

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.
Provides a high degree of both vertical and horizontal rotation, and a high degree of theft deterrence
Fits into a wide range of decors
Allows for fewer speakers to be used, making for a simpler and less expensive installation
In addition to the driver designs contributing toward a high degree of weather resistance, the cabinet provides excellent endurance against sun, salt and moisture. Grilles are heavily zinc-plated and finished in a tough, high-grade powder coating for rust resistance.
High fidelity sound character with broad frequency response of 70 Hz – 20 kHz
General 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 (in Thru mode)
- Crossover Type
- 2nd order low-pass, 2nd order high-pass
- Recommended Protective High-Pass
- 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.
- 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)
Dimensions
- 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)
Design
- 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
- 1 x Control 23-1L
- 1 x InvisiBall™ wall-mounting system
- 1 x 4 mm x 80 mm hex key
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