Cabasse Iroise 3, black

The key to Iroise 3 success comes from the subtle cocktail of experience and innovation. The co-axial technology by Cabasse is a major innovation in the loudspeaker world because its principle is the closest proposal to the theoretical ideal. It results from the 60 years experience Cabasse has in driver developments and from 20 years expertise in the BC13 type of midrange-tweeter.

The Iroise 3 also reliably feature Cabasse's BC-13 coaxial midrange tweeter. The BC-13 was developed from the TC23, the three-way co-axial driver fitted to the top of the range speakers, including the flagships “La Sphère” and “l’Océan”, assembled and controlled in their Breton workshops in Western France. The BC13 guarantees a faithful reproduction of timbres with no artificial coloration or lassitude in long listening, and provides a soundstage with unrivaled realism and depth.

The Iroise 3 benefit in addition with Cabasse's Duocell cone woofers. The 21 cm (8”) woofers of Iroise 3 are fitted with a Duocell cone designed by Cabasse and manufactured by Cabasse robots. The very light, but rigid and nicely damped membrane has an exponential profile and variable thickness, to obtain the most of long throw systems and powerful magnets. They bring the full precision and vivacity required for high fidelity, true to live, sound.

Cross-overs with variable slopes enable the Iroise 3 speakers to be very natural and fluid across all applications and sources. The Cabasse development protocol combines numerous measurements in an anechoic room, combining on-axis and 360° results. It guarantees a perfect control of both the directivity index and the total radiated power all along the frequency bandwidth to match the SCS principles. It is a key process, together with listening sessions, in the development of the cross-over boards. The slopes can vary from 6 to 24 dB per octave for an optimal acoustical phasing, taking into account the influence of the external shape of the enclosure to optimise the qualities of the co-axial drive-units.

The elegant enclosure of Iroise 3 looks like its acoustical signature, pure and simple, free from any artificial appendix. These elegant and engaging floorstanders, like all of the Altura MMC range from Cabasse also embrace lots of technical solutions:

- Non-parallel side panels to remove standing waves – Variable thickness (up to 31mm) cabinet panels for rigidity and neutrality with an optimised volume for accurate loading of the woofers.

- Magnets to hold the front grill. When speakers are being used without grills, front panel are free from pins or holes that can create diffraction effects, for a greater purity of sound and aesthetics.

- The bass-reflex port is positioned at the bottom end of the enclosure and fires vertically. It therefore reduces the creation of standing waves and provides a very efficient and linear extension of the low-frequencies thanks to a 360° radiation close to the floor.

- The spikes delivered with the Iroise 3 are discrete but efficient. They allow a fine and easy adjustment of the speaker’s stability by means of an allen key once the chrome plated caps are pulled out

Like the reference La Sphère fitted with the same co-axial BC13 midrange-tweeter, Iroise 3, Egéa 3, Bora, Ambrose 3 offer the accuracy in timbres and the realism in sound stage that meet the expectations of both audiophiles and professionals. These award winning and impressive floorstanders (initially designed for studio monitors) will free your musical experience beyond the what is normal. Let yourself be carried away by the tempo, the dynamics and the musical richness of the Iroise 3's.

These wonderfully impressive speakers are available as a pair (stereo or other) and finished beautifully in three colours - but the one's highlighted here are available in brilliant gloss black (gloss white availabe late March 2016) .