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Ear Monitors®
brand custom professional monitors
"The most durable, best fit and sound and feel more natural than any personal monitor."
- Vish Wadi, Monitor Engineer/Steely Dan, Sting, Shakira

"Totally dependable and reliable - especially for a live broadcast setting when it really counts."
- Al Bonomo, Monitor Engineer/Saturday Night Live

"The truest sounding on the market and they handle all my wireless and hardwire packages."
- Raphael Alkins, Monitor Engineer/Ricky Martin

"The most realistic sounding custom earphones on the market."
- Larry Zinn, Monitor Engineer/CBS, The Late Show with David Letterman

"There's not another system out there that does for us what Ear Monitors® do. That's why I put my entire band on the system. Since we started using Ear Monitors®, we're able to spend a lot less energy trying to hear, and spend a lot more time focused on giving the fans what they came for."
- Reba McEntire

"I can't believe I'm not having more trouble with my voice on a tour like this...with the Ear Monitors®, I get the same environment every night."
- Phil Collins

"I think they're the future of performing because they're great for your voice, and that's the bottom line."
- Gloria Estefan

"It's brought the overall stage level down, and [has] given us the ability to get great audio out front. "
- Craig Melvin, Monitor Engineer (Gloria Estefan)

"I about fell over backwards. I was able to realize an infinitely finer mix because there isn't all that mud on the stage."
- Dan Healy, House Engineer (Grateful Dead)

"Now, it's more like we're mixing with studio monitors and have the ability to go into depths of sonic quality we've never been able to reach before. We're finally able to choose microphones that sound good, instead of microphones that don't feedback."
- Don Pearson

"[Future Sonics] Ear Monitors® gave me an added level of detail and clarity that was very noticeable...these are a great choice."
- Bill Evans/Front of House magazine

"For me, these are my favorite earphones when it comes to music listening."
- Dave Hamilton, The Mac Observer / iPod Observer

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Atrio Series™

"Your ears will thank you" - George Petersen, Mix magazine

"The Atrio Series™ offers premium performance at a pleasing price, bringing the Future Sonics sound to a broader audience. And that sound is, in a word, musical."
- Frank Wells, Pro Sound News

Editors' Choice Award - Dingbat magazine
"...bigger sound at lower volume with no artificially enhanced 'boost.' Just pure, resonant audio, The best!"
- Derek Pell, Editor-in-Chief

"While offering superior sound quality, the Atrio is exceptionally built...you can be confident your purchase is of the highest quality." - Joe Shambro, About.com (NYTimes)
4.5 Stars out of 5
(their highest rating for any earphone to date)
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"the resonant bass and detailed highs audiophiles crave, and at a lower price than many high-end competitors..."
- George Mathis, The Miami Herald

"Whether you're a professional musician, audio engineer, or just a music lover, if you're still using Apple's stock earbud, you'll immediately hear the difference of the Atrio Series. Do your ears a favor and try them out."
- Jim Dalrymple, Macworld magazine

"The Atrio [Series earphones] sound great and will definitely satisfy any quality and performance expectations."
- Rob Tavaglione, ProAudio Review

"I hear details I didn't know existed, with great separation of instruments, even on recordings that I've listened to hundreds of times on good stereo systems."
- Daniel Lyons/Forbes magazine

"superb earphones...they've paid more attention to how even the sound is...clean, honest pair of headphones are the high end 'Leatherman®' of earphones. Fantastic for the price..."
- Ricky Spero, The iPod Observer/MacObserver for
TMO's Apple Weekly Report Podcast

"one of the big differences between these and pretty much every other [canalphone] I have tried...they sound - for lack of a better term - 'real'...great natural sound, plenty of low end..."
- Bill Evans, Front of House Magazine

"...able to satisfy any type of ears, and any type of music in very many environments: if you seek ear-phones for their audio quality, then forget the competitors and test [the Atrio Series]!"
- Charles Barat, The Ultimate Pocket

"Without a doubt, the Future Sonics Atrio [Series] are my favorite monitors at the moment. No other IEMs I know of do so much right and so little wrong..."
- Martin Sågmüller, Anything But iPod

"If you're looking for high-quality earphones at under US $200 then you should check out the Atrio [Series]..."
- Jason O'Grady, Powerpage.org/ZDnet

"the perfect alternative to your boombastic "loudspeaker system"...Though the price may seem a bit steep, it's all worth it...delivers nothing but clear, health - conscious sound."
- Black Beat magazine

"Future Sonics has a revolutionary product on their hands." - DigitalDingus

"And if high-quality sound is important to you, you'll be hard-pressed to find anything much better. This product offers outstanding sound reproduction. The earphones do especially well at the lower bass frequencies produced by drums, keyboards and guitars without using sound enhancements such as "bass boost" or "extended bass."...they proved their value many times over."
- Phil The Gadget Guy/Columbus Alive

"...bigger sound at lower volume with no artificially enhanced 'boost.' Just pure, resonant audio, The best!" EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD
- Derek Pell, Digital Dingbat magazine

"The Atrios are quite simply the best-sounding headphones of any kind that I've ever tried."
- The Dallas Morning News

"The sound is clear without being flat, and the bass is richer than anything I've heard in the price range."
- AppleMatters

"the resonant bass and detailed highs audiophiles crave, and at a lower price than many high-end competitors..."
- George Mathis, Cox News via The Miami Herald

"These are some of the best earphones on the market...The sound quality, regardless of music choice, is brilliant...If you appreciate music and music production, these are worth every penny."
- Nikki Barr, The Daily Star - UK

 "Incredible...the sound has feel. I've never heard any monitors as good..."
- Tim Carmon
_{Award-winning Producer, Arranger and Keyboardist for Oscar® nominated film, Dreamgirls Motion Picture Soundtrack, (currently on tour with) Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Queen Latifah, Babyface, Grei and others}


"I keep the Atrio Series™ earphones with me all the time for both live and studio. I use them constantly and they are spectacular..."
- Billy Mann
_{Multi-Platinum award-winning Producer, Composer, Performer with Pink, Kelly Rowland, Art Garfunkel, Sting, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Jessica Simpson, Teddy Geiger and others}

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FUTURE SONICS PRODUCT COMMENTARY

"I would recommend these [earphoness] to anyone who wants to hear hi-fidelity sound..."
- Chris Kathman, ProSound Web

"Plenty of volume, headroom, dynamics and punch...[Future Sonics earphones are] an affordable alternative to custom earpieces"
- George Petersen, Mix Magazine

"[the earphones are] very impressive; full range, low distortion, very efficient..."
- Frank Wells, Pro Sound News

"The best feeling and best quality [earphones] that I’ve ever used."
– Steve Wozniak, Wheels of Zeus/co-founder, Apple Computer

"Quite simply the best sounding earphones I have heard, bar none."
– Jason O’Grady, O'Grady's Powerpage

"The best iPod earphones ever...they sound fantastic." - Noah Kravitz, Powerbook Central

"Truly astonishing...the earphoness emerge as a favorite." - Leander Kahney, Wired Magazine

"I hear things that I never knew were in the music before"these things are amazing!"
– Shawn King, "Your Mac Life"

"from a sonic point of view, I have to strongly recommend "The Ears" headphones. The seal, and the low end difference, made for a highly compellng and comfortable listen...I am so impressed by these"
- Neil Kernon, Producer/Engineer/Musician

"a deep and intense quality listening experience...you’ll be stunned by the overall clarity."
- Martin Regtien, Pocket PC Reviews

"great sounding, extremely comfortable and a great value."
- Bob "Dr. Mac" Levitus, Syndicated Columnist/Author


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