BEC Akustik IC-100B In-Ceiling Speaker Matt Black (Pair)

BEC Akustik IC-100B In-Ceiling Speaker Matt Black (Pair)

The BEC Akustik IC-100B is a passive line array speaker engineered in Germany for discreet ceiling installation. Instead of a conventional round ceiling driver, the IC-100B uses three elongated broadband drivers (20 x 120 mm each) arranged in a slim aluminium enclosure almost a metre long and only 23 mm deep. The result is a ceiling speaker that behaves like a short line source: sound is thrown widely across the room horizontally while vertical dispersion is kept tight, so listeners hear even coverage rather than a hot spot directly underneath the speaker.

This pair in matt black suits stereo music zones and multi-room audio in homes, hotels, restaurants, retail spaces and offices where visible loudspeakers are unwanted but flat, lifeless background sound is not acceptable. A 6-ohm impedance and 30 W rated power handling (60 W maximum) make the IC-100B an easy load for multi-room amplifiers and AV receivers.

Key Features

• Line array design with 180-degree horizontal and 40-degree vertical dispersion for wide, even room coverage
• Three broadband drivers per speaker in a rigid aluminium housing
• Frequency range of 120 Hz – 20 kHz (-6 dB) with 86 dB sensitivity and up to 102 dB maximum SPL
• Slim 23 mm-deep enclosure with metal angle bracket included for ceiling mounting
• Phoenix 2-pole connectors for fast, secure installation wiring
• Passive BEC crossover, with an active Bessel 6 dB / 180 Hz crossover option for bi-amped systems

Why a Line Array in the Ceiling?

Point-source ceiling speakers radiate sound in every direction, which wastes energy on the floor and walls and makes volume vary sharply from seat to seat. The IC-100B’s line array geometry projects sound in a controlled fan: wide across the room, narrow toward the floor and ceiling. In practice that means background music stays intelligible at lower levels, speech announcements carry further, and adjoining zones bleed into each other less. Paired with a subwoofer for the lowest octave, the pair covers everything from ambient music to foreground listening in larger spaces.

Where It Works Best

Use the IC-100B pair in living rooms and media rooms that need stereo sound without visible boxes, in hospitality and retail environments where even coverage matters more than pinpoint imaging, and in meeting spaces where speech clarity across a long table is the priority. The aluminium enclosure and matt black finish integrate quietly into modern interiors, and optional in-wall and magnetic on-wall brackets extend the same speaker to other mounting positions.

Full technical data is listed in the specifications below, including dimensions of 37.5 x 998 x 23 mm per speaker and a weight of just 1.0 kg, which keeps ceiling loads minimal during installation.