Excellent, gloss white finish. Dent in surface of one midrange and more
importantly one of the Built in subwoofers has gone up in smoke.
The Pacific 3SA is an intriguingly contoured 3-way floorstander that
doesn’t appear to have a set of parallel lines anywhere on the cabinet.
The visual quirkiness extends to the driver array: between two 21cm
low-frequency drivers sits a 17cm coaxial unit called BC17. This is a
hemispherical driver comprising a dome midrange/tweeter and a ring-
shaped low-midrange/woofer membrane – its shape and functionality
dictates baffle grilles with cutouts to allow the BC17 to protrude.
The ‘SA’ part of the model number stands for ‘semi-active’. The twin
21cm drivers are powered by a Cabasse-designed 450-watt amplifier,
which is intended to make the Pacific 3SAs forgiving of room position
and easy to match to an amplifier.
Standing 129cm high, 29cm wide and 49cm deep
New for the Artis range, the Pacific 3 SA is the first tower loudspeaker
fitted with the 17cm coaxial unit, the BC17. This unit consists of a
dome midrange-tweeter and ring shaped low midrange-woofer
membrane, forming together a portion of pulsating sphere. With
constant control of the directivity all along its 175-20,000 Hz
bandwidth, it provides Pacific 3 SA with all the benefits of the SCS
(Spatially Coherent System) principles developed by the Cabasse
laboratory.
With constant control of the directivity all along its 175-20,000 Hz
bandwidth, it provides Pacific 3 SA with all the benefits of the SCS
(Spatially Coherent System) principles developed by the Cabasse
laboratory. The twin honeycomb dome woofers are powered with a 450
W Cabasse built-in amplifier; providing, in a slim cabinet, powerful and
controlled LF response down to 35 Hz and deeper. The required cabinet
depth has been reduced by 20% through the use of an innovative
technical solution, which enables fine tuning of the LF for easy
positioning and amplifier matching
The Pacific 3 SA with it's 91.5dB sensitivity and 450W of active bass
power, make partnering this speaker very simple, a high quality
solidstate or valve design even with relitively modest power will sound
superb with the Pacific 3 SA. Superbly open and transparent the Pacfic
3SA generate effortlessly flowing music, fatigue free, great dynamics
and bass, yet sweet and fuild sounding, easy to place, works fantastic
even in difficult room surroundings. Cabasse have really come up
trumps with this great speaker.
Pacific 3 SA Specifications
3 Way floor standing speaker with active bass
Power handling.............150-800W rms
Sensitivity . . ..............................91.5db
Crossover freq..................175/1.83KHz
Low freq point................................35Hz
Minimal imped............................4 ohms
Nominal Imped............................8 ohms
Freq Response.................35Hz to 25khz
Size............1290mm x 290mm x 490mm
Weight . . .. ... ... .... . ...... .......42Kg each
