Ultimate Ears unveils top-firing Super.Fi 5 earphones |
It seems like every new phone that hits the market has the capability to play music today. Along with the capability to play music on a phone comes a requisite headphone jack to allow for private listening. There is a glut of earphones and headphones on the market for consumers to choose from and they all have the same basic design.
Ultimate Ears has announced a new set of earphones that use a new design not previously available. The Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones use a new top-firing design. According to the maker of the headphones the top-firing design allows the earphones to be placed into a more compact and ergonomic design making them more comfortable.
Even though the earphones are physically smaller, they are still able to produce sound quality that rivals much larger designs. The difference between the 5 and the 5vi model is the 5vi integrates a microphone to allow music phone users to make and receive calls with the earphones as well. The 5vi model is iPhone compatible. The standard headphones retail for $169.99 and the microphone integrated set retails for $189.99. Both models are available now.
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I’ve tried Ultimate Ears, Sleek, and most of these products through the years, and have had the same issues over and over: the bass is just too weak unless and until I turn it up very loud, then it’s still not strong but at least it’s almost audible but only if I have them in long enough to hurt my ears and my top end is shot. And now with these “new improved” ones? Seems like it’s still the same old thing in a pretty new box. Yea it’s loud. And shrill. Why should I believe them this time?. And it’s exactly the same technology in my grandfather’s old hearing aids according to most of the articles I read. The biggest breakthrough there is you don’t hear the whistling noise Gramp’s hearing aids make when he sticks his hands over his ears. I wonder if the one with the cellphone attachment will provide that feature too…Seems like top fire is top hype to me.
Mitch, I hope you read this post, because boy do I have a surprise for you: these seem to be a crappy (but expensive) knockoff of Headbanger Earsubs. Coming in at about $20-$30, they have an amp attached to the cable with replaceable batteries (I’ve had mine for about a year and have not needed to replace the batteries yet). And they get great bass!