Aussie Hi Fi EXCLUSIVE Package Deal!

Combining the French designed Cabasse MT3 Speaker System with the Canadian made Anthem MRX300 AV Receiver and an Aussie Hi Fi Cable Pack delivers to you an exceptional value-for-money home theatre surround sound solution. This complete home cinema pack includes:

• Cabasse MT3 Jersey Floorstanding Speakers (RRP $1,799)
• Cabasse MT3 Pico Surround Speakers (RRP $799)
• Cabasse MT3 Socoa Centre Channel Speaker (RRP $699)
• Cabasse MT3 Santorin 17 Subwoofer (RRP $799)
• Anthem MRX300 7.1 Channel 3D Ready AV Receiver: 80 Watt (RRP $1,499)
• 1.5m HDMI Cable (RRP $29.95)
• 3m HDMI Cable (RRP $44.90)
• 3m Fibre Optic Cable (RRP $25.95)
• 25m 17 gauge Speaker Cable Fig 8 High Grade Oxygen Free (RRP $75)
• 5m Subwoofer 1 RCA to 2 RCA Interconnect (RRP $24.95)

About the Cabasse MT3 5.1 Speaker System

Dive into the heart of the action with the Cabasse MT3 5.1 Speaker System - a mix of elegant acoustics and aesthetics for stereo listening or home cinema viewing. The Cabasse MT3 speakers reproduce soundstages with striking accuracy in their musical atmosphere, dialogue and dynamics.

A pristine acoustic quality, an adherance to original timbres and dynamic range, and a wide, stable and full soundstage, are the benefits of SCS (Spatially Coherent System) technology. A feature of the MT3, and perfect example of the adherence to SCS principles, can be found in the DOM36 Midrange-Tweeter, which includes Cabasse AIRE technology to faithfully produce realistic sound images.

All MT3 speakers feature magnetic front grilles to protect the drivers, with the Centre Channel being magnetically shielded (for placement near television / computer screens etc).

The Cabasse Jersey Floorstanding Loudspeaker sports a classic and stylish look with a front-firing bass reflex venting port allowing you to place this tower close to the walls of your room without having the LF booming or chocking. This loudspeaker comes loaded with two proprietary 17TD15 7" polymer woofers for the reproduction of both low and midrange frequencies.

With the bottom end of the Cabasse Jersey reaching a hefty 58Hz, you will find it performs excellently as both a front-channel speaker as well as the keynote of a high-end surround installations. The mids are sparkling and clean, full of vitality and presence, so you'll get amazing sound for vocals in music or dialog in movies. These two drivers sport concave cones for effortlessly moving a bigger mass of air and thus operate with greater efficiency.

Cabasse MT3 Jersey Floorstanding Speakers Reviews

TNT Audio - Sept 2011
Their sound is generally rich and open in the mid-high range, lively and sparkly. On the other end a generous and solid bass range helps counterbalancing the general mood: the two 17 cm midwoofers add weight and drama to the performance. Hence, don't expect a bright and thin sound! The Cabasse Jersey's are full-bodied speakers and deliver quite a big sound, with powerful bass and pure energy.

Control, precision, power and speed, these are the keywords that describe the bass performance of these French towers.

More or less, I've had the same feelings analyzing the rest of the audio spectrum: everything seems to aim to draw a precise, detailed, crystal clear picture of the musical event. Female voices, for example, are excellently reproduced with a stunning sense of presence and clarity. On the other hand, male voices, though being clean and detailed, seem to lack some body. Voices appear extremely stable and defined, that kind of performance one might expect from better quality loudspeakers.

String instruments sound harmonically rich and metallic when required while percussions appear fast and adequately rhythmic: the snare drum and the cymbals play slightly above the rest (toms and kick drum).

Microdetails, thanks to the excellent performance of the tweeter, are handled and reproduced accurately: for example, it is easy to detect click and pops of an old master tape. In other words, these loudspeakers are extremely transparent, more, much more than I expected from a product in this price range.

It should not come as a surprise the very good dynamic performance of these loudspeakers. High power handling is not a problem, these speakers can sound brutally loud (fancy a party anyone?). If you add they have 91 dB/w/m of sensitivity, they can do that even with low powered amplifiers. I've listened to them at very high levels (more than 100 dB at the listening seat, 105 dB during peaks) without detecting traces of dynamic compression. Actually, they can follow tough dynamical variations with ease, even big choirs and orchestras aren't a real problem: these speakers retain their lively personality even at high listening levels.

