Ultimate Ears launches earphones with top-fire speaker design
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 19, 2008 at 9:00pm
Ultimate Ears, a producer of custom in-ear monitors for professional musicians and sound engineers, has added the Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 and Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5vi earphones to its line of universal-fit earphones. The company says they’re the first products on the market with a top-fire-armature speaker design, which delivers enhanced audio in a comfortable, compact shape.
The top-fire armature allows the Super.Fi 5 series to be cased in a smaller, more ergonomic form, while still delivering a premium sound signature, says Philippe Depallens, Logitech vice president and general manager of Ultimate Ears. The earphones’ top-fire design employs a single, wideband driver to create an accurate sound tuned for a wide range of musical genres, he adds.
The earphones have a frequency response range of 15Hz to 15kHz and a top sound pressure level (SPL) of 115dB. The Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones sport a machined liquid-silver plastic housing designed to offer a comfortable fit for long listening sessions. They include three interchangeable soft-silicone ear tips and two Comply foam ear tips. Selecting the appropriately sized ear tip helps create a tight seal and provides noise isolation of up to 26 dBs, says Depallens.
For people who listen to music on their mobile phone, the Super.Fi 5vi includes a high-performance microphone for hands-free phone calls. Ultimate Ears’ newest earphones also offer an in-line control button to answer or end calls and control music and video functions. The Super.Fi 5vi is compatible with the iPhone and BlackBerry devices with a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack.
The Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 and Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5vi earphones are available now in the U.S. for a suggested retail price of US$169.99 and $189.99, respectively.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
