Cabasse AMP 240 S (Abyss) Integrated Amplifier

[Joegalaxy]

Hi everyone, I recently moved into a new place and, instead of moving my old setup, I decided to rebuild it from scratch. While browsing the second-hand market I came across an interesting deal on the “Cabasse AMP 240 S.” https://www.cabasse.com/amp-240-s/

Until about a year ago it was sold as the “Cabasse ABYSS” — I think there were some copyright issues and they changed the name. The offer is quite attractive because it comes bundled with speakers I’m really interested in.


However, I haven’t found any serious reviews with measurements of the amp. Has anyone had a chance to listen to it — or better yet, does anyone own it? I especially can’t figure out which DAC it uses or how good the DAC section is. The DSP room-correction system seems fairly effective from what I’ve read online, though probably not on the level of microphone-based solutions like Dirac. If anyone has comments or first-hand experience, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks a lot

 

[CitizenKP]

Hi everyone, I recently moved into a new place and, instead of moving my old setup, I decided to rebuild it from scratch. While browsing the second-hand market I came across an interesting deal on the “Cabasse AMP 240 S.” https://www.cabasse.com/amp-240-s/

Until about a year ago it was sold as the “Cabasse ABYSS” — I think there were some copyright issues and they changed the name. The offer is quite attractive because it comes bundled with speakers I’m really interested in.


However, I haven’t found any serious reviews with measurements of the amp. Has anyone had a chance to listen to it — or better yet, does anyone own it? I especially can’t figure out which DAC it uses or how good the DAC section is. The DSP room-correction system seems fairly effective from what I’ve read online, though probably not on the level of microphone-based solutions like Dirac. If anyone has comments or first-hand experience, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks a lot

I recently bought this Cabasse 240 amp because I already had two sets of Cabasse passive speakers (Java and Jersey). The amp's integrated DEAP function brings out truly amazing details when paired with the Cabasse speakers. I currently have it hooked up to the Jersey speakers, which I picked up on cleerance for $375 each. Mating the speakers with the amp's DEAP functions makes the speakers sound like ones that cost $3,000-$4,000 - seriously. The amp used to be distrubuted in the US by UpsacleAudio.com but they discontinued this relationship in November about a week after I bought the 240 for $1495. There are a lot of similarly spec'd single box amp/streamers/DAC on the market in the $800-$1500 range. But if you can pick up Cabasse speakers the combination with the 240 amp is something special. There are very detailed reviews of the amp including this one which dives deep into the physics of how the amp and speakers perorm together: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/ar...grated-amplifier-with-dsp-speaker-correction/