Ultrasone

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Ultrasone is a German pro audio company specializing in headphones.

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[edit] Background

Ultrasone was founded in 1991 with a goal to build an innovative high-class brand image for sophisticated customers and professional markets. Inventing numerous developments, the company applied for more than 60 patents. Ultrasone specializes in making headphones that provide natural surround sound, and since 1999 has made headphones that help reduce the risk of hearing damage through use of more sensitive transducers that provide loud enough sound at lower volume levels and through usage of MU-shielded earcups, lower electromagnetic emissions for fatigue-free headphone wearing.

Ultrasone underwent reorganization in 2000 which included a new corporate design, new products, and Ultrasone's proprietary S-Logic natural surround system—an Ultrasone-owned technology that utilizes lower sound pressure levels to create similar volume perception at lower volume levels (for reduction in hearing damage risks) but also provides natural surround sound that deploys decentralized drivers so that sound starts from outside of the ear and ends deep into the ear canal for truer life-like sound and utilization in all audio applications.

Today, all Ultrasone headphones come with Ultrasone's S-Logic natural surround system, and also come with either Ultrasone's LE or ULE reduced electromagnetic emission headphone structure.

Ultrasone claim to be the only headphone company to take the common issues of hearing damage and head fatigue very seriously with their "health-conscious" technologies. Certain headphones, when worn over a very long period of time, may cause fatigue due to exposure of electromagnetic emissions, something Ultrasone focussed on.

[edit] Key People

  • Michael Willberg—CEO
  • Dr. Florian M. König—CTO

[edit] Headphone Lineup

[edit] HFI Series

The HFI Series is a line of consumer headphones ranging from the supra-aural HFI-15G up to the robust HFI-2200 ULE.

  • HFI-15G—Open-air, supra-aural headphones with Ultrasone's S-Logic and LE technologies for more fatigue-free and safer hearing
  • HFI-550, a foldable dynamic closed-air, circumaural pair of headphones that can be compacted for portability and utilizes 50mm mylar drivers
  • HFI-650, a step ahead of the HFI-550 with 40mm gold-plated drivers
  • HFI-700, the highest-end of all of Ultrasone's closed-air headphones for the HFI series
  • HFI-2200 ULE, the only consumer headphones from Ultrasone featuring Ultrasone's "safer, fatigue-free initiative" ULE/PROline earcup structure with MU metal shielding

[edit] Limited Edition Headphones

  • Edition 7, costing about $3000 USD with a production limit of 999 pairs featuring Ultrasone's S-Logic surround sound and PROline earcup structure

[edit] iCans Headphones

The iCans supra-aural headphones, marketed for users of Apple's popular iPod digital music players, other digitial music players, as well as other consumer audio applications, feature a foldable, ultra-portable design sporting Ultrasone's ULE earcup structure with MU metal shielding for fatigue-free wearing, and S-Logic surround drivers for three-dimensional, more natural sound. The Ultrasone iCans retail for approximately $130 USD.

[edit] DJ Headphones

The DJ Headphones offered by Ultrasone are available in two types, both sporting 50mm Mylar drivers (for very powerful sound) and S-Logic surround technology for more natural sound and foldable portability for added mobility plus a unique appearance for higher recognition

  • The DJ1 with Ultrasone's LE earcup structure for seasoned Deejays
  • The DJ1 Pro with Ultrasone's MU-shielded ULE/PROline earcup structure for the most demanding DeeJays

[edit] PROline Headphones

As the name implies, all of these headphones come standard with Ultrasone's S-Logic natural surround system and the company's MU-shieded PROline earcup structure intended for the professional audio channel. The headphones are also foldable for added portability and come with cables contingent on the product purchased. All PROline headphones are circumaural.

  • The PROline 550 is a closed-air, 50mm Mylar-powered pair of headphones for entry-level musicians
  • The PROline 650 is a closed-air, 40mm goldplate-powered pair of headphones for mid-level musicians
  • The PROline 750 is a closed-air, 40mm titanium-powered pair of headphones for the most demanding musicians
  • The PROline 2500 is an open-air, 40mm titanium-powered pair of headphones for audiophiles, sound mixers, and the most demanding music artists

[edit] Locations

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