Campfire Audio Holocene IEM

If you frequent any Audiophile communities like ours here on Drop, then you’ll need no introduction to Campfire Audio. Now the incomparable brand is back with the Holocene IEM: a richly balanced pair of earphones that covers all its bases. Centered around three custom-tuned drivers—one handling each of the low, mid, and high frequency ranges—the Holocene IEM delivers a truly nuanced, incredibly musical take on earphone audio. While Campfire bills the Holocene as a pair of “true reference-tuned” monitors, these earphones would do wonderfully for most mixes that demand evenness and fullness, without any specific frequency range overshadowing the mix. The enclosures themselves have also been 3D-printed to accentuate all the right resonance and deliver an excellent soundstage overall. And to add just a bit more polish to this package, the Holocene features a glow-in-the-dark Campfire logo and ships with their Smoky Glow IEM cable to match.

Attention to detail: it’s a quality that defines most audiophile listeners. At Campfire Audio, it defines the audiophile builders, too. Founded by Ken Ball—owner and founder of cable- and DAC-manufacturer Audio Line Out—Campfire Audio creates innovative earphones with patented technologies and world-class performance. Powered by a small team of highly skilled craftspeople, the brand continuously experiments with materials and techniques to push the boundaries of the listening experience. Based in Portland, Oregon, the Campfire Audio team designs and assembles everything by hand. Each earphone is the culmination of countless iterations, hours of listening, and rigorous performance testing. It’s an audiophile-approved standard of quality—with results that sound the part.