Cabasse is a French audio manufacturer founded by Georges Cabasse (1928-2019) in 1950. It is mainly known for its home loudspeakers but has also produced professional audio speakers for studio recording or sound reinforcement in theatres and power amplifiers. The company is now part of a larger group called Veom Group. Important dates 1950 : Foundation. 1952 : First 2-way coaxial speakers for Cinemascope movie theatres like Le Grand Rex in Paris. 1958 : First active loudspeakers systems with valve amplifiers and filters. 1965 : Underwater loudspeakers for the French Navy. 1974 : Dome tweeters and midranges, servo-controlled active Hi-Fi and monitor loudspeakers (used by Radio France). 1983 : Honeycomb dome membranes for Hi-Fi and Public Address systems, from 7" to 22". 1984 : Carbo high-efficiency units for the 4 way clusters fitting the 12-channel system at the Omnimax theatre La Géode in Parc de la Villette, Paris. 1985 : Duocell membranes based on an exclusive processing of Rohacell foam. 1992 : The SCS principle (Spatially Coherent System) launched with the Atlantis reference system (4 channel and 5 speakers : 2 woofers and a 3 way coaxial speaker called TC21 that goes from 200 Hz to 20 kHz). 1998 : Fitting of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier with specific 117 dB efficiency horn systems. 2002 : The TC22 reference 3 way coaxial unit, that goes from 80 Hz to 20 kHz. 2006 : La Sphere, a 4 way coaxial unit is launched. 2006 : Cabasse is bought by Canon Europe and was led by Kazuhiro Otsubo, president of the Canon factory in Brittany. 2014 : Start up group Awox buys Cabasse from Canon. 2020 : Awox sold Awox Lighting and created changed the group name from AwoX Group to Cabasse Group.actusnews.com 14 September 2020 (French), retrieved 26 September 2020. 2022 : Cabasse Group change its name to Veom Group. Notable products and technologies Cabasse is one of the oldest loudspeakers manufacturer in France, and is known for its involvement in research, its high standard of quality, and the names of their products that used to be related to sea (especially boat names like clipper, sampan, ketch, sloop...) In the eighties their reputation came from their professional active speakers (often used by recording studios) and the honeycomb membranes that allowed high power with low distortion. These membranes were used by the very small Galiote (home hi-fi) and the huge Saturn,