Campfire Audio - Clara

The price is too high and not competitive, the sound is mediocre for the price, design is not great, accessories are mediocre. It just doesn't compete with other iems above. But I'm not saying they suck, it's just a list of iems I've tried recently. It's definitely better than their past iems.

Clara Ti has great bass, euphonic, colored mids, and a safe treble. It has a decent soundstage and great dynamics (bass dynamics especially). Resolution was just okay. There was slight apparent grain in the midrange and treble. The treble decay ended prematurely for some stringed instruments like violins. I’m wondering if the apparent mids/treble grain can be remedied with a cable swap. Colored mids, Decent soundstage, Okay resolution, and finally- Grain in Mids and Treble? Excellent for an iem that’s praised

To start, it'd be best if you could somehow demo purchases this expensive first! Between the 3, if you know you like Harman tuning, Glacier would be good. A bit heavy but otherwise no issue with fit. (I can fit Thieaudio sets fine so I'm usually okay with most larger sets). I have a bias towards Prestige LTD because I own one, but the Clara has a more fun and safe tuning. The bass is more fun on the Clara compared to the Prestige LTD, but it's nowhere near basshead levels. I think I would like a bit more upper mids on Clara, but overall I like it. I didn't get a chance to have them side by side, or else I would give a better comparison. Personally, it wasn't worth it for me to own both, but it's definitely a good option for a new purchase. There's also a ton of IEMs out there if you're willing to pay up to a Clara. One that I'm interested in hearing is the Thieaudio Valhalla, I've been hearing positive things from friends who have heard it. The metal build seems nice, even if I had no complaints about the Thieaudio resin builds.

Where are the Campfire Clara $800? Cheapest I've seen used is $1550. These would be a fucking steal at $800. I'd love to compare them to my Andromeda 2020 and Solaris 2020, but I don't have the cash for a new set of Clara at the moment.

Same experience, just sold my Valhalla due to fit. Fantastic sounding iem though. I replaced it with a CFA Clara which I actually ended up preferring on tuning and fit is better, though still not 100% comfortable to me over longer stretches. Have a Volur otw to try next and see which I prefer.

I have these as well and they’re my current favorites

I found my endgame, but the journey still continues. I keep my endgame locked up and listen to it sparingly so that when i need to remember what joy sounds like i can.

For me it’s the Campfire Clara

I have the Clara and it is my favorite iem right now, I also have a penon impact, and grand Orivetti supremacy. Clara is just amazing to me

Campfire Clara has the most perfect bass i've personally every heard. Quantify and quality are perfect for me.

To me the Clara are the best sounding and most comfortable IEMs I've tried but unfortunately they cost more than my 7900XTX gaming PC

Funny I come across this post as I'm on my way home from an audiophile store after trying their entire price range of IEMs, as well as their expensive DACs and DAPs. Like from $20 IEMs all the way to a $4000 Forte Ears Macbeth they had. Here's what I concluded as a non-audiophile just gaining interest in this hobby. Diminishing returns for IEMs kicks in hard after $300. Sweet spot seems to be around $200-$250. I really liked the Moondrop Kato and a lot of the Ziigaat IEMs they had. Fit and sound quality felt much better than the Zero Reds I currently have. I feel like once you go above into the upper hundreds into thousands USD range it's more personal preference tbh. Favourite one I tried today was a Campfire Audio Clara. With DACs I felt that as long as it could sufficiently power the IEM, it really didn't make a noticeable difference. Couldn't notice a real difference between my JM6 Pro dongle and their $200 ifi DACs, even on the expensive IEMs. And the Apple dongle is pretty bad. It couldn't drive most of the IEMs I tried. Even the ones it could drive they didn't sound good. Just use a JM6 Pro it's even cheaper than the Apple dongle (at least it is in my country). I did notice a quality difference with DAPs though only with the expensive IEMs. It sounded kind of cleaner but honestly not too big from my perspective. For most people you could probably just go up to around the $200-$300 range with an IEM that fits you comfortably with a preferable sound signature, and get an entry level DAC-AMP dongle and just leave and save the rest of your wallet.

I had Clara for a bit and sold it because I wasn’t fond of it for the price. Curious what makes you have it in D tier though?

FYI, I found a good deal on the Clara on a used mint condition one and did a blind purchase. To me, they sound amazing, and very comfortable. They are very sensitive IEM's, though, and depending on your source, you may get a faint waterfall hiss depending on the input source, especially when no music is playing, or if listening at very low volume with a high power input. This can be mitigated with iFi iEMatch if needed. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions

I actually did too. I picked them up before I went to Japan and I've been listening to them the whole trip. I've rediscovered some Canadian alternative and basically listened to Carlos Santana the rest of the trip. Shinkansen + Clara + Cayin N6iii + Supernatural= transportation bliss.

The Campfire Audio Clara! (Oops, I think I missed a zero in the post) :)