Cabasse La Sphere Flagship Wireless Active Loudspeaker (pair)
Four-way loudspeakers with 8 x mono amps, a digital signal processor, and 22″ woofers
Designed in collaboration with award-winning French architect Sylvain Dubuisson, this 55″ aesthetic masterpiece aims to be technically perfect in order to reproduce the entire range of sound frequencies. Bass is delivered by a massive 22″ woofer, and the four-way design uses an external processor and eight external power amps, all included.
The coaxial driver offers a deep and stable soundstage due to soundwaves without diffraction, and perfect phase linearity in a 60° cone. The 4-channel digital stereo processor allows you to fine-tune response to perfectly match the room. The 27.5″ spherical speaker, made from a sandwich of composite materials that were originally designed for the European space programme. A die-cast aluminium helical support positions the centre of the speaker at a perfect listening height.
The filter adjustments have cut-off slopes varying from 6 to 24 dB per octave with a perfect consideration of the shape of the cabinet and a total respect of the intrinsic qualities of the loudspeakers.
Specifications
Frequency Response: 20–23,000 Hz
Tweeter
Type: 1” dome diaphragm
Sensitivity: 91 dB
Range: 3,000 to 25,000 Hz
Midrange
Type: 4” honeycomb ring
Sensitivity: 92 dB
Range: 800 to 3,000 Hz
Low-Midrange
Type: 8” honeycomb ring
Sensitivity: 95 dB
Range: 165 to 800 Hz
Bass
Type: 22” honeycomb inverted dome
Sensitivity: 95 dB
Range: 20 to 165 Hz
Amplifier Power: 8 x 600 W
Damping Factor: Above 1,000
Dimensions
La Sphère: 55″ x 27.5″ x 27.5″ (140 x 70 x 70 cm)
Processor: 3.5″ x 17.4″ x 12.4″ (9 x 44.4 x 31.5 cm)
BC REF600M Amp: 8.5″ x 3.5″ x 1.4″ (21.6 x 8.8 x 3.5 cm)
Weight
La Sphère: 216 lb (98 kg)
Processor: 19.6 lb (8.9 kg)
BC REF600M Amp: 15.4 lb (7 kg)