To learn more about Ultrasone, go to www. 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.
Scroll to continue reading. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The wood is coming off the headphone just a little bit due to age. Pads are original Ethiopian goat skin and have darkened due to age. This headphone is known for its high level of sibilance, but burning in the headphone killed almost all of it.
I burned it in for a whopping hours and I was finally able to appreciate what this headphone is capable of. Soundwise it is a open back with a pretty decent level of dynamics which makes this fun to rock out with. Mids are a bit recessed so bass and treble are emphasized. It does not have much sub bass but has a good amount of punch and slam. It is very transparent and bright sounding but far less bright than when I first got it due to burn in.
It is surprising in how it is holographic sounding and at times reminds me of my electrostatic headphones with the way it presents sound around your head. Soundstage width is not big but a decent size with excellent imaging, depending on how you wear this headphone, sounds are presented like a surround sound presentation.
Also it sounds like an improved edition 9. It is an older headphone, so modern ultrasones like my edition 5 and 15 have newer more advanced drivers. Nevertheless I think this headphone is very unique if your patient with it and get used to its sound.
It is very transparent of imperfections in music so if there is a ringing sound in a poorly recorded track, this headphone may emphasize that imperfection. Pick your source wisely. Edition 9 includes: headphone, upgraded moon audio silver dragon cable single ended with original case.
Also has a quarter inch to 3. Unfortunately due to the moon audio cable length and thickness, the headphone is cramped inside the case when it is placed inside.
After I got it, I kept it in a separate case to prevent it from being crammed in its small case so you may want to get a separate case to keep them in. In fact, it seems Ultrasone have gone for exactly that type of sound with the addition of S-Logic Plus to try and deliver something a little more realistic than before.
Ultrasone have always made some beautiful looking headphones and Ultrasone Edition 11 is no exception. This is a stunning mix of walnut wood and matte black finished aluminum cups topped off with an Alcantara wrapped headband and micro-velour pads. It screams premium at every angle especially with the aggressive metal grillwork on the front of each of the cups. Definitely one of the most refined builds I have seen at this price point. I cannot envisage these cups cracking under duress and in the 2 months we have been testing them in our tropical climes I have yet to see a single blemish develop on it.
The Edition 11 has never suffered from the dreaded creak you get from cheaper builds. Overall, the comfort levels are actually very good and can easily last a few hours in one listening session without any sense of discomfort. The secret here is really in the pads and headband materials used which is a super soft and very pliant mix of velour and Alcantara. The headband itself is a sold spring steel design with a matte black finish. It is low-profile but Ultrasone has got the length just right for my small head and there is plenty of adjustment length for larger heads.
It actually feels very secure on my head with next to no movement which is a big bonus for me. The Edition 11 does not have a huge amount of lateral or side to side movement on the gimbals though it is not as stiff in design as the latest Hifiman builds. There is just enough for minor shaping on the side of my head but with the supple velour pads, its slight stiffness is somewhat mitigated. The overall pressure displacement is a little more side to side than top-down focused with a slightly narrow contact point on the top of my head.
The headband is fairly narrow and lined with some very comfy Alcantara wrapped memory foam strapping which helps reduce that narrow contact point feeling to nothing more than a gentle downward pressure. On my head, the Edition 11 has a fairly strong clamp, which in turn, is offset by the plush comfort of those full-sized micro-velour ear pads. The porous nature of the pads will also do an excellent job of dissipating heat. Our average room temp here without the air con is about 80F upwards at any given time of the day and they never once felt overly hot and sweaty after prolonged use.
The connection and cable system on the Ultrasone Edition is a surprising 2-pin IEM type socket at the base of the wooden cups. Not that this is a bad design, far from it, but one that I have never used on a full-sized headphone before. There may be some debate on how tiny pins will be able to handle the greater pressure of a larger cable on heavy wood cups compared to an IEM but so far in 2 months of cable rolling, I have had zero issues. The stock cable is terminated like any quality IEM 2-pin cable only the length, at 3m is a bit longer.
It is not that much bulkier than a 2-pin IEM cable though and since it is 4-core there is room to upgrade to 8-wire and higher AWG grade wires. It then splits into its 2-wire left and right channels with the same finish up to two fairly solid 2-pin chrome barrels.
They are slightly bigger than IEM variants and they need to be for a connection of this size. The cable is terminated with a standard straight gold-plated 3.
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