These towers are amazingly elegant ... The level of craftsmanship and finish is very high, with rounded and smooth corners everywhere. Overall, the general feeling is that of a well-thought product, solid, meticulously engineered and nicely crafted.

... these speakers have everything one might need: good looks, excellent finish, ease of use, high WAF.

The sound is - more or less - like the one I'd expect it to be: lively, open, crystal clear

The Jersey's are rather complete loudspeakers: they perform nicely with many (most) musical genres and give your Music a touch of liveliness that is welcomed most of the times. Despite of this they never sound harsh or shouty as one might expect.

... building a nicely sounding HiFi system does no longer require a mortgage. Bravo Cabasse!

Cabasse MT3 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker Pack Specifications

Cabasse MT3 Jersey Floorstanding Speakers
Ways 2
Drivers 1 tweeter
DOM 36
2 x 17 cm/7” 17TD15
Efficiency 91 dB
Filter 2,800 Hz
Frequency response 58 - 22,000 Hz
Nominal impedance 8 ohms
Minimum impedance 4.5 ohms
Power handling 100 W
Peak power handling 700 W
Dimensions 99 x 22 x 32 cm
Weight 18.5 kg

Cabasse MT3 Pico Surround Speakers
Ways 2
Drivers 1 tweeter DOM 36
1 x 13 cm/5” 13TD15
Efficiency 88 dB
Filter 2,800 Hz
Frequency response 110 - 23,000 Hz
Nominal impedance 8 ohms
Minimum impedance 4.2 ohms
Power handling 70 W
Peak power handling 500 W
Dimensions 34 x 18 x 12 cm
Weight 4.5 kg

Cabasse MT3 Santorin 17 Subwoofer
Ways 1
Drivers 1 x 17 cm (6.7")
ICF woofer
Efficiency Active
Filter Adjustable 35 - 200 Hz
Frequency response 39 - 200 Hz
Phase Adjustable 0° - 180°
Nominal impedance Active
Minimum impedance Active
Power handling 100 W
Peak power handling 300 W
Dimensions 30 x 30 x 30 cm
Weight 10 kg

Cabasse MT3 Socoa Centre Channel Speaker
Ways 3
Drivers 1 tweeter DOM 36
2 x 13 cm/5” 13TD15TV
Efficiency 88 dB
Filter 4,000 Hz
Frequency response 70 - 23,000 Hz
Magnetic shielding Yes
Nominal impedance 8 ohms
Minimum impedance 4.9 ohms
Power handling 85 W
Peak power handling 600 W
Dimensions 16 x 48 x 37 cm
Weight 10.5 kg

About Cabasse

Designed in Brittany, France, at the Cabasse Acoustic Center, home to 60 years of acoustic innovations, Cabasse technology offers new discoveries in sound day after day. Founded in 1950 by Georges Cabasse, the Cabasse firm inherited not only its creator’s name, but also his genius.

Georges Cabasse is from the world of music, and he is gifted with a special talent. He has a unique memory for sounds. Probably a gift from his ancestors, hailing back to a stringed instrument maker who crafted the first violin signed Cabasse in 1740 at Mirecourt in the Vosges Mountains. Five generations of craftsmen followed him, pursuing the tradition and supplying Europe with violins, violas and cellos, most of which are still being played in orchestras today.

Georges Cabasse’s obsession is to perfectly reproduce the concerts he loves, without any alteration, coloration or distortion in the sound. This boundless passion has led him to relentlessly innovate, transmit and share his exacting requirements with the rest of the Cabasse team, so that all ears can enjoy the essence and thrill of pure sound.

The compliance with timbre and phase, the stability and depth of image inherent to the SCS range of coaxial drivers have appealed to the top professionals in stereo and multichannel sound. The biggest French TV stations have all been won over (TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal +). Being chosen by professionals is the best of compliments.

About the Anthem MRX300 7.1 Channel AV Receiver: 80 Watt (3D Ready)

WHAT MAKES ANTHEM MRX RECEIVERS MUCH BETTER VALUE FOR THE MONEY THAN OTHER HIGH-END RECEIVERS?

• Anthem Quality!
• Anthem Performance!
• Exclusive Anthem Technology … like the award-winning Anthem Room Correction included
• Price! Extraordinary for everything you get!
• Power to spare! 7 channels of power - more continuous power than anything in their price range

Plus all the other stuff you really want to be able to do:

• 3D ready.
• Intuitive with user-friendly menus.
• Made for iPod / iPhone

ARC: ANTHEM ROOM CORRECTION

Even when the finest speakers are perfectly positioned, the room itself can have a dramatic negative impact on sound quality. Room dimensions, dead spots, archways, even furniture can turn a room into an additional instrument adding unwanted coloration and resonance to music and movies.

