CABASSE PEARL PELEGRINA LOUDSPEAKERS RELEASED BY THE FRENCH BRAND

To celebrate its 70th anniversary, French brand Cabasse has launched a new connected HiFi loudspeaker, the Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina.

Fifteen years ago, Cabasse first released the Cabasse Sphere high-end speaker system, which is one of the most impressive speakers we have had the pleasure of listening to.

The new Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina Loudspeakers

CABASSE 70^TH ANNIVERSARY

Now, to mark the brand’s 70th anniversary, Cabasse has finally unveiled the Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina which combines the brand’s technologies into a more compact form. The Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina is the centrepiece of Cabasse’s connected speaker range and takes its name from a rare 55-carat pearl that was discovered in 1913 and dubbed ‘The Incomparable’.

The new Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina Loudspeakers in white

DETAILS OF THE CABASSE PEARL PELEGRINA

The Pearl Pelegrina features the Cabasse tri-coaxial speaker used in La Sphere and Baltic V systems, comprising high, medium, and low-medium drivers.

The Pearl Pelegrina is a sphere only 42cm in diameter and is the culmination of over 20 years of Cabasse’s signal processing research. CRCS (automatic room correction system) is calibrated via a speaker integrated microphone to enable sound optimisation according to the listening room. The new 30cm patented HELD sub-bass driver is amplified by 1850 WATTS RMS. Four separate amplifiers totalling 3700 WATTS RMS per speaker power the first quadricoaxial connected speaker featured in Cabasse’s catalogue.

MADE IN BRETAGNE

Custom-built by the brand’s team in Brittany (North-Western France). The Cabasse Peal Pelegrina stands tall at almost 130cm with its sphere and base measuring 48cm in diameter. Brand connoisseurs will surely recognise the Lissajous curve stand, the famous figure named after the physicist who ‘made sound visible’, and the logo that has accompanied Cabasse since its inception.

The Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina Loudspeakers in the Cabasse anechoic testing chamber in Brittany, France

Like all speakers in The Pearl Collection,  including the Cabasse Pearl Akoya which we reviewed here, The Pearl Pelegrina features a custom cut polished mirror metal band that circles its sphere. The electronics are invisible having been ultra-miniaturized and concealed in the base. Each pair bears numbered plates to identity this special limited edition. 70 pairs will be created to mark Cabasse’s 70 years of existence.

SPECIFICATIONS

StreamCONTROL application

Bluetooth remote

CRCS calibration (integrated microphone)

4 brushed aluminium spikes

Brushed aluminium numbered plaques on each of the 70 pairs (70-year limited edition)

Cabasse-branded protective cover

134 dB stereo

10 – 27 000 Hz

Low-Medium/Medium/Tweeter TCA

30 cm HELD subwoofer

Amplification per speaker

Treble: 300 W RMS / 520 W peak

Medium: 300 W RMS / 520 W peak

Low-medium: 1250 W RMS / 2500 W peak

Bass: 1850 W RMS / 3700 W peak

Ethernet – Wifi – Bluetooth – USB

SPDIF OPTICAL – Analog RCA – Balanced audio input

MP3 – AAC -WMA – AIFF – FLAC – ALAC – Ogg – vorbis – DSD 64/128 – WMA lossless

Automatic calibration

DAC 768 kHz / 32 bits

His-res multiroom

480 x 480 x 1284 mm

45 kg

CABASSE PEARL PELEGRINA PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

Price (RRP in France): 25 000 € (per pair) – in glossy black/white

Date of availability in France: October 2021

In the UK, Cabasse are now distributed by Henley Audio, the Pearl Pelegrina will retail at £22,599 and be available from October.

Cabasse Pearl Pelegrina Loudspeakers in black

HiFi Pig Says: We have always been impressed with the flagship Cabasse La Sphere, the new Pear Pelegrina offers that high-end luxury combined with the connected tech of their Pearl range.

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