[Edwood]

Not good news to me. I have a feeling UE customs will disappear. Logitech bought them for their mainstream products, not their high end ones. I have a bad feeling that the Triple.Fi will be the last truly high end consumer IEM from UE.

I hope I'm proven wrong.

-Ed

 

[Elluzion]

so UE got bought out by logitech?

this will be interesting. well atleast i already have my tripple fi's!!! lol

 

[J.D.N]

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Originally Posted by 2deadeyes /img/forum/go_quote.gif Seems Logitech is trying to bring a portion of the audiophile market to mainstream. They'll probably change the name to Logitech but leave operations as is with minimal changes as they did with Slimdevices.

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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not good news to me. I have a feeling UE customs will disappear. Logitech bought them for their mainstream products, not their high end ones. I have a bad feeling that the Triple.Fi will be the last truly high end consumer IEM from UE. I hope I'm proven wrong. -Ed

Im really hoping UE's reputation in the custom/professional world prevents this. That's where they started after all, look at the amount of artists/sound engineers etc that use and endorse their product. Can you imagine them just chopping all that loose?

Im not so worried about the custom side of things, i think it may well retain is professional standing, but the consumer stuff, the more i think about it, the more the outlook seems so bleak.

 

[steviebee]

Jeez, I better buy a backup pair of Triple Fi if these predictions hold true....

 

[vespr]

Very disappointed in UE. I've had a set of Triple Pro's in use with my new iPhone for the last month, having used them for about 4 months previously with other devices. Just noticed they've released a vi version (mic on the cable), and I emailed them to ask if this would be sold seperately and was told that you have to buy it has a brand new product.

Very lame considering I forked out $400 and the money is in the earphones, not the damn cable!

I raised another question with them, I've had to replace my cable a couple of times due to the wire that wraps around the ear breaking, how the hell will one do that with the new ones if they're not offering an optional cable.

 

[Repooc]

Well, hopefully Logitech doesn't send the quality of UE down the tubes.

I'm starting to notice that with the Harmony remotes they acquired a while ago too.

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[Brooklyn Hype]

Hopefully they'll leave UE alone in terms of the products themselves, but somehow I'm not too optimistic in that respect. Sounds like bad news to me.

 

[Trubble]

Well don't look too hopeless at this. Look what happened to VoodooPC + HP or Alienware + Dell

Both still have their own design, ridiculous prices, etc.

And I am pretty sure Logitech will be smart enough not to down the quality of UEs...Loose one audiophile, loose the whole army. lol

 

[babya]

Cheaper pricing in Australia-as Logitech would handle UE sales from now on, rather than a distributor-who sells these for around $350-$500.

 

[Rolamoto]

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Originally Posted by LFC_SL /img/forum/go_quote.gif I disagree. Logitech make excellent products.

Same here, though I have had a fairly limited experience with them it has been overwhelmingly good.

 

[NeObliviscaris]

OH NOES!

I read this and go sad, oh so sad

But I love Logitech, and I love UE

So it must be a win!

 

[PeterDLai]

I wonder if they would rebrand the Triple.fi... again. I hope they redesign it instead.

(I'm referencing the M-AUDIO IE-40, which is a black/chrome version of the UE Triple.fi 10 Pro.)

I'm a fan of Logitech products, but I'm not so sure about them handling one of the most established IEM companies.

 

[Laokid18]

sad thing is I was thinking about buying the Triple fi for my next iem.

 

[Repooc]

just wanted to note that this story was covered on Gizmodo today too!

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[dgbiker1]

I hope they do it right. Leave UE's design and engineering teams alone, and use Logitech's size and volume to bring manufacturing costs down.