Overview
High-Performance 8" Dual Concentric In-Ceiling Loudspeaker for Installation Applications
Features
- High-performance loudspeaker for ceiling installation applications
- 8" Dual Concentric driver featuring Tannoy Omnimagnet technology
- Torus Ogive waveguide for improved directivity
- Glass fiber cone with rubber surround for high-excursion linearity
- 80 Watts continuous, 320 Watts peak power
- Extremely thin bezel for discreet installation
- Includes round & square baffles for versatile applications
- Integrated single unit construction for easy installation
- Semi matt white finish fits unobtrusively in any environment
- Powder coated UV resistant perforated steel mesh grilles with dust protection
- Removable grilles for custom painting
- Self-aligning clamp mounting system
- Removable Tannoy grille badge
- Tannoy - around 100 years of British sound heritage and innovation
Audio Evolution
For over 90 years Tannoy has been a leader in the pursuit of high-fidelity sound. The most demanding audio professionals around the world rely on Tannoy loudspeakers to create music and sound we love to hear and feel. From recording and mastering engineers to broadcasters and film score composers Tannoy loudspeakers are trusted for their proven reliability, true to source accuracy and ability to reproduce sound the way the artist intended. There really is no substitute for Tannoy. Trusted by music creatives around the world, installed in the world's best venues and locations, perfect for listening at home.
The QCI range is designed with the same high standards and attention to detail as our flagship professional and hi-fi loudspeakers. They deliver high fidelity sound that is extremely natural and detailed. They have the same sonic signature and can be easily mixed and matched to make a stereo, surround or multi-room audiophile system.
Tannoy Dual Concentric
Designed and engineered it the UK, the full range QCI 8DC comprises a single 200mm (8.00”) driver with a glass fibre cone and high-excursion rubber surround. Capable of handling up to an impressive 320 Watts the QCI 8DC is capable of higher SPL and greater bass authority than its smaller variants whilst remaining extremely easy to drive and suitable for a wide variety of amplifiers and applications.
The QCI 8DC features our legendary and exclusive Tannoy Dual Concentric Driver with Omnimagnet technology. With over seven decades of continuous refinement, the Dual Concentric driver delivers a near-perfect point
Torus Ogive Waveguide
Performance is further enhanced by the implementation Tannoy’s highly innovative Torus Ogive Waveguide which allows rapid wavefront expansion further improving high frequency directivity for a remarkably focused image placement.
Specifications
Performance
| Frequency response (±3 dB) |
35 Hz – 20 kHz |
| Frequency response (-10 dB) |
25 Hz – 20 kHz |
| Sensitivity (1 W @ 1m) |
87 dB |
| Directivity factor (Q) |
6.8 averaged 1 kHz to 10 kHz |
| Directivity index (DI) |
8.3 averaged 1 kHz to 10 kHz |
Power handling (IEC)
| Average |
80 W |
| Programme |
160 W |
| Peak |
320 W |
| Recommended amplifier power |
240 W @ 8 Ω |
| Nominal Impedance (Lo Z) |
8 Ω |
| Rated maximum SPL (1 m, Lo Z) |
109 dB |
| Average |
106 dB |
| Peak |
112 dB |
| Crossover point |
1.6 kHz |
Coverage angles
| 500 Hz |
180° horizontal, 180° vertical |
| 1 kHz |
117° horizontal, 117° vertical |
| 2 kHz |
108° horizontal, 108° vertical |
| 4 kHz |
121° horizontal, 121° vertical |
Transducers
| Low frequency diameter/ material/type |
219 mm (8") |
| High frequency diameter/ material/type |
25.4 mm (1") |
Physical
| Back can |
Option 1 (BACK CAN S): Steel, with powder coating Option 2 (BACK CAN C1): High density expandable polystyrene (EPS) |
| Baffle |
Refl ex loaded UL94 V-0 rated ABS |
| Grille |
Steel, with weather resistant coating |
| Clamping design |
Security toggle clamp |
| Connectors |
Phoenix Contact terminal block |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) |
290 x 290 x 114 mm (11.4 x 11.4 x 4.5") |
| Bezel dimensions |
Circular: φ289 mm (11.4") Square: 290 x 290 mm (11.4 x 11.4") |
| Mounting depth |
106 mm (4.2") |
| Hole cutout dimensions |
φ250 mm (9.8") |
| Net weight |
3.1 kg (6.8 lbs) |
| Packed quantity |
1 |
| Included accessories |
Square grille, square baffl e, circular grille, circular baffl e, circular paint mask, square paint mask, cutout template, screw |
| Optional accessories |
Option 1: BACK CAN S Option 2: BACK CAN C1 Option 3: PMK 8 |
