Optimal Audio Up 3
Full range Passive
3” ceiling speaker
The Optimal Audio Up 3 is a versatile and cost-effective ceiling speaker, ideal for delivering clear background music and speech in a wide range of commercial environments. Perfect for retail, offices, hospitality venues, restaurants, and meeting spaces, it provides reliable audio performance to enhance ambience and communication throughout your space.
Description
Up 3 is a discreet, passive, 3” ceiling speaker delivering consistent coverage and crisp, clear sound to a wide range of cost conscious, commercial environments from hotels and concourses to retail outlets, bars and restaurants.
An integral fixing system is included to achieve a simple and clean installation. Up 3 has a perforated steel grille and is finished in neutral white.
The Pendant 1 and Grille 1 accessories offer further flexibility in installation and applications, allowing you to either elegantly suspend Up 3 speakers as stylish pendants or achieve a sleek, bezel-less grille appearance. These accessories are available in both black and white, helping to blend into any architectural environment.
Up 3 features a 3” (78mm) driver which is ideal for both background music and speech reproduction. A conical 130° coverage pattern delivers consistent sound where it needs to go.
Each Up 3 can be run on a series of 70 or 100 Volt taps or at low impedance. Tap selection is via a rotary switch behind the removable grille.
A SmartAmp or powered Zone will provide amplification, optimal sound performance and loudspeaker protection via presets. When teamed with Zone and Webapp, system set up and end user control is effortless, and can be further augmented by ZonePad wall controllers.
Up 3 Features
- 3” full range driver
- Discreet size
- Unobtrusive design
- 8 ohm or 70/100V line operation
- Range of power taps
- Wide conical coverage pattern
- Integrated mounting hardware
- Pendant and bezel-less grille accessory available
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Quick Specs
- TYPE
- Full range, passive, ceiling speaker
- FREQUENCY RESPONSE (with preset)
- 95Hz - 15kHz ± 3dB -10dB @68Hz
- DRIVERS
- 3” (78mm), Coated paper
- RATED POWER
- 20W (AES) 40W (peak)
- NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
- 8Ω
Technical Specifications
- TYPE
- Full range, passive, ceiling speaker
- FREQUENCY RESPONSE (with preset)
- 95Hz - 15kHz ± 3dB -10dB @68Hz
- DRIVERS
- 3” (78mm), Coated paper
- RATED POWER
- 20W (AES) 40W (peak)
- NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
- 8Ω
- SENSITIVITY (1W/1m)
- 84dB
- MAXIMUM SPL
- 97dB (cont), 100dB (peak)
- RECOMMENDED HIGH-PASS FILTER
- 24dB/octave @ 90Hz
- TRANSFORMER TAPS @ 70V
- 15, 7.5, 3.8, 1.9W
- TRANSFORMER TAPS @ 100V
- 15, 7.5, 3.8W
- DISPERSION (-6dB)
- 130˚ conical
- BACK CAN
- Zinc-plated Steel
- BAFFLE
- ABS
- PROTECTIVE GRILLE
- Perforated steel with cloth backing
- FIRE RATING
- UL94-V0
- CONNECTORS
- 4 Pin Euroblock with link out
- FITTINGS
- C-ring support backing plate
- DIMENSIONS (inc. Grille)
- (Ø) 202mm x (D) 165mm (Ø) 7.95” x (D) 5.7”
- CUT-OUT DIAMETER
- 178mm (7.01”)
- WEIGHT
- 1.6kg (3.5lbs)
- INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
- 2 tile support rails (for 2 ft or 600 mm tile spans), cutout template, paint shield, removable locking multi-pin connector
- RECOMMENDED SUB
- Sub 10
- RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER
- Zone 4P, Zone 8P or SmartAmp series
Up 3 is a discreet, passive, 3” ceiling speaker delivering consistent coverage and crisp, clear sound to a wide range of cost conscious, commercial environments from hotels and concourses to retail outlets, bars and restaurants.
An integral fixing system is included to achieve a simple and clean installation. Up 3 has a perforated steel grille and is finished in neutral white.
The Pendant 1 and Grille 1 accessories offer further flexibility in installation and applications, allowing you to either elegantly suspend Up 3 speakers as stylish pendants or achieve a sleek, bezel-less grille appearance. These accessories are available in both black and white, helping to blend into any architectural environment.
Up 3 features a 3” (78mm) driver which is ideal for both background music and speech reproduction. A conical 130° coverage pattern delivers consistent sound where it needs to go.
Each Up 3 can be run on a series of 70 or 100 Volt taps or at low impedance. Tap selection is via a rotary switch behind the removable grille.
A SmartAmp or powered Zone will provide amplification, optimal sound performance and loudspeaker protection via presets. When teamed with Zone and Webapp, system set up and end user control is effortless, and can be further augmented by ZonePad wall controllers.
- 3” full range driver
- Discreet size
- Unobtrusive design
- 8 ohm or 70/100V line operation
- Range of power taps
- Wide conical coverage pattern
- Integrated mounting hardware
- Pendant and bezel-less grille accessory available
| TYPE | Full range, passive, ceiling speaker |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE (with preset) | 95Hz - 15kHz ± 3dB -10dB @68Hz |
| DRIVERS | 3” (78mm), Coated paper |
| RATED POWER | 20W (AES) 40W (peak) |
| NOMINAL IMPEDANCE | 8Ω |
| SENSITIVITY (1W/1m) | 84dB |
| MAXIMUM SPL | 97dB (cont), 100dB (peak) |
| RECOMMENDED HIGH-PASS FILTER | 24dB/octave @ 90Hz |
| TRANSFORMER TAPS @ 70V | 15, 7.5, 3.8, 1.9W |
| TRANSFORMER TAPS @ 100V | 15, 7.5, 3.8W |
| DISPERSION (-6dB) | 130˚ conical |
| BACK CAN | Zinc-plated Steel |
| BAFFLE | ABS |
| PROTECTIVE GRILLE | Perforated steel with cloth backing |
| FIRE RATING | UL94-V0 |
| CONNECTORS | 4 Pin Euroblock with link out |
| FITTINGS | C-ring support backing plate |
| DIMENSIONS (inc. Grille) | (Ø) 202mm x (D) 165mm (Ø) 7.95” x (D) 5.7” |
| CUT-OUT DIAMETER | 178mm (7.01”) |
| WEIGHT | 1.6kg (3.5lbs) |
| INCLUDED ACCESSORIES | 2 tile support rails (for 2 ft or 600 mm tile spans), cutout template, paint shield, removable locking multi-pin connector |
| RECOMMENDED SUB | Sub 10 |
| RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER | Zone 4P, Zone 8P or SmartAmp series |
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Penguin Media Solutions is a professional audio, video, and lighting design, installation, and maintenance company based in Brighton, UK. As an authorised Martin Audio dealer, we provide high-performance AV systems for commercial venues, hospitality, and event spaces across Brighton, London, and South-East England.
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