Overview
High Output Indoor/Outdoor Background/Foreground Speaker
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.
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.
Specs
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
