Ultimate Ears Hits a High Note With New Triple-Driver Earphones; First 1,000 Units Can Be Pre-Ordered in Special Collectors Edition

Ultimate Ears Hits a High Note With New Triple-Driver Earphones; First 1,000 Units Can Be Pre-Ordered in Special Collectors Edition

$399 Universal Fit Earpieces Have Three Speakers in Each Ear for First-Class Fidelity

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultimate Ears is set to triple consumers' listening pleasure with the $399 triple.fi 10 Pro -- new universal fit earphones that incorporate three miniature speakers per ear to deliver blow-you-away fidelity. Now available for pre-ordering in a collectors edition that will be limited to 1,000 units, the new ear gear is modeled after the company's far more expensive custom-fit UE 10 Pros for professional musicians. Get ready: your music has never sounded like this.

The triple.fi 10 Pros deliver a river of pure sound that flows from the three-driver design as well as the company's 11-year expertise in creating custom earpieces for rock royalty. Every nuance and sound layer comes through with a clarity that turns old tunes into new, whether your tastes run to Counting Crows, Coltrane, Cobain or Copland.

Two of the three speakers in each triple.fi 10 Pro earpiece are bass drivers designed to divide the acoustic workload and provide increased definition and clarity, producing deep clean bass that blends into the music rather than overwhelming it. The single high-frequency driver reproduces the top end from female vocals to violins with exceptional precision, while a specially engineered passive crossover ensures that the lows, mids and highs are balanced in perfect proportion.

The result is a full, clear audio signature with a frequency response of 10Hz to 17kHz, the widest of any non-custom earpiece on the market. A patent-pending dual bore design delivers the high and low frequencies through two separate canals, creating a broad sound stage that contributes to the richness of the listening experience.

The snug fit of the earphone provides 26dB of noise isolation to block auditory distractions like honking horns and whining treadmills. A flexible ear loop anchors the earphone in place and guides the cable discreetly behind the ear for easy wear.

The triple.fi 10 Pros can be used for personal listening over Apple iPods, portable DVDs and TVs, game consoles and PCs, as well as for stage monitoring and studio reference listening in the same manner as Ultimate Ears' professional products.

Collectors Edition & General Availability

The first 1,000 Ultimate Ears triple.fi 10 Pro earphones can be pre-ordered immediately at http://www.ultimateears.com/ and will ship in late October. Each collectors pair will come in an engraved mini-travel case marked with the limited edition number and also ship with a larger engraved metal case -- previously available exclusively to purchasers of Ultimate Ears' custom-built professional products -- that is designed to hold an iPod as well as the earphones. Each of the first 1,000 units will also come with a certificate of authenticity and a limited-edition poster, with accessories including a five-piece fit kit to adapt the earphones to different ear shapes, 1/4-inch adapter jack, cleaning tool and attenuator.

The standard triple.fi 10 Pros will be available with the same accessories in a regular hard-cover storage case in December at select retail and online stores as well as http://www.ultimateears.com/ . Both the collectors and standard editions will retail for $399.

The triple.fi 10 Pro is the fourth member of Ultimate Ears' family of universal-fit super.fi earphones. The line also includes the $99 single-driver super.fi 3 studio model and two dual-driver options -- the $199.99 super.fi 5 EB (Extended Bass) and $249.99 super.fi 5 Pro.

About Ultimate Ears

Ultimate Ears 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 $900 per pair to a Who's Who of performers in all musical genres. The company also offers custom-molded consumer earphones as well as off-the-shelf super.fi products for the high-quality universal-fit market. For more information, visit http://www.ultimateears.com/ .

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CONTACT: Caroline Rubenstein for Ultimate Ears, +1-847-415-9344, or
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Web site: http://www.ultimateears.com/

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