please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is about the audio manufacturer . for the guitar brand see westone guitars . for the record company see west one music group . for the game company see westone bit entertainment . westone headquarters colorado springs colorado usa website www.westone.com westone is a manufacturer of custom earpieces for the hearing healthcare market hearing protection products custom communications earpieces clinical and audiological supplies musicians hearing protection and in ear monitors for professional musicians and audiophiles . contents 1 history 2 products 3 earphones and in ear musicians monitors 4 references 5 external links history edit westone laboratories inc. was established in 1959 by ron morgan sr. outside of divide colorado usa . the company was later headed by ron morgan s son randy morgan . it is headquartered in colorado springs colorado and currently led by jason lockwood president and ceo . westone music products invented the first in ear musicians monitor . the company originally designed and manufactured the e1 and e5 for shure another manufacturer of audio equipment . westone also co developed and manufactured the early ultimate ears brand by jerry harvey and custom fitted in ear musicians monitors . products edit the company s earpieces are used for hearing healthcare recreation industrial and military applications . its core business is custom earpieces for hearing healthcare i.e. used in conjunction with hearing aids but it also manugin the professional musician and audiophile market . earphones and in ear musicians monitors edit um3x removable cable westone music manufactures both custom fit and universal fit products for personal listening for consumers in ear musicians monitors for professional musicians and audiophiles as well as hearing protection for musicians and concert goers . westone music currently has five different product families of in ear musicians monitors and earphones the universal series um pro 10 um pro 20 um pro 30 um pro 50 in ear musicians monitors the w series w10 w10 w30 w40 w50 w60 earphones for personal listening the custom elite series es10 es20 es30 es50 es60 the custom consumer recreational cr10 custom musician s monitors ac10 and ac20 and custom earpieces style 7 and um56 for adapting to universal fit earbuds and earphones . the single driver um pro 10 dual driver um pro 20 triple driver um pro 30 and 5 driver um pro 50 are designed to provide frequency efficiencies using a universal fit for on stage monitoring . while the w10 w20 w30 w40 w50 and w60 also provide a universal fit they are specifically designed for the personal listener . the elite series namely the es10 es20 es30 es50 and es60 are custom fit earphones and in ear musicians monitors . this line was originally targeted to provide custom fit in ear musicians monitors for professional musicians for on stage monitoring . custom fit is an upgrade in personal listening and in ear musicians monitors . custom fit designs fit the shape of the ear and ear canal . headphones typically are noise cancellation products providing background noise in addition to the music sound the headphone drivers deliver . custom fit products isolate external noise and sound by creating a seal which aims to enhance the sound quality delivered and to provide a better sound performance level than headphones and ear buds . w series driver all w series monitors feature removable cables and include 1 braided cable and 1 apple certified microphone cable w10 balanced armature full range single driver . w20 dual balanced armatures 1 low & 1 mid high frequency . w30 three balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover . w40 four balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 2 low 1 mid 1 high w50 five balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 1 low 2 mid 2 high w60 six balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 2 low 2 mid 2 high universal in ear musicians monitors driver all um pro series monitors feature removable cables um pro 10 balanced armature full range single driver um pro 20 dual balanced armatures with a passive crossover ; um pro 30 three balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover um pro 50 five balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 1 low 2 mid 2 high custom monitors earphones driver cr10 balanced armature full range single driver ac10 balanced armature full range single driver ac20 dual balanced armatures with a passive crossover es10 balanced armature full range single driver es20 dual balanced armatures with a passive crossover es30 three balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover es50 five balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 1 low 2 mid 2 high es60 six balanced armature drivers with a passive three way crossover 2 low 2 mid 2 high earpieces descriptions style 49 typically considered hearing protection this product is designed for the wearer to hear accurately but at a safer volume . the design fits into the ear canal with a 9 15 or 25 db filter . style 7 also known as westone icustoms tm . this product is designed for a custom fit with standard earbuds . um 56 this product allows um product line users to upgrade their universal fit to a custom fit . these earpieces are canal style similar to the size of a universal tip . references edit external links edit westone main web site westone music products westone music blog interview with randy morgan former president of westone laboratories inc. westone es2 review bill palmer for iprong reviewing earphones industry iprong beatweek magazine . dead link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westone & oldid 738720779 categories music equipment manufacturersaudio equipment manufacturers1959 establishments in coloradoelectronics companies established in 1959hidden categories articles lacking sources from october 2014all articles lacking sourcesall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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