Our Approach

Although Acoustic Image is a relatively young company, it is owned and operated by people with decades of experience in the professional music and sound industry. We’re engineers (and, like our customers we’re musicians) who insist upon superior sound quality and reliable performance from our audio equipment.

Acoustic Image was founded because we were never quite satisfied with the products available for the working musician. If you play guitar or bass, violin, keyboard, a woodwind or even a brass instrument, or you are a vocalist, we've got a sound reinforcement product designed with you in mind.

Great product designs go far beyond having the right knobs in the right places. Our company charter is to design and build unique, innovative, and functional audio products... there is nothing "me too" about what we do. In essence, we have merged advanced acoustic design and switching amplifier technology to create incredibly compact, ultra-lightweight products offering highly accurate sound for serious musicians.

Ultimately, our pledge to you is for quality... to build a well-constructed reliable audio product that serves you well night after night, year after year. And, quite frankly, we believe the best way to do that is to design and manufacture each and every Acoustic Image product in the U.S.A.

Our Technology

Applying "musical thinking outside the box", we have taken a different approach to the technology of musical instrument amplification in order to improve the performance and portability of combo amps for the working musician.

So, what's so unique about our products? There are three key differences:

• The use of downfiring low frequency drivers
• The use of switching power amplifiers and switching power supplies instead of the traditional linear designs
• The use of unique enclosure shapes to improve portability and sonic performance

Each of these differences provides an improvement in the performance of our products. Here's how:

The downfiring woofer makes a small driver sound bigger and allows a smaller enclosure for a given driver size. Omnidirectional output produces a more natural and more transparent sound…and means you are more easily heard on the bandstand.

The switching (Class D) amplifier design is smaller and more efficient than traditional linear amps. It has less weight because there are no heatsinks or cooling fans and it has a unique "warm" sound (unlike traditional solid state amps) because its output stage is radically different from traditional amps. The switching power supply eliminates large bulky power transformers with a resulting dramatic decrease in weight.

With our unique enclosure shapes, form follows function. A cylinder is an inherently stiffer enclosure. And no resonances in the enclosure walls means less coloration in the sound. Also, the stiffer enclosure allows the walls to be thinner and lighter in weight. Add to that the use of acoustically inert polymer materials and the cabinet becomes ultra light.

Thanks for visiting our web site… look for Acoustic Image products in selected music stores across the U.S. and Canada, or order directly from Acoustic Image.