Origin Acoustics Director In Ceiling Outdoor Speaker-Black

Product Overview

Fully Pivoting 3-Way In Ceiling Speaker Featuring A 10-Inch Glass Fiber Woofer, Exclusive DPSD™ Tweeter Technology And Zip-Clip Mounting System.  Featuring the finest components combined to deliver unparalleled sonic performance, the Director D108, the flagship of the Director Collection, is a statement of technical superiority. Never before has this level of sound quality emanated from a speaker mounted flush in the ceiling. No compromise was made in its design. No corners were cut in its individual elements. Rest assured that when you select the Director D108, you are making a choice that will have an indelible and lasting impact on your listening experience.  

More Bass For Your Space

The amount of air a driver can move is a function of its surface area and the length of its throw or excursion. Driving the lower frequencies in the Director D108, is a massive 10-inch woofer, which has 60% more surface area than its 8-inch counterpart. However, our engineers have been able to fit this driver into an assembly the size of our competitor’s 8-inch models. The result is a much smaller footprint with incredible bass. The woofer is carefully crafted from layers of Kevlar® fibers chosen for their lightweight and remarkable strength.

The Director D108 features three drivers in a unique linear alignment. This three-way design allows for broader frequency response and superior power handling. The 3-inch midrange is made of woven Kevlar and the tweeter is our proprietary DPSD radiator.

The ability to point or “direct" the sound toward a specific area in the room is critical when the speakers are mounted in the ceiling. The Director D88 features a mid-tweeter assembly that can be adjusted to focus the sound toward the listening area regardless of the speaker’s position in the ceiling. This allows for the speakers to be used in many applications. One example is a home theater where the soundstage, relative to the screen, is crucial. The seating area can be off axis and still remain in the “sweet-spot."

A patented innovation that dramatically improves high-frequency performance, the DPSD™ radiator uses a unique suspension design that maintains the tweeters alignment throughout a larger frequency range. The suspension is attached at both the voice-coil and the peak of the dome allowing the driver to be crossed over at a much lower frequency. This results in improved dispersion and decreased distortion.

While in motion, frequencies between 700-1,400 Hz typically run up the cone of a woofer and are reflected back and forth from the center of the driver. This creates unwanted harmonic distortion. The X-Wave surround found in Origin woofers absorbs these frequencies reducing distortion and maintaining driver stability. This design also maximizes cone area by reducing the width of the surround.

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