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Fender Pro Series In-Ear Monitors





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Project Overview

Professional-Grade In-Ear Monitors with Premium-Quality Sound For Live Performance, Recording and Listening.

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Fender

Project Brief

Designed and carefully assembled by hand in Fender’s Nashville shop. Fender IEMs are crafted for performance. Informed by our heritage of making the finest musical instruments and gear, Fender IEMs are designed to sound, feel and perform the way Fender artists demand.

Project Innovation/Need

Custom Drivers
Made to our exacting specifications and optimized for our housing, the drivers generate distortion-free audio for a first-class listening experience, turning any musical performance into a true event. These drivers are precisely oriented, directing sound into the ear canal for enhanced clarity while coupling directly with the housing for increased sound conduction—it all adds up to a highly responsive, accurate monitoring system.

The universal fit—derived by scanning thousands of ears—wears like a custom monitor, providing cushion-like comfort when worn with the patent-pending, secure-fit tips. 3D printing allows us to create precise curves and a more ergonomic shape, more closely fitting the natural contours of the ear for improved comfort and isolation. This technology also enables precise orientation of the custom-designed drivers, eliminating the need for a crossover.




This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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