9310

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Two-Way Passive High Power Cinema Surround Loudspeaker

Key Features:
• 1” high frequency driver, 10” woofer
• 300-watt power rating (AES 2-hour)
• High frequency horn features JBL Image Control Technology and Wave Shaping
Vane for precise pattern control
• Three separate horizontal mounting planes at 15º angles for specific positioning
to improve coverage
• Input terminals on top of cabinet for easy access
• Lightweight, rigid molded enclosure
• Uniform asymmetric 60º vertical coverage and 110º horizontal coverage

Description:
Professional cinema has seen a dramatic evolution over the past few years – high definition content, digital projection and immersive audio. These
amazing technologies have put new demands on cinema loudspeakers never before required. This is particularly true for the surrounds. Once a highly
compressed ambience track, surround content today is equal to the screen channels in resolution and dynamics.

Most surrounds are basic loudspeakers, with modest output and simple coverage patterns. They were only used as a large distributed array along the
theatre walls. Digital cinema and new audio formats require surrounds to operate in much smaller groupings and even singularly. This now requires
surrounds to possess engineered coverage patterns and improved output dynamics. JBL undertook an extensive research effort to first analyze these
new requirements and then design a completely new surround loudspeaker, from the ground up, for modern digital formats. The groundbreaking 9300
Series is the result. The horns developed specifically for the 9300 and 9310 have studio quality performance with pattern control tailored to multiplex
theatre geometries. Using the latest advancements in acoustic engineering, the 9310 horns map a theatre more consistently and accurately than
ever before possible. Integral to the design is a wave shaping vane, which distributes acoustic energy in proper proportion to the room. This technique
provides a wavefront that is sculpted to the room geometry and provides very precise mapping capability. This shaping also allows the loudspeaker to
orient to the wall naturally while directing the acoustic energy to the seats.

JBL engineers also found that a slight angle in the positioning of the surrounds makes a dramatic difference in how they present themselves to the
audience. This is particularly true in stadium seating geometry where the surrounds slope downward with the seating, and yet the horizontal patterns in
conventional surround loudspeakers do not. This creates ‘hot spots’ in the coverage for those rows just above each surround. By mounting the surrounds
at a 15° angle toward the screen, the hot spots are eliminated, the overall coverage maps are dramatically improved and those seats in close proximity
to a surround have a much improved experience. The 9300 and 9310 provide three mounting planes for easy installation in any geometry.
 9310
SPECSHEET

Two-Way Passive High Power Cinema Surround Loudspeaker

Specifications:
System
Frequency Range (-10 dB) 50 Hz – 25 kHz (2pi) Transducers
60 Hz – 25 kHz (4pi) Low Frequency M110-8
Frequency Range (±3 dB) 60 Hz – 20 kHz (2pi) High Frequency 2414H
100 Hz – 20 kHz (4pi) Enclosure
Coverage Pattern 110º × 60º asymmetric, >1 kHz System Polarity Woofer (IEC), HF (IEC)
Input Power Handling 200 W (38 V) System Protection Network only
(AES 100-Hour Rating)
System Input Type Banana
Input Power Handling 300 W (49 V)
(AES 2-Hour Rating) Enclosure Volume 1700 sq in
Free-Field (4pi) Sensitivity 96 dB SPL, 1 W @ 1m, ref 2.83 V Dimensions (H x W x D) 55.88 cm x 40.64 cm x 27.94 cm
(22 in x 16 in x 11 in)
Half-Field (2pi) Sensitivity 99 dB SPL, 1 W @ 1m, ref 2.83 V
Weight (each) 11.34 kg (25 lb)
Calculated Maximum dB SPL 124 dB continuous, 130 dB peak
Mounting Bracket Compatibility JBL 2520
Rated Impedance 8 ohms
Minimum Impedance 7 ohms @ 200 Hz JBL continually engages in research related to product improvement. Some materials,
production methods and design refinements are introduced into existing products
Crossover Frequency 2600 Hz without notice as a routine expression of that philosophy. For this reason, any current
JBL product may differ in some respect from its published description, but will always
equal or exceed the original design specifications unless otherwise stated.

Amplifier Recommendations:

Number of Surround Speakers/Channels Amplifier

1 XLC 2500
Good Solution
2-4 XLC 2800

1-3 DSI 2000

1 DCi |300

2 DCi |600
Best or Immersive Solution
3 DCi |1250

4 DCi |1250

Dimensions:
Dimensions in inches

Note: specifications are subject to change without notice. 12/2018. © 2018 Harman International. www.jblpro.com