Featured Pick｜JBL Control 85M Two-Way 5.25" Coaxial Mushroom Landscape Speaker (Single)｜ Electronic Accessories

Key Features

Two-Way Speaker Design
5.25" Weather-Resistant Driver
0.75" Weather-Resistant Dome Tweeter
Polyethylene Weather-Resistant Enclosure
55 Hz - 18 kHz Frequency Response
160W Continuous Program, 2 Hours Max
360°/160° H/V Nominal Coverage
Fully Isolated Wiring Chamber
IP-55 Rated
Mounting Hardware Included

 
Overview

Designed for outdoor applications, the Control 85M from JBL is a weather-resistant mushroom-shaped coaxial speaker offering 360° coverage and a broad frequency range of 55 Hz to 18 kHz. Mounted on or in the ground it provides quality music and paging in a variety of locations including shopping malls, theme parks, sports venues, hotels, casinos, resorts, restaurants, hospitality facilities, and entrance ways. The speaker's compact enclosure is unobtrusive and blends in with its surroundings. It resists abuse from lawn care equipment and the elements and maintains its hunter green color even when scraped or scratched.

Key Specs

Frequency Response (-10 dB)

55 Hz - 18 kHz

Power Rating

160 W continuous program (2 h)80 W (320 W peak), continuous pink noise (2 h)45 W (180 W peak), continuous pink noise (100 h)

Transformer Taps

70 V: 30, 15, 7.5, and 3.8 W100 V: 30, 15, and 7.5 W

Frequency Response ± 3dB

65 Hz - 16 kHz

Maximum Input Voltage

23.3 V

Sensitivity

86 dB, 1 W at 3.28' / 1 m (average 80 Hz - 16 kHz)

Nominal Coverage Angle

360° horizontal, 160° vertical (primary listening 10° to 50° up from ground)

Directivity

Q Factor: 2.2

Directivity Index

3.4 dB

Maximum SPL

105 dB at 3.28' / 1 m

Nominal Impedance

8 Ohms (at 8-Ohm setting)

Insertion Loss

Up to 1.0 dB at any tap setting

Thru

8 Ohms nominal

Crossover Type

2nd order LPF on LF and 2nd order HPF on HF

Recommended Protective High-Pass

65 Hz for 8-Ohm operation, 24 dB/octave60 Hz for 30 W tap, 24 dB/octave50 Hz for 15, 7.5, and 3.7 W taps, 24 dB/octave

Low-Frequency Driver

5.25" / 13.5 cm diameter LF driver, Kapton former, 1.4" / 3.55 cm voice coil, polypropylene cone and polyurethane surround

High-Frequency Driver

0.75" / 1.9 mm diameter HF driver polyetherimide (PEI) dome

Enclosure Material

LDPE polyethylene plastic, 0.23" / 6 mm wall thickness, UL94V-0 rated

Grille

Powder-coated stainless steel

Environmental

IP-55 rating per IEC529 (dust protected and protected against jets of water)Exceeds MIL-STD 810 for humidity, salt spray, temperature & UVPasses MIL-STD 202F for salt sprayEnclosure UL94V0 rated

Agency Rating

UL1480, transformer UL recognized per UL1876, ROHS compliant

Terminals

Bare wire with dielectric-gel-filled wire nuts (internal to top speaker section)

Wiring

Water ingress protected by two stages of gland nuts, one mounted on outside of enclosure (installed by installer via drilling 0.87" / 22 mm hole in any of multiple provided locations) and one between the bottom base and top speaker sections. Included gland nuts require round-jacketed wire with outside diameter between 0.16" / 4.0 mm and 0.35" / 9.0 mm.

Dimensions

17.0 x 11.5 x 11.5" / 43.2 x 29.1 x 29.1 cm

Weight

12 lb / 5.5 kg

 
What's in the Box:

JBL Control 85M Two-Way 5.25" Coaxial Mushroom Landscape Speaker (Single)
2 x Wire Nuts
2 x Gland Nuts
Right-Angle Screwdriver
Limited 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty
Brand:JBLSKU:CONTROL 85MTags:garden speaker, jbl control 85m, Loudspeaker, outdoor speaker, Powered PA Speaker, speaker, waterproof speaker