Zino

Ultrasone Unleashes Zino – The World’s Best Sounding & Safest Portable Headphones

Available exclusively at Amazon.com in June, new supra aural headphones deliver outstanding acoustic performance for mobile listening applications

Wildomar, Calif. – (June 1, 2009) - Ultrasone Inc., distributor for German headphone manufacturer Ultrasone AG, introduces a new portable headphone called Zino. Designed for use with iPods, MP3 players and other portable music players, Ultrasone’s Zino features the company’s patented S-Logic^TM and ULE^TM safe listening technologies in an ultra-mobile design.

Ultrasone has given the Zino a sleek, modern look with gunmetal black, brushed aluminum ear cups and silver colored diamond-cut aluminum nameplates. Even though the Zino was designed for mobile applications, it features two powerful 40mm gold plated drivers, which most commonly are found in full-sized studio headphones. The Zino’s foldable design allows for easy storage and safe transportation in the included hard carrying case.

Despite its small size, the Zino utilizes Ultrasone’s patented S-Logic^TM technology. Rather than directing the sound to the listener’s ear canal, as most conventional headphones do, S-Logic technology employs decentralized drivers that direct audio to the listener’s outer ear. This technology not only gives the user a natural surround experience in a stereo headphone by utilizing the ear’s anatomy, but it also reduces sound pressure on the eardrums by an astonishing 40%.

Additionally, the Zino features MU-Metal shielding (ULE technology) that reduces the amount of radiation directed to the listener by up to 98%, as compared to conventional headphones.

Zino Technical Specifications

• Principle: Dynamic / Semi-Closed

• Impedance: 35 Ohm

• Driver size: 40mm Gold plated

• Magnet: NdFeB

• Frequency range: 25 – 25,000 Hz

• SPL: 101dB

• Weight (excl. cord): 84g

• Cord length: 1,2m (OFC Cable)

• 3.5mm gold plated slim-plug

“The combination of eye-catching aesthetics, phenomenal sound and convenient portability makes Zino the best mobile headphones Ultrasone has ever created,” said Paul Taylor, President of Ultrasone Inc. “Music lovers, concerned about the effects that ear buds have on their hearing, will be glad to know a safer and better sounding headphone solution is here.”
The Zino headphones have a MSRP of $129 and are available at Amazon.com and www.ultrasone.com

About Ultrasone
Based near Munich, Germany, Ultrasone AG has been manufacturing headphones for the audio market for over 17 years, during which time the company has developed and applied for more than 60 patents for its innovative technology. The company’s unique, patented S-Logic^TM technology creates natural surround sound without the use of additional electronic devices. Ultrasone headphones represent a safer listening experience by reducing sound pressure on the ear drum by up to 40% and also by offering shielding from EMF radiation up to 98% through the use of patented ULE (ultra low emission) technology. For more information about Ultrasone headphones, go to www.ultrasone.com.

S-Logic
Ultrasone headphones with patented S-Logic are the first headphones to utilize your entire ear in the listening experience. Through the use of decentralized driver positioning, S-Logic headphones aim the sound at the outer ear or pinnea. Because the sound does not go directly down you ear canal as with conventional headphones, but instead filters off the outer ear as you listen and perception of distance, dept and instrument placement are greatly enhanced. You can hear the mix exactly as the engineer heard it in the studio.

Safer Hearing
An added benefit of S-Logic technology is an up to 40% (3-4dB) drop in SPL (sound pressure levels) for the same perceived volume. This means the Ultrasone’s put less pressure on your eardrum than any other headphones. Because of this, the risk of hearing damaged is greatly reduced and you can listen for longer without fatigue.

Tech Specs

• S-Logic Natural Surround Sound
• Dynamic principle
• Driver 50 mm Mylar
• Frequency range 10 Hz-22 kHz
• Impedance 64 Ohm
• Sound pressure level 102 dB
• MU Metal bufferboard
• ULE Standard 98%
• Weight 295 g (without cord)

DJ1 PRO Box contains:

• Headphones
• 2 detachable cables: one coiled (length 3 m), one coiled with volume
• control and stereo/mono switch (length > 3 m) with gold- plated jacks
• 6.3 mm and gold-plated adapter 6.3/3.5 mm
• Spare pair of speed-switch ear pads
• Demo CD
• Instruction manual

For more information:
Visit us at www.ultrasoneusa.com