JBL Control 28-1-WH 8inch Two Way Vented Loudspeaker White Pair

The Control 28-1 is a two-way 8” speaker with rich sonic character, wide coverage, consistent coverage, versatile mounting, and a contemporary high-design look that fits into a wide range of decors, This makes Control 28-1 an excellent choice for a wide variety of applications, including retail stores, restaurants, health clubs, theme parks, educational facilities, hospitality, music cafes, leisure venues, and anywhere where a top quality high-output indoor/outdoor foreground/background music (and/or paging) speaker is required.

Key Features

• Components: 8” woofer with woven fiberglass cone, 1” PEI diaphragm tweeter with fluid cooling
• Contemporary, high-design appearance
• Built-in InvisiBall® mounting hardware, plus available U-bracket
• Weather resistant enclosure and transducers
• Wide 100° x 100° coverage
• 120 Watt power handling (240 Watt program) in direct 8Ω setting, plus built-in 60 Watt
• 70V/100V multi-tap transformer.
• High fidelity sound character with broad frequency response of 45 Hz – 20 kHz

Technical Specifications

Frequency Range (+/-10 dB) : 45 Hz to 20 kHz
Frequency Response (+/-3 dB) : 62Hz - 16 kHz
Power Rating : 240 W Continuous Program (2 hrs)
120 W (480W peak), Continuous Pink Noise (2 hrs)
90 W (360W peak) Continuous Pink Noise (100 hrs)
Maximum Input Voltage : 27.5 V RMS (2 hrs), 55.0 V peak
Maximum SPL : 112 dB ave. Continuous Pink Noise (118 dB peak)
Sensitivity : 91 dB, 1W/1m (ave. 100 Hz – 10 kHz)
Coverage Angle : 100° x 100°
Directivity Factor (Q) : 7.3 (averaged 1kHz – 16kHz)
Directivity Index (DI) : 8.3dB (averaged 1kHz – 16kHz)
Nominal Impedance : 8 ohms (THRU setting)
Crossover Type : 2nd order low-pass, 1st order high-pass, plus conjugate shaping
Transformer Taps : 70V: 60W, 30W, 15W, 7.5W
100V: 60W, 30W, 15W
Insertion Loss: <0.94 dB at any tap setting
Thru Setting: 8Ω nominal
Recommended Protective
High-Pass : 45 Hz high-pass (24 dB/oct) for 8Ω operation plus 15W and 7.5W taps; 55 Hz for 30W tap; 65 Hz for 60W tap.
Low Frequency Driver : 200 mm (8 in), woven-fiberglass cone with pure butyl rubber surround with Weather-Edge frame protection, high-temp fiberglass voice coil former, high-temp voice coil wire, optimized cone geometry, linear suspension spider, and FEA optimized motor structure.
High Frequency Driver : 25 mm (1 in) PEI diaphragm, low-viscosity ferro-magnetic fluid, and lightweight Kapton™ voice coil former.
Enclosure Material : High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) with 10% glass fill, painted with highly-UV resistant paint on white (-WH) version for maximum UV fade resistance.
Grille : Highly zinc-plated, finished in durable TGIC polyester powdercoating. MTC-28WMG-1 (&-WH) available with WeatherMax™ multi-layer foam and tight-weave mesh vapor barrier backing.
Installation : InvisiBall wall-mounting system included. Two 6 mm attachment points (on top and bottom) for optional MTC-28WMG-1 (&-WH) U-bracket. Secondary safety attachment loop point on back panel.
Environmental : IP-44 per IEC529 (IP-55 when installed with the optional MTC-28WMG-1 WeatherMax™ grille and either MTC-PC2 or MTC-PC3 panel cover.) Exceeds MilSpec 810 for humidity, salt-spray, temperature & UV. Passes MilStd-202F for salt spray and ASTM G85 for acid-air plus salt spray. Optional MTC-28WMG-1 WeatherMax™ grille for breaking up driving rain and for especially difficult environments.
Termination : Screw-down terminal strip, zinc-plated copper based, nickel-plated metal screws and washers. Accepts up to 9 mm outside 4 mm inside open lugs (#6, #8, or #10 lug), plus bare wire (up to 12 AWG / 2.5 mm2). Optional MTC-PC2 and MTC-PC3 protective panel covers available to provide sealed entrance for additional weather protection.
Agency Rating : ROHS-compliant; Transformer UL Recognized per UL1876
Colors : Black (RAL9004) or white (-WH, RAL9016)
Dimensions (H x W x D) : 386 x 282 x 219 mm (15.2 x 11.1 x 8.6 in); 277 mm (10.9 in) deep total when mounted on InvisiBall wall-mount bracket.
Net Weight : 6.8 kg (15.0 lbs)
Shipping Weight : 15.4 kg (34 lbs) pair-packed (for 2 speakers)
Included Accessories : InvisiBall™ wall-mounting system), 6 mm x 180 mm hex key
Optional Accessories : MTC-28UB-1 – Yolk-type U-bracket (&-WH)
MTC-28WMG-1 – WeatherMax grille with backing (&-WH)
MTC-28/25CM – Ceiling-Mount InvisiBall adapter (&-WH)