ARC adjusts for the room’s effect on the speakers in a way that mimics our hearing. Now your Anthem gear and your Paradigm speakers can do what they do best: allow you to lose yourself in the music or movie you’re watching.

How does ARC do what it does?

• ARC analyzes each speaker’s in-room response then sets output levels, crossover frequencies and room correction parameters for each one.
• ARC applies correction for up to 7 channels plus the sub!
• ARC applies Super-Efficient Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters in addition to Anthem’s custom topology … all that means no ‘engine’ noise, this baby runs quickly and quietly.
• Unlike other room correction systems, ARC allows for multiple microphone measurements, that way everyone in the room gets a better listen, not just those sitting directly between the speakers.
• Processing power to spare!
• ARCuracy! The connected PC’s 64-bit floating point processor calculates the correction curves to the n’th degree of accuracy.
• Separate configurations for music and movies.
• Applies correction to peaks and dips in room response – since rooms have both we get a far more natural and accurate response tackling both!
• Fully automated or manual setup – you choose which procedure you want to use!

Anthem MRX300 7.1 Channel AV Receiver Reviews

Home Theater - 5 Stars - July 2011
The AnthemLogic-Music mode is remarkably fine and may be especially well suited for systems whose center speakers are less than perfectly timbrematched.

Taken together, all the demos demonstrated the Anthem A/V receiver’s shape-shifting abilities. What I’d stereotyped as a crisp top end in the first movie demo evolved into a feel-good golden midrange in the LP. Even allowing for the Bellari phono preamp’s usual tube-smoothed midrange alchemy, I was amazed that I’d heard these things from the same amp.

Dolby Volume evens out the levels among different source components—and, even more usefully, narrows the extreme dynamic range of movie material, making it easier to reconcile loud effects with soft dialogue. Dolby Volume is a superb addition for any system that you’ll use for movies.

Dolby Virtual Speaker produces surround-like effects from just two speakers. Dolby Headphone produces surround-like effects from headphones. Dolby Pro Logic IIz uses two of the AVR’s seven amp channels to deliver height effects derived from any material that has two to 7.1 channels. Other uses for the extra two channels are back-surround and zone two.

Altogether, this is a very impressive AVR and a must-hear

HIGHLIGHTS
Anthem Room Correction (ARC)
A very beefy amp – more ‘real’ power than the competition!
Dual-processor audio DSP
Video Conversion from Composite Video and Component Video to HDMI
Scaling up to 1080p60
1080p24 mode
Dolby Volume
AM/FM Tuner
3D Support via software upgrade
 
DECODING
Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital EX
DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-ES (Matrix, Discrete)
DTS 96/24
 
LISTENING MODES
AnthemLogic-Music
AnthemLogic-Cinema
Dolby Pro Logic IIx (Movie, Music, Game)
Dolby Pro Logic IIz
DTS Neo:6 (Music, Cinema)
Dolby Virtual Speaker (Wide, Reference)
All Channel Stereo
Dolby Digital EX
 
INPUTS
4 HDMI Inputs
Analog Video Inputs: 4 Composite + 3 Component
Digital Audio Inputs: 2 Coaxial + 3 Optical
7 Stereo Analog RCA Inputs
HDMI On-Screen Display – setup, video adjustments, status, song navigation
 
CUSTOM INSTALLATION
IR Input
IR Emitter Output
Trigger Output
Second Zone
RS-232 Control
 
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Video Configuration Memorized by Source
Dolby Headphone
Backlit Remote Control
Sidemount Rack Kit (sold separately)

About Anthem

Anthem, part of Paradigm Electronics Inc., is a leading manufacturer of award-winning high-end electronics for music, home theater and distributed sound sy stems sold internationally under the brand names Anthem® and Anthem® Statement. Products are used at all levels of music reproduction and allow you to virtually "be there" every time you listen to a favorite piece of recorded music or experience the excitement of surround-sound home theater. Headquarters are in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

5 years warranty on Cabasse Speakers and Subwoofer (parts & labour); 2 year warranty on Cabasse Subwoofer amplifier. While online registration isn't required for your warranty, it's recommended that you register at the Australian Cabasse distribution website to ensure you get important technology updates related to your model. It's also a great way to record your serial number safely for insurance purposes. 2 year warranty on Anthem AV Receiver.