In case you are looking for floorstanding loudspeakers that sound as good as they look, the Audio Pro Image 44 might very well be one of the best answers to your quest: it sports an extremely pleasant design while retaining all the neat acoustics of the Hi-Fi gear in the Image line. Perfect for both Hi-Fi listening and for home theater purposes, this loudspeaker manages to mix in the best of the two: the enhanced dynamic needed for intense movie soundtrack action and the smooth blend of sounds needed for pristine audiophile listening sessions.



The cabinet is a tall and slender towering structure that resides on a large and hefty plinth that can also be spiked for even better decoupling from the floor and improved response. The internal shape of the cabinet is a quarter wave pipe structure that enhances the performance and prevents standing waves and undesired vibrations from negatively affecting the sound; despite the height and slimness of the cabinet, the Audio Pro Image 44 can handle serious power levels and can also deploy sound with very substantial bass as well.



The driver complement in the Audio Pro Image 44 contains a pair of 4.5” bass/midrange woofers with shielded magnet motor structures that allow safe placement close to the sensitive video equipment. These drivers can deliver a bottom end of 43Hz: you'll need a separate subwoofer only if you're looking for the lowest frequencies you can get from your audio multimedia – as for the rest of the situations, in stereo applications, these loudspeakers can proudly stand their ground.



The tweeter sports a 1” soft dome that will deliver you up to 25kHz, enough to pass by the human ear's hearing capabilities and provide with shimmering, out-of-thin-air reproduction of sound, even when coming from hi-def formats such as SACD or DVD-Audio. The Audio Pro Image 44 can blast as much as 125W max power, in 8 ohms impedance with 90dB sensitivity and connects via heavy-duty binding posts, retailing for around $900 a pair.