Product Description

Control 23-1

Ultra-Compact Indoor/Outdoor
Background/Foreground Speaker

Ultra-Compact Indoor/Outdoor Background/Foreground Speaker

The Control® 23-1 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 23-1 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 compact indoor/outdoor foreground/background music (and/or paging) speaker is required.

Features

Components:

• 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° x 100° coverage
50 Watt power handling (100 Watt program) in direct 8Ω setting, plus built-in 15 Watt 70V/100V multi-tap transformer.
High fidelity sound character with broad frequency response of 70 Hz – 20 kHz.
3" Two-Way Vented Loudspeaker, Invisiball® Installation System (plus U-bracket attachment points).
70 Hz - 20 kHz Frequency Range.
50 Watts Cont. Pink Noise Power Handling (200W peak) at 8 ohms plus 70V/100V
Taps at 15W, 7.5W, 3.7W (& 1.8W at 70V only).
Woven Fiberglass Woofer. Black or white (-WH).
Packed as Pairs.

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) 50 W (200W peak), Continuous Pink Noise (2 hrs) 40 W (160W peak) Continuous Pink Noise (100 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° x 100°
	Directivity Factor (Q)	5.8 (averaged 1kHz – 16kHz)
	Directivity Index (DI)	7.2 dB (averaged 1kHz – 16kHz)
	Nominal Impedance	8 ohms (THRU setting)
	Crossover Type	2nd order low-pass, 2nd order high-pass
	Transformer Taps	70V: 15W, 7.5W, 3.7W, 1.8W 100V: 15W, 7.5W, 3.7W Insertion Loss <0.43 dB at any tap setting Thru Setting: 8Ω nominal
	Recommended Protective High-Pass	70 Hz high-pass (24 dB/oct) (for 8Ω operation and for all 70V/100V taps settings).
	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; Transformer UL Recognized per UL1876
	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	1.8 kg (4.0 lbs)
	Shipping Weight	3.85kg (8.5 lbs) for the pair-pack (for 2 speakers) 12.0kg (26.5lbs) for the master-pack (for 6 speakers)
	Included Accessories	InvisiBall™ wall-mounting system), 4 mm x 80 mm hex key
	Optional Accessories	MTC-23UB-1 – Yolk-type U-bracket (&-WH) MTC-23WMG-1 – WeatherMax grille with backing (&-WH) MTC-23CM – Ceiling-Mount InvisiBall adapter (&-WH)