Campfire Audio Ara Review: Improving on Perfect?

[@kaileeinatree]

If you have 2 of these, can you say you have the Ara Ara's?

[@wethermon]

Fellow weeb detected. :P

[@sand9577]

Get out of here you disgusting weeb, and take your Vocaloids with you.

[@nagodio]

I just bought some astell kern billie jeans and it is the best earphones i ever owned listening to miles davis, Led Zeppelin, muddy waters. It blows my mind but then i see reviews on se846 and campfire and your guys say its the best of the best and it just makes me wonder if this iem i have only cost 400$ how much am i missing listening on $1000 iems

[@jurumal]

Tysm for providing comparisons with the Andromeda S. I’ve been searching high and low for comparisons with it against ANY of the 2020 lineup.

[@garygriffiths7353]

Hey I’ve just ordered the wp900 afd can’t wait for them. They look beautiful. Just wondering what headphones, iems and daps do you personally use these days? By the way I miss your Lachlan KZbin channel. I discovered the Sophie album through it

[@minhbu95]

@minisic Hi Lachlan, not sure if there's a chance you'll reply, but if you do, may I ask how is the mojo 2 paring with the Ara? I'm planning on upgrading my portable dongle to Mojo 2, but I'm afraid Ara will not be the right IEMs.

[@MinidiscAu]

Ara will sound a bit warmer on Chord Mojo, so the balance will be nice, but it will also noticeably pick the noise floor from Mojo. For Ara, I would probably recommend a dongle like the iBasso DC04 Pro. This will give you a similarly smooth tone but with a much lower noise floor (and price).

[@sunnysunshine9016]

Just wondering pairing with either Sony's ZX300 & NW-WM1A. What do you think? Right now I wouldn't be able to travel to Sydney to try it out. Currently using andromeda 2019. Cheers

[@MinidiscAu]

The ZX300 will give the Andromeda a brighter sound and is quite a nice pairing with low noise floor. The WM1A will have a more noticeable noise floor with the Andro. With the Ara, the ZX300 will be quite a bit brighter - too bright for me.

[@sunnysunshine9016]

@@MinidiscAu Just the answer I am looking for. Thank you. One more question for the Ara, have you guys tried the balance cable on the sony? The Andromeda using the 4.4mm went a bit darker - which is just right for me. So I was wondering will the Ara have similar effect.

[@FuukanaTV]

I saw "I'm humanity". Lach is a man of true culture.

[@MinidiscAu]

Somehow a catchy j-pop song about the total extinction of humanity sounds about right these days.

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

I still can't believe this guy abandoned his awesome channel.

[@wethermon]

I think Lachlan never really left, as long as they are happy that's what matters most. I won't lie I really miss Lachlan's channel format but life goes on.

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

@@wethermon He would have been one of the top KZbin reviewers today, if not only Headphone reviewer, with millions of subscribers. He jumped off the payday bus.

[@vvmaster2010]

What about pairing the Ara with SP1000M using the balanced output?

[@tomcruz3774]

Does it still have a rise around 11k-12k like the andros?

[@vocaloidc01]

好东西……有没有fiio FA9的测评？

[@ubacow7109]

Does it have the same soundstage as the original Andromeda classic?

[@MinidiscAu]

It has been a long time since I have heard the original Andromeda, but I would say the soundstage is on a similar footing with current generation Andromedas and my own Andro SS.

[@ubacow7109]

@@MinidiscAu Ive heard the original andromeda had the largest out of head soundstage but the later generations got smaller after they changed the nozzle design

[@KaizerPalpatine]

4 bass driver... even those won't come close to a dd

[@abusabah6615]

What is that music player?

[@MinidiscAu]

The blue music player in the video is an AK SP1000M!

[@sandyjust]

1500$ ? WTF