Campfire Audio Solaris Stellar Horizon review: sonically supreme sometimes
To meet Campfire Audio is to make friends with striking and unmistakably high-end audiophile in-ear monitors (IEMs) with four-figure asking fees, multiple-driver configurations, mystical design concepts and sonic profiles that will both excite and surprize you. Campfire Audio Solaris Stellar Horizon (yes, it's a bit of a mouthful) is no exception. Challenging listeners' notions on what is good, bad, revealing, neutral or otherwise in IEMs has long been been Campfire Audio's intention. One could say that the Oregon firm wants to (ahem) keep Portland weird. I must preface what I'm about to write by saying I adore most aspects of these wired in-ear headphones. I think they're some of the best earbuds I've tested in terms breadth and texture through the lowers mids. I want to own them, specifically for learning about nuances through the midrange in specific musical journeys, such as male-only vocals, alto female arias in Baroque opera, jazz quartets and other s...