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Definition Install DC8i

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Tannoy adopts a policy of continuous improvement and product specification is subject to change

Definition Install DC8i data file // issue 1.06 // 15.01.08

The Definition Install DC8i has been designed around the unique Tannoy Dual Concentric™
drive unit to bring audiophile performance to a wide range of installation applications;
from media rooms to home theatre and boardrooms through to high end marine interiors
these loudspeakers deliver class leading accuracy, sensitivity and dynamics.

Characteristic of the Dual Concentric design is a very wide 'sweet spot' with an
exceptionally even response throughout the listening area, as well as an extraordinary
transient response; reasons enough for this phase accurate Tannoy designed drive unit to
have been the choice of professional studio engineers all over the world for many years.

The Dual Concentric™ is effectively two drivers properly merged into one where, unlike
ordinary drive units, the high frequency unit is positioned on the back of the low frequency
driver. As a result they are on same axis, so ensuring that sound energy is effectively
propagated from the same point and delivered through the centre of the low frequency cone
as true point source. Such integration optimises reproduction quality by providing a constant
time delay over the frequency spectrum, exceptional transient performance, wide dispersion
and superior harmonic alignment; all of which delivers to the listening position a natural,
clean and integrated sound with greatly enhanced intelligibility, sound staging and dynamics.

This compact MDF cabinet is vented and rigidly constructed with extensive bracing to be
acoustically inert. The speaker is designed to be hidden within a custom designed
installation; mounted on wall either behind the screen or acoustically transparent decorative
panels with no appreciable loss of performance. The unit can be mounted either horizontally
or vertically using the integral keyhole mounts and the supplied wall plate.

Designed to be used in left, centre or right locations the high power handling DC8i is
capable of explosive dynamics with stunning detail in both music and movie application in
vast array of listening and viewing environments.

Product Description

• Media rooms
• Home theatre
• Boardrooms
• High end marine interiors

Features

Applications

• 200mm (8.00”) high sensitivity, point source and

constant directivity Dual Concentric™ drive unit

• Constant time delay over the frequency spectrum
• Exceptional transient performance
• 90 degree conical dispersion
• Superior harmonic alignment
• Natural, clean and integrated sound
• Enhanced intelligibility, sound staging and dynamics
• Recommended amplifier power 100 to 200W @ 8 Ohms
• Sensitivity 92dB (1W = 2.83V for 8 Ohms)
• Maximum SPL 119dB average
• Rugged construction MDF enclosure, vented,

internally braced and finished with textured black paint

• Multiple hanging options

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Summary of Contents for Definition Install DC8i

Page 1: ...ses reproduction quality by providing a constant time delay over the frequency spectrum exceptional transient performance wide dispersion and superior harmonic alignment all of which delivers to the listening position a natural clean and integrated sound with greatly enhanced intelligibility sound staging and dynamics This compact MDF cabinet is vented and rigidly constructed with extensive bracin...

Page 2: ...0 15 1kHz 0 12 0 34 10kHz 0 51 0 17 Notes 1 Average over stated bandwidth Measured at 1 metre on axis 2 Unweighted pink noise input measured at 1 metre in an anechoic chamber A full range of measurements performance data CLF and Ease Data can be downloaded from www tannoy com Full independent verification of published specifications carried out by NWAA Labs California can also be obtained from the...

Page 3: ...hange Definition Install DC8i data file issue 1 06 15 01 08 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 p 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 deg 10 deg 20deg 30deg 40deg ANECHOIC FREQUENCY RESPONSE IMPEDANCE OFF AXIS RESPONSE 1m on axis frequency response frequency Hz SPL 1W 1m dB frequ...

Page 4: ...fication is subject to change Definition Install DC8i data file issue 1 06 15 01 08 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS Q 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 deg 10 deg 20deg 30deg 40deg 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 OFF AXIS RESPONSE BEAMWIDTH DIRECTIVITY INDEX Vertical off axis response frequency Hz Level dB ...

Page 5: ...i data file issue 1 06 15 01 08 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS POLAR PLOTS 1 3 OCTAVE 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 10 Hz 125Hz 160Hz 20 Hz 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 250Hz 315Hz 400Hz 500Hz 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 48 36 24 12 0 0 30 60 90 270 300 330 630 Hz 800 Hz 1 kHz 1 25 kHz 1 6 kHz 2 kHz 2 5 kHz...

Page 6: ...T 00 33 0 1 7036 7473 E enquiries tannoy com E inquiries tannoyna com anfragen tannoy com E ventes tannoy com Tannoy adopts a policy of continuous improvement and product specification is subject to change Definition Install DC8i data file issue 1 06 15 01 08 100Hz 125Hz 160Hz 200Hz 250Hz 315Hz 400Hz 500Hz PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS POLAR PLOTS 1 3 OCTAVE 10 Hz 125Hz 160Hz 20 Hz 250Hz 315Hz 400Hz 50...

Page 7: ...ts a policy of continuous improvement and product specification is subject to change Definition Install DC8i data file issue 1 06 15 01 08 DIMENSIONAL SKETCHES 394 0 15 51 294 0 11 57 215 0 8 46 294 0mm 11 57 215 0mm 8 46 394 0mm 15 51 SUPPLIED WALL MOUNTING PLATE 120 0 4 72 150 0 5 91 90 0 3 54 Ø5 0 Ø0 20 Fixing hole dimensions 150 0 150 0 5 91 5 91 120 0mm 4 72 90 0mm 3 54 150 0mm 5 91 Ø5 0mm Ø0...

Page 8: ...a Frequency range measured at 1 metre on axis with swept sine wave shall be 62Hz to 45kHz Sensitivity shall be at least 92dB anechoic for 2 83 Volts 1 metre and shall be capable of producing a peak output level of 119dB anechoic on axis at 1 metre The dispersion of the loudspeaker shall be 90 degrees conical 6dB The system shall have a nominal impedance of 8 Ohms and maximum power handling shall b...

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