Loaner: Campfire Ara

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  1. ChaChaRealSmooth

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    Moved some users around since it seems like the Bloom loaner is moving around more quickly than Marv's (not really anyone's fault; don't sweat it anyone).

    Carry on.
     
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    Whoops, forgot to update a couple days ago, on its way to @M3NTAL

    I'll post some impressions this weekend.
     
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    Received from @raif yesterday.
     
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    I have received the Ara from @Mystic safely. Thank you very much.
     
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    Just a heads up I’m going to keep the Ara for a bit longer than the 5 days. Because of health problems I won’t be able to listen to them the whole time they’re here so in keeping them a bit longer I’ll have 4 days with them. This has been approved by chacharealsmooth.
    The person before me didn’t like them and sent them to me right away so this won’t delay the overall schedule. At least not significantly.

    and I’ve currently got an Andromeda 2020 on loan from a kind friend so I’ll be able to offer comparisons.

    hope that’s ok.
     
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    Disinfected and packed up for @DrForBin - Should be going out today.
     
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    Please take me out of the loaner tour, getting too busy with life :/ thanks SBAF <3
     
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    Oops, sorry, seeing this a few days later.

    If you need a Solaris (not 2020) to compare against those 2, please let me know. I can send mine over.
     
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    Sure! Why the hell not! CA showdown!

    I’ll send you my address. And hopefully can make it up to you in the future ;)
     
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    I received the Ara by the way.

    So far I think they’re on the bright side and so I’m moving to foam tips which I have a lot of.

    tonality seems better than Andromeda 2020. But I much prefer the FR of the Andromeda 2020. Better to make iem’s brighter with various silicone tips than try to dull them down because you loose transient and detail. But I have lots of great foam tips to try.

    will post more impressions later in the Ara thread.

    Thank you all especially @purr1n and @ChaChaRealSmooth
     
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    hello,
    received Ara from M3NTAL yesterday at 1800. after chores and some tee vee with the fam, quiet time started at 2000. finally removed from my head at 2400, after much solo dancing and carrying on.
    will post more focused impressions in the dedicated thread.
     
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    Can you further explain the embolden portion please? Does it mean your preference leans away from what might be perceived as "more correct" or do you mean something else?

    Thank you.
     
  14. rhythmdevils

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    Sure I’ll elaborate but I’m going to wait until I spend more time with them. Iem’s aren’t quick tell all’s like full size headphones due to how they fit.
     
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    Ara is disinfected and will be shipped on Tuesday if all goes according to plan. Sending a pm to next on the list now...
     
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    hello,
    cleaned and waxed and off to @Clemmaster today.
     
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    Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention. I was able to pick up the Ara from @rhythmdevils. Will check it out for the next few days and write down my thoughts on it.
     
  18. rhythmdevils

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    I’ve written impressions of the Ara but since I have 4 CA iem’s here I’m planning on posting a thread with reviews of all of them. I’ve written impressions for 3 just giving the og Solaris more time before writing. But if you’d like me to post just my Ara impressions in the Ara thread I can.
     
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    Received @purr1n ’s Ara this evening!
    Will open the box later.
     
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