Powersoft has grown its audio technology portfolio with two new OEM technologies – the MM-Force low-frequency driver and Spixel, 2.5-inch high-efficiency full-range driver.
MM-Force and Spixel provide OEM partners with access to a complete audio technology ecosystem rather than individual components. Where conventional transducer design accepts well-established trade-offs between size, efficiency, and application versatility, both products set out to ‘redefine those constraints entirely’.
MM-Force is a balanced, ultra low-profile moving magnet driver available in 8-inch and 10-inch formats that combines extreme motor strength with an ultra-shallow physical footprint of under 80mm in depth. This profile fits within installation standards that would ordinarily rule out subwoofer integration altogether. The drivers feature a dual coil configuration, a square carbon-fibre reinforced polymer piston that maximises radiating area within its footprint, and a robust design rated for operation in harsh environments and demanding conditions.
The driver’s moving parts are engineered to offset one another dynamically, achieving vibrationless operation at the transducer level. This means that even a single-driver enclosure operates without the mechanical vibration that would ordinarily require additional structural reinforcement or dampening. This enables a new class of compact, self-contained subwoofer products for fixed installation, portable touring, and high-end automotive applications where space and weight constraints have historically made subwoofer integration impractical. The combination of moving magnet topology with high motor strength design delivers significant advantages in power efficiency and material economy compared to conventional moving coil approaches.
Spixel is an ultra-compact 2.5-inch high-efficiency full-range driver that takes the high motor strength philosophy underpinning Powersoft’s IPAL technology (originally developed for high-efficiency low-frequency reproduction) and extends it to the full frequency range in an ultra-compact format. The driver achieves a low-frequency limit of 100Hz, an unusually extended bass response for its size, which enables direct coupling with subwoofers at a single, low crossover point and materially simplifies overall system design for loudspeaker manufacturers.
Integrated into the driver is Powersoft’s AnyMate technology, enabling onboard speaker identification, real-time monitoring and visual diagnostics via an LED and translucent dustcap. As a result, manufacturers integrating Spixel can offer customers an unprecedented level of system intelligence and in-field serviceability compared with conventional transducers.
‘With MM-Force and Spixel, our offering extends well beyond the amplifier rack,’ says Sales & Business Development Director, Luca Giorgi. ‘Both address genuine engineering challenges that designers have long had to work around, whether that is fitting meaningful low-frequency performance into a shallow install format, or gaining reliable intelligence from a transducer once it is deployed in the field. The fact that we can offer these technologies as part of an integrated ecosystem, alongside our amplification and software platforms, is what adds genuine value for our OEM partners.’
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