Campfire Black Star

Extra Special Limited Release

Experience a universe of balanced sound with elegant design, featuring advanced drivers and premium connectivity in a sleek, stainless steel build.

A unique entry in Campfire’s lineage of hybrid IEMs, Black Star’s 10mm Dynamic Driver offers a rich and even-handed bass response, while the mid balanced armature and twin supertweeters provide clear, balanced mids and highs.

Designed and hand-assembled in Portland, Oregon.

Overview

Black Star

Experience the refined fusion of technology and design with Black Star. Its sleek brushed stainless steel body, accented with a black PVD finish, complements the sophisticated acrylic inlay, invoking the allure of a night sky. Inside, the 10mm Dynamic Driver offers a rich and even-handed bass response, while the mid balanced armature and twin supertweeters provide clear, balanced mids and highs. Black Star is designed to elevate your listening experience, combining exceptional sound quality with understated elegance.

Black Star goes beyond exceptional sound, offering a complete auditory experience. Accompanying these premium earphones are the Time Stream Metal cables, meticulously engineered with silver-plated copper conductors, available in both 3.5mm and 4.4mm terminations for versatile, high-fidelity connections. The earphones come encased in a handcrafted leather case from Portugal, epitomizing luxury and protection. Designed to be visually stunning and functionally superior, this case is a testament to the craftsmanship that compliments Black Star.

Sonically, Black Star presents a thoughtful balanced sound signature, meticulously crafted to deliver a harmonious blend of crisp highs, detailed mids, and a solid bass foundation that underpins the sound without overpowering it. This creates an immersive soundscape that captures the essence of every genre, allowing the midrange to shine, ensuring a listening experience crafted for the most discerning music lovers.

Hybrid Design

Power and Balance Defined

Black Star seamlessly blends the strengths of dynamic drivers and balanced armatures to create a sound signature characterized by balance and versatility.

In the lineage of Campfire Hybrids — typically known for their bombastic and emotional signatures — BlackStar fills a unique role as a hybrid that highlights a more balanced frequency response and an even-handed overall approach.

Phase Harmony Engineering

Campfire’s Approach

At Campfire Audio, our philosophy regarding driver treatment informs a considered approach that emphasizes quality over quantity. In the arms-race to fit a higher and higher number of drivers into an earphone, we find that a results-driven technique to driver treatment produces superior results; with less room for pitfalls and ever-expanding variables that can undermine product consistency.

One of the products of this approach is our Phase Harmony Engineering, that allows us to segment the frequency spectrum and assign these segments to specific drivers, and allows those drivers to apply their strengths to that area. But it doesn’t end there.

By using a combination of precision-engineered driver housings and shell geometry, coupled with custom damping values, we are able to physically shape the tuning and response of the drivers, and further, their interaction with one another.

This driver-to-driver interaction is crucial to eliminating points of potential phase cancellation and creating the intangibles that don’t show on a frequency response curve; imaging, separation, resolution, and soundstage.

Dual Magnetic Dynamic Driver

Low-End Impact

Campfire Audio’s new Dual Magnet Dynamic Driver leverages an enhanced magnetic field to create greater efficiency, superior transient response, and precision diaphragm movement. This advanced audiophile transducer is characterized by a deep, emotionally resonant sound signature.

BlackStar utilizes this driver to bring just the right amount of low-end impact that is impeccably balanced with the remainder of the frequency spectrum. Accurate and reserved, while still conveying that dynamic driver sound, the Dual Magnet works in perfect harmony with BlackStar’s configuration.

Highlights

Sophisticated Design: Sleek brushed stainless steel body with a black PVD finish and an acrylic inlay, evoking the allure of a starlit night sky.
Advanced Audio Technology: Features a 10mm Dynamic Driver for rich, even-handed bass, complemented by a mid-range balanced armature and twin supertweeters for clear, detailed mids and highs.
Balanced Sound Signature: Meticulously crafted to deliver a harmonious blend of crisp highs, detailed mids, and a solid bass foundation, creating an immersive soundscape for all genres.
Premium Connectivity: Includes Time Stream cables with silver-plated copper conductors, available in both 3.5mm and 4.4mm terminations for versatile, high-fidelity connections.
Luxury Case: Comes with a handcrafted leather case from Portugal, combining elegance and protection, and showcasing the craftsmanship that complements the Black Star earphones

What’s in the Box

Black Star: An exceptional earphone crafted with care by Campfire Audio
Time Stream Cables: Eight silver plated copper conductors in ribbon configuration, includes both 3.5mm and 4.4mm balanced terminations
Premium Carrying Case: Our handmade Leather ‘Dimensional Folding’ IEM Wallet in Black
Earphone Tips: Marshmallow and Silicon – Various Sizes
2 Year Limited Warranty, administered by Bay Bloor Radio and Campfire Audio

Specifications

Frequency Response: 5Hz–20 kHz
SPL: 94 dB @ 1 kHz: 9.429 mVrms
Impedance: 9 Ohms @ 1 kHz
Less than 1% Total Harmonic Distortion

For hygienic reasons, there are no returns on earphones once opened.

All our earphones are available for personal demonstration in-store. We encourage you to try before buying to ensure satisfactory sound, fit, and functionality.

If an item is defective upon receipt, please notify us within 30 days of purchase so we can arrange an exchange. For issues following 30 days, we will work with you and the manufacturer within the scope of each brand’s warranty and service policies.