JBL CONTROL 23-1L Low Impedance Background Foreground Speaker Black Pair

The Control 23-1L is a two-way 3" speaker with rich sonic character, wide coverage, consistent dispersion, versatile mounting, and a contemporary high-design look that fits into a wide range of decors. This makes Control 23-1L 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 compact indoor/outdoor foreground/background music (and/or paging) speaker is required.

Key Features

• 3" woofer with woven fiberglass cone
• 1/2" 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 degrees x 100 degrees coverage
• 50 Watt power handling (100 Watt program)
• High fidelity sound character with broad frequency response of 70 Hz - 20 kHz

Technical Specifications

Frequency Range (-10 dB)
70 Hz to 20 kHz
Frequency Response (+/-3 dB)
95 Hz - 19 kHz
Power Rating
100W Continuous Program (2 hrs)
Maximum Input Voltage
17.2 V RMS (2 hrs), 34.4 V peak
Maximum SPL
103 dB ave. Continuous Pink Noise (109 dB peak)
Sensitivity
86 dB, 1W/1m (ave. 100 Hz - 10 kHz)
Coverage Angle
100 degrees x 100 degrees
Directivity Factor (Q)
5.8 (averaged 1kHz - 16kHz)
Directivity Index (DI)
7.2 dB (averaged 1kHz - 16kHz)
Nominal Impedance
8 ohms
Crossover Type
2nd order low-pass, 2nd order high-pass
Recommended Protective High-Pass6
70 Hz high-pass (24 dB/oct)
Low Frequency Driver
76 mm (3.0 in), woven-fiberglass cone with pure butyl rubber surround with Weather-Edge frame protection, high-temp Kapton voice coil former, high-temp voice coil wire, optimized cone geometry, linear suspension spider, and FEA optimized motor structure.
High Frequency Driver
13 mm (0.5 in) PEI diaphragm, low-viscosity ferro-magnetic fluid, and lightweight Kapton voice coil former.
Enclosure Material
High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS), 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-23WMG-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-23UB-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-23WMG-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-23WMG-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
Colors
Black (RAL9004) or white (-WH, RAL9016)
Dimensions (H x W x D)
200 x 141 x 111 mm (7.9 x 5.6 x 4.4 in); 141 mm (5.6 in) deep total when mounted on InvisiBall wall-mount bracket.
Net Weight
1.6 kg (3.4 lbs)
Shipping Weight
3.5 kg (7.6 lbs) for the pair-pack (for 2 speakers), 11.0 kg (24.3 lbs) for master-pack (for 6 speakers)
Included Accessories
InvisiBall wall-mounting system, 4 mm x 80 mm hex key