Campfire Audio
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- Greater Toronto Area: 1-2 business days
- Rest of Ontario: 2-3 business days
- Quebec: 2-3 business days
- Maritimes, Manitoba: 3-4 business days
- Alberta & Saskatchewan: 4-5 business days
- British Columbia: 5-6 business days
- Territories: 6-10 business days
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Select in-store pickup at checkout and collect your order from our store in Toronto.
Find our entrance on Bay Street, near Charles Street West. We also have a pickup area in the Manulife Centre parking garage. Click here for directions. Before coming to the store, please wait for a confirmation email indicating your order is ready for pickup.
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Description
Campfire Ponderosa
Custom Fit
For your ears only. These bespoke reference earphones — inspired by the classic Campfire Audio sonic signature — feature a solid body design custom engineered and optimized just for you.
For discerning listeners seeking precision and sophistication, Ponderosa’s five balanced armatures offer unparalleled audio clarity in a masterfully crafted body, transforming your music into captivating portraits of sound.
Designed and hand-assembled in Portland, Oregon.
1. Choose your model.
At our store in downtown Toronto, we have "universal" versions of Campfire's custom IEMs available for testing. While they won't perfectly conform to your ears like the final product will, they'll give you an idea of sound signature. Our expert staff can also assist you with selecting between artist and audiophile fit, and picking an accessory package.
2. First impressions.
Once your order is in, you'll need to have impressions taken of your inner ears. To make things easier, we've partnered with a nearby audiologist familiar with Campfire's specifications. Purchase at Bay Bloor Radio, and we'll cover the cost of international shipping and import fees in both directions for your Campfire impressions and CIEMs.
3. Campfire gets to work.
We'll ship your impressions to the Campfire Audio team in Portland, and they'll start building your custom fit in-ear monitors. Their engineers will optimize the shape and interior acoustic chambers to perfectly fit your ears and deliver the best possible sound. Before you know it, your bespoke set of Ponderosa will arrive.
Overview
Ponderosa
Immerse yourself in unparalleled sound precision with Ponderosa’s five custom balanced armatures, each meticulously optimized for audio clarity. Encased in a masterfully crafted solid body and finished with sophisticated accents, Ponderosa transforms every note into a captivating portrait, painting the music in its truest form.
This model is inspired by the legendary Campfire Andromeda, but at a more accessible price point, and with a new mid-driver. Compared to the previous Solstice model, you'll enjoy improvements to soundstage and phasing.
Phase Harmony Engineering
Bringing it All Together
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.
Expansive Sound With Patented T.A.E.C.
Beyond Frequency Response
Campfire’s patented driver treatment technