Powersoft X8 8-Channel Amplifier with DSP and DanteThe X8 amplifier from Powersoft brings both innovation along with the evolution of the concept of the amplification platform thanks to—among other things—the implementation of an integrated worldwide-compatible power-box as well as a full-featured onboard Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
Also featured is a full digital audio signal management system that’s based on the ARM Cortex A-8 processor in concert with the TI C6000 DSP platform, heralding an innovative level of signal processing. This in turn provides non-boolean routing and mixing, multi-stage equalization with raised-cosine, IIR and FIR filters, delay up to 4 s in input processing and 200 ms for time-alignment, gain and polarity adjustment, crossover, peak limiters, TruePower™ limiters and Active DampingControl™.
The unit’s power supply provides worldwide AC acceptance and direct connection to any regional power line configuration: it is now suitable to Single Phase, Bi-Phase or 3-Phase operation from 85 VAC up to 440 VAC with no need for manual selection. True 3-Phase load-balancing is directly achievable by the unit without any complex load assignment in the design of the power distribution system.
Features
Power supply:
Advanced switch-mode power supply enables worldwide AC acceptance and direct connection to any regional power line configuration
Suitable to Single Phase, Bi-Phase or 3-Phase operation from 85 VAC up to 440 VAC without need of manual selection.
True 3-Phase load-balancing is directly achievable by the unit without any complex load assignment in the power distribution system design
Power Factor Correction PFC for extremely low mains consumption and extremely wide mains operating range
Low Inrush Limiting reduces AC inrush current, removing the need for expensive power sequencers
Fully protected circuit design with:
Innovative operating fault protection aimed to adaptively maintain the system on its SOA by means of the active sensing of the delivered power with respect to the power drawn from the mains
Realtime output signal measurement and processing in order to derive the actual instantaneous delivered power: all the data are collected and compared to the data about the available stored energy and the available power from the mains. This make the system is immune from any misalignment such as overvoltage, overcurrent, short circuit and so on
Harmful signal protections: DC, VHF and clipping
General:
6th generation fixed-frequency switch mode output stage for high grade sound accuracy
Compact size and high power density
Modular construction allowing for rear panel customization
AES3 digital inputs
Two redundant Dante™ streams
Settings:
Non-boolean channel routing
Input signal backup policy aimed to improve reliability against signal fault
Signal grouping for speaker routing
Built-in WiFi® remote management
Monitoring:
Hardware monitor available for fast local diagnostic
Load impedance measurement / display for each channel
Output power measurements / display for each channel
Mains voltage and current measurements / display
DSP:
TI C6000 DSP platform architecture
AD/DA converter: dual 24-bit @ 96 kHz Tandem® architecture, 127 dB dynamic range, per channel
Input/output independent equalizers per channel providing Raised-cosine, custom FIR, parametric IIR: peaking, hi/lo-shelving, all-pass, band-pass, band-stop, hi/lo-pass
Crossovers: linear phase (FIR), hybrid (FIR-IIR), Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley, Bessel: 6 dB/octave to 48 dB/octave (IIR)
Input delay up to 4 s and output delay up to 200 ms for time alignment per channel
Active DampingControl™ for cable compensation
Power limiter (TruePower™, RMS voltage, RMS current) + PeakLimiter
Remote management:
Control and monitoring through Armonía Pro Audio Suite™
WiFi remote management via smartphone and tablet custom interface
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