DCS8T

All About Your DCS8T: All About Your 70 Volt: Description: The DCS8T is the perfect solution to quickly and easily add speakers to rooms with standard drop ceiling tiles that measure 2 feet by 2 feet. Simply remove the ceiling tile where you want to put the speaker and put this one on its place. Run the speaker wire and you're installation is complete. You can integrate this into any system that is either 70 volt, 100 volt, or even standard 8 ohm. The knob on the rear of the speaker allows you to select how many watts you will send to the speaker. We tuned these speakers to sound perfect for both announcements and speeches while still sounding great for music playback. Features: Rockville DCS8T 70V Commercial 8" Drop Ceiling Tile Speaker For Office/Business Built in 8" highly efficient speaker pre-mounted into a ceiling tile Easy installation fits perfectly into 2 feet x 2 feet standard-sized US drop ceilings. Simply drop it in and connect the speaker wire Metal grill Works for both 70 volt and 100 volt operation or even 8 ohm Multi-tap options: 10W, 5W, 2.5W, 8 Ohm 30 Watts RMS power handling at 8 ohms Low profile mounting depth (3.9") Spring loaded speaker terminals Sensitivity: 91 dB Designed to sound great for speeches, announcements, music, and chimes 105° dispersion pattern Specifications: Extremely efficient paper cone 1" Voice coil Aluminum former 10 oz. Ferrite Magnet High temperature copper voice coil windings Frequency Response (-10 dB): 170 Hz - 17 kHz Dimensions in inches: 23.8" x 23.8" x 3.9" Weight: 13.7 lbs 70V Power Options: 10w 5w 2.5w 1.5w 100V power options: 10w 5w 2.5w 8 Ohm power handling: 30w RMS What is 70 volt ? 70 volt systems are the number one choice for applications where you want to install many speakers With 70 volt there are a lot of advantages over 8-ohm systems.One of the main advantages is the simplicity of the wiring as well as how easy it is to match up speakers with the amplifier. For example, you can buy one 70V amplifier with 150 watts and you can install speakers that total around 120 watts. It does not matter if it is 12 speakers that are 10 watts each or 24 speakers that are tapped at 5 watts each.You always want your 70 volt amp to have at least 15 to 20% more power than the combined watts your speakers are tapped at. When we say the word tap, we are referring to the switch that is located on the rear of these speakers where you can select how many watts you want the speaker to play. What this does is limit how many watts the built-in transformer on the speaker will allow the speaker to get from the amplifier. This gives you full customization over the sound for your space.In a restaurant for example you can tap your dining room speakers at 6 watts, and the hallway or bathroom speakers at 3 watts. Another great feature with 70 volt is you can mix and match any 70 volt speakers whether they are ceiling speakers, wall mounted speakers, sub-woofers, etc.70 volt systems allow you to run very long lines of speaker wire without signal loss.This is ideal when running long speaker leads. The wiring is simple.You just wire all the positive terminals of the speakers to the positive 70 volt terminals of the amplifier. The negative terminals on the speaker simply get wired to the negative terminals on the amp.You do not have to worry about impedance.The power is constant.