Ultimate Ears Launches First Earphones with Top-Fire Speaker Design

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultimate Ears, the industry leading 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. Ideal for a wide range of music genres, the Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones are the first products on the market with a top-fire-armature speaker design, which delivers enhanced audio in a comfortable, compact shape.

“This addition to the Super.Fi family reflects the evolution Ultimate Ears is experiencing,” said Philippe Depallens, Logitech vice president and general manager of Ultimate Ears. “As we continue to grow and expand our product offering, we strive to remain on the cutting edge of the industry by developing new technologies. With the new Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones, we’ve created an exceptional listening experience in a sleeker design for our fashion-conscious customers.”

The pioneering 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. The earphones’ top-fire design employs a single, wideband driver to create an exceptionally accurate sound tuned for a wide range of musical genres. With a frequency response range of 15 Hz to 15 kHz and a top sound pressure level (SPL) of 115 dB, the earphones accurately reproduce bass-thumping hip hop, the lush timbres of jazz vocals as well as the rich palette of symphonic music. The custom armature houses a proprietary tuned filter that shapes the sound for maximum effect, delivering detailed bass and crisp, clean mids and highs.

The Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones’ machined liquid-silver plastic housing provides an exceptionally comfortable fit for long listening sessions. To give people the flexibility to choose the right fit, the Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones 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 helps to tune out the world – enjoying noise isolation of up to 26 dBs – and tune into the music. The newly introduced foam tips deliver advanced noise reduction and increased comfort. And with their lightweight, low-profile design, Ultimate Ears’ newest earphones can be worn comfortably for extended periods.

The low-profile design of the Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones make them easy to take out and about or to wear at the office. Music lovers can wear the earphone cables over the ear, which is ideal for use when exercising, or let the cables hang down for casual listening. The gold-plated 3.5 mm jack can connect to most MP3 players, stereos and laptops. And when it’s time to stow the headphones, simply wrap the cord in a compact bundle around the fingers and place inside the included carrying case.

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.

Pricing and Availability

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 $169.99 (U.S.) and $189.99 (U.S.) respectively.

About Ultimate Ears

Ultimate Ears, a product unit of Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI), is the leading supplier of in-ear-monitors for professional musicians and an emerging provider of premium earpieces for the consumer market. Founded in 1995, the firm supplies custom-molded earphones costing up to $1,250 per pair to a who’s who of performers in all musical genres. Ultimate Ears also offers custom-molded consumer earphones, as well as off-the-shelf Super.Fi products for the high-quality universal-fit market.