Fender: From guitars to the first line-up of in-ear headphones

Fender, name known in the musical instrument industry, presents Fender Pro In-Ear Monitors (IEM’s), his first line-up of in-ear headphones consists of five models with prices ranging between $99 and $499.

The Fender brand went to hit the headlines over the years to appreciate and articulate catalog of guitars, basses, and audio amplifiers. For the US company, which has tied its history to iconic products such as the legendary Fender Sratocaster, it’s time to expand and further diversify the catalog seconding the unstoppable trend that identifies the mobile device and the use of music content mobility a characteristic element the current music market. To achieve this goal, the company introduces its first line-up of in-ear headphones that will be marketed under the Fender brand.

These are products capable of satisfying, at least on paper, a large public. The catalog consists, five models with prices ranging from $99 to $499. To want to quibble, Fender mainly puts the brand, having been considered more appropriate not to produce firsthand headphones, but rather, rely on the contribution of Aurisonics, an American company acquired by Fender in 2015 and specializes in producing audiophile headphones and for the professional user.

Basically the Fender headphones, designed and assembled in Nashville, are Aurisonics headphones, appropriately modified and optimized to improve performance.

The higher-end models can benefit from the technology Digital Hybrid Technology (DHT) models, which ensures optimum adaptation to the ear, others integrate the patented Hybrid-tuned Dynamic Balanced Array (HDBA) can enhance the sound, ensuring a reply full frequency and powerful low frequency range – this, at least, is what the manufacturer says.

The line-up in-ear headphones Fender includes:

• DXA1 : micro titanium driver 8.5 mm, frequency response from 14 Hz to 22 kHz, 116 dB @ 1mW, impedance 16-ohm +/- 10% @ 1kHz, 18dB noise reduction, finishing gray translucent.
• FXA2 : driver from 9.25 mm, 112dB @ 1mW, impedance 16-ohm +/- 10% @ 1kHz, noise reduction up to 22 dB, available finishing with metallic blue and metallic black.
• FXA5 : frequency response from 19Hz to 21kHz, 120dB @ 1mW, impedance 36-ohm +/- 10% @ 1kHz, noise reduction up to 22 dB, DHT technology, available with silver metallic finish and metallic black.
• FXA6 : driver from 9.25 mm, frequency response from 6 Hz to 22kHz, 109dB @ 1mW, impedance 16-ohm +/- 10% @ 1kHz, noise reduction up to 22dB, HDBA technology, available with metallic red finish and metallic black.
• FXA7 : driver from 9.2 mm, frequency response from 6 Hz to 24kHz, 110dB @ 1mW, impedance 16-ohm +/- 10% @ 1kHz, noise reduction up to 22dB, DHT and HDBA technology, 1/8 ” adapter 1/4″ and included acoustic filter, available with metallic gold and metallic black finish.

The Fender headphones will be available for purchase starting in March. It remains to determine the actual quality, to determine whether the company actually manages to offer the public an added value that goes beyond its historical mark.