The search for the perfect listening environment seems to go on and on for a lot of music fans, especially when traveling. Listeners are forced to choose between a number of expensive ear phones that are large and hard to travel with, or smaller earbuds that trade their small size for sound quality.
Jason Kiger designed Cherubs in order to get around this dichotomy. As a music aficionado and frequent air-traveler, he sought to produce a travel-friendly listening solution that melds durability, portability, and sound quality.
Cherubs aim to meld a high quality sound driver with a travel-friendly in-ear design. This is accomplished using a ZrO2 ceramic housing, which is a dense enough material to naturally improve audio quality. The ceramic also allows for an improved ability to isolate noise and is tough enough to keep the buds in your ears, regardless of what you’re doing. Be it flying in a plane or jogging during a workout, Cherubs will stick with you.
The Cherubs Indiegogo campaign is now underway, and backers can choose between black and white versions of the earbuds if they decide to donate at the $44 level. Higher backer goals include carrying cases and other accessories, as well as personalization options. Stretch goals also aim to make the carrying case a standard inclusion and add gold and silver color options.
Additionally, the campaign also has a few backer levels that will be used to collection donations for Nepal. Half of the funds collected at the $5 and $15 levels will go to rebuilding effort in the earthquake torn region.
Should Jason and the Cherubs team achieve their $30,000 goal, they aim to ship the final product come October 2015. If you’re interested in helping them out, you can get more information at indiegogo.com.
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Hi-tech ceramic headphones take flight and help rebuild Nepal
Source: Cherubs Audio Pty Ltd
Dated: May 25, 2015
Cherubs Audio launches a crowdfunding campaign to boost initial sales and aid the efforts in Nepal
ADELAIDE, Australia — A South Australian man has launched a crowdfunding campaign aiming to take on the high end audio market with affordable, high tech ceramic earphones where a portion of the profits go to rebuild Nepal.
Jason Kiger, founder of Cherubs Audio, has developed earphones made from ZrO2 ceramic, the same material used in the aerospace and medical industries.
Ceramic is harder than steel and the density acts as a natural noise isolator, keeping audio in and background noise out.
The weight of the ceramic combined with silicone inserts means the earphones won’t fall out during a gym class, and Mr Kiger said they are comfortable enough to wear on a long-haul flight, which is where the Cherubs idea began.
“I was talking to another passenger about the sticking points with headphones and he mentioned the possibilities of ceramic,” Mr Kiger said. “Three years of research, design, development and testing later, I’ve produced Cherubs.
“We have enhanced the audio experience with high quality dynamic drivers and combined them with a beautiful ceramic design, it is a product I’m really proud of.”
Mr Kiger plans to retail the earphones for less than $60 USD, in a high-end market where competitors sell their ear and headphones for hundreds of dollars each.
He’s initially selling the product through a crowdfunding campaign at a deep discount. The campaign launched on Indiegogo today, where he’s aiming to raise $30,000 USD to cover the cost of his first order from the factory and donate funds to rebuilding Nepal.
Full details, specs and images are available on the Indiegogo campaign page which went live Monday May 25, 2015: https://www.indiegogo.com/at/
