Ultimate Ears Headphones

Ultimate Ears was founded by Jerry Harvey and Alex Van Halen in 1995. Van Halen, the drummer for rock band Van Halen, had his ears stop working in the middle of a concert. Harvey, Van Halen's touring monitor engineer, created a custom moulded earpiece for him. Other band members became interested and Harvey crafted further sets. Other musicians that saw the in-ear monitors were interested - it appeared that there was a market.

After seven years of making custom in-ear monitors for professional musicians, Ultimate Ears expanded into the consumer market. Ultimate Ears came out with universal fit, high end earphones using similar dual armature technology that was used in the custom in-ear monitors. Ultimate Ears introduced a triple armature product called the TripleFi as well as earphones with diaphragm speakers which allowed them to offer lower price points. Today UE offers complete product lines of consumer earphones and custom fit in-ear monitors.

Ultimate Ears continues to design and create earphones that musicians and music lovers depend on and is poised to reach a global audience.