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Altec - CD308 - Ceiling Speakers
 
The Altec Lansing Professional CD308 series is a premium-grade Duplex® component designed to faithfully reproduce music program and the human voice. The CD308 family is an excellent choice for meeting spaces, under-balcony applications, A/V presentation facilities, shops & restaurants and other high quality general paging applications. The loudspeaker consists of an 8 inch / 200 mm special moisture resistant cone woofer and broad dispersion cone tweeter with heat resistant voice coils. The speaker frame has been treated for rust prevention. A 3,000 Hz first-order crossover provides smooth high frequency transitions. The double magnet design allows physical, electrical,
and magnetic isolation. The optional 70 V/100 V transformers (4, 8, and 16 Watts) feature a low < 0.6 dB insertion loss.
  • Premium 8 inch / 200 mm Duplex® design
  • Point-source design maximizes speech intelligibility
  • 16 W EIA / 64 W peak power handling
  • Available with three factory-mounted 70 V / 100 V
    transformers
  • All transformers have a low < .6dB insertion loss
  • Corrosion resistant speaker frame
  • Special moisture resistant speaker cone

Frequency Response 78 – 20,000 Hz +/- 5 dB
Low frequency limit (-10 dB) 63 Hz
Power Handling 16 W EIA, 64 W peak
Sensitivity (SPL - 1 W 1 m) 97 dB
Maximum Output (Peak SPL) 115 dB
Magnet Weight 0.63 lb (0.29 Kg)
Impedance Nominal - 8 Ohms Minimal - 7.3 Ohms
Crossover 3,000 Hz

TRANSFORMER
CD308-4T = 4 W 70 V/100 V transformer with 70 V taps @ 4 W, 2 W, 1 W and 0.5 W
CD308-8T = 8 W 70 V/100 V transformer with 70 V taps @ 8W, 4W, 2W and 1.0W
CD308-16T = 16 W 70 V/100 V transformer with 70 V taps @ 16W, 8W, 4W and 2.0W

ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS SPECIFICATION
The loudspeaker shall be an Altec Lansing Professional CD308 series Duplex® with an 8 inch (200 mm) diameter moistureresistant woofer and broad dispersion tweeter with heat
resistant voice-coils. The speaker shall have a power rating of 16 W EIA / 64 W peak, a double magnet assembly and corrosion-resistant frame. The frequency response shall be 78 to 20,000 Hz +/- 5 dB with a sensitivity of 97 dB @ 1 W 1 m. All transformers shall have a low < 0.6 dB insertion loss. The model numbers shall be Altec Lansing Professional CD308-8A for 8 Ohms impedance, CD308-4T with a 4 Watt 70 V/100 V transformer, CD308-8T with an 8 Watt 70 V/100 V transformer, and a CD308-16T with a 16 Watt 70 V/100 V transformer.

 

 
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