Custom Driver & Transducer

Custom speaker drivers built around the sound your product has to own.

Develop coaxial, 3-way, ceiling, wideband, and custom drivers around your acoustic target, enclosure limits, output needs, and production plan.

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Brand Sound Starts at the Driver

DSP can refine a product, but the transducer sets the ceiling.

Catalog drivers work for some programs. Others need a driver shaped around cabinet limits, tonal goals, output, and repeat production.

Jazz Hipster designs the driver as part of the full system: material, motor, suspension, enclosure, crossover, DSP, tooling, and QC.

3-way System control
Coax Compact imaging
Klippel Driver validation
150k+ Monthly driver capacity

Where It Fits

Custom driver applications and platform types.

Coaxial Tweeter and Woofer

For compact products where phase coherence, imaging, and clean integration matter.

  • Coaxial 0.5-inch tweeter and 3.5-inch woofer arrangements for compact products.
  • Underhung motor, radial magnet, long excursion, and low-distortion directions.
  • Best for compact hi-fi, wireless bookshelf, desktop, and design-led speaker programs.

3-Way Driver Systems

For compact All-in-One, active speaker, and high-performance bookshelf systems.

  • 3-way driver packages for compact All-in-One and active speaker designs.
  • Proprietary cone materials, in-house coating, optimized motor design, and compact 1-inch silk dome tweeter options.
  • Best for premium active speakers, desktop hi-fi, and streaming-era platforms.

Ceiling and Installed Drivers

For architectural audio where repeatable field behavior matters.

  • 6.5-inch and 8-inch in-ceiling speaker platforms for installed-audio programs.
  • Ceiling speaker experience for projects with Japan Fire Service Act-related requirements.
  • Best for architectural audio and regional installed-audio programs.

Custom Form-Factor Drivers

For products where catalog drivers cannot meet the brand or acoustic brief.

  • Materials include PP, glass fiber, carbon fiber, titanium, aluminum, and silk dome options.
  • Geometry and motor choices scoped by acoustic target and production feasibility.
  • Special geometry and material choices applied only when they solve a product-level problem.

Key Decisions

Custom driver work starts with the acoustic problem, not the material catalog.

  1. Acoustic target

    Define tonal balance, SPL, distortion, dispersion, cabinet limits, and brand sound intent.

  2. Driver architecture

    Choose coaxial, 3-way, ceiling, wideband, or custom geometry by product role.

  3. Material and motor

    Match cone, dome, magnet, suspension, excursion, and damping choices to the target.

  4. Production limits

    Turn measurement targets into tooling, fixtures, QC limits, and repeatable supply.
Materials and Geometry

The right driver balances sound, geometry, materials, and production reality.

Materials affect stiffness, mass, damping, tone, and consistency. Motor and suspension choices shape excursion, distortion, and sensitivity.

PP coneGlass fiberCarbon fiberTitanium diaphragmAluminumSilk dome
Validation and Production

A custom driver has to hold its sound from bench to production line.

Simulation and design

COMSOL, Loudsoft, and FineMotor support acoustic, driver, and mechanical analysis before tooling decisions become expensive.

Transducer measurement

Klippel KA3, LPM, LSI, TRF, Audio Precision, CLIO, ACQUA, and anechoic measurement support driver and system validation.

Nonlinear behavior

Klippel workflows help identify distortion, force factor, compliance, inductance, rub and buzz, SPL limits, and vibration behavior.

Automated production

Three automated speaker driver lines support 150k+ units per month for qualified production programs.

Traceability and QC

Driver programs connect measurement limits, production fixtures, end-of-line testing, and batch traceability from the start.

Engagement Model

Ways to develop custom drivers with Jazz Hipster.

Reference Driver Adaptation

Best when an existing driver can meet the target with tuning, material, or integration changes.

New Driver Development

Best when output, material, form factor, or brand sound requires original driver work.

Driver Plus System Tuning

Best when the whole acoustic system needs validation, not just one part.

Driver-to-Production ODM

Best when the program needs repeatable automated production and acoustic QC at scale.

Map a custom speaker driver program.

Share the acoustic target, cabinet constraints, output need, material direction, cost range, and launch volume. We will map the driver path.

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