Introduction

Campfire Audio has been busy lately having brought out its first ever TWS set, the Orbit. While the set had its share of issues in my testing, which isn’t too surprising given the US-based audio brand is primarily known for its wired IEMs, it did enough to interest many fans of the brand. But that still paled in comparison to the general audiophile response to the new flagship Trifecta which launched late last year. It kickstarted a new series of IEM releases that continued in February with a new colorway Trifecta termed Astral Plane in addition to complete redesigns of two extremely popular Campfire Audio products in the form of the Andromeda and Solaris. Campfire Audio was kind enough to provide a review sample of the new Solaris Stellaris Horizon to TechPowerUp and needless to say I was excited to see how the more premium offerings from the brand sounded after having reviewed its more affordable sets already.

If you are new to IEMs and Campfire Audio’s lineup, then let me mention right away that the Solaris, as well as the Andromeda, have had a few different revisions since the original set was launched a few years ago. Those would be best described as evolutions to the same formula, but the new Solaris Stellar Horizon aims to be a revolution in that nearly everything has been designed from scratch. I have not had the pleasure of listening to any of the previous versions admittedly so I will be treated this as a brand new set as usual. This is a premium set that clearly looks the part looking at the teaser photos above with the shiny gold inlay and the dark black background in addition to a different shell design than the other Campfire Audio IEMs I’ve used to date. It no doubt uses knowledge gained during the development of the PATHFINDER collab set and has a hybrid driver configuration with some novel driver technologies inside. I’ve also heard about an unboxing experience unlike any other so let’s not waste more time and begin this review with a look at the product specifications in the table below.

Specifications