5). I found the better dac brought the best out of some of my dd iems. Last night I fell asleep listening to some dark ambient (Vatican Shadow) on a set of Moondrop Starfields, which are comfortable to sleep in. I noticed them really struggling with the sub bass, although with such music I was unsure if the blow out was somewhat intentional. So this morning I tried the Cardas with similar music. Although the separation is not great (an odd aspect of this ‘speaker like’ tuning), the cardas are perhaps even better at doing full justice to the complete extension of the lower notes in a rumbling, musical manner. With my eyes closed it reminds me of the deep bass of a warehouse rave. Just stunningly musical and… what an incredible surprise after all these years. Especially given that recently I have been thinking of forking over $500-$800 for a set of single dd iems just for this reason and this music! Instead, the g5 amped EM5813s are now giving me the exact sound I wanted. The lesson being: these need to be amped with a good DAC. Which turns them from meh into something that, minus the separation that nonetheless oddly aids the musicality and ‘outside one’s head’ quality, I would not be disappointed with if I had paid a grand for them. The sub bass has more extension and ground than ie600 cans. If I caught these for $99 after knowing this.. well, hat a bargain.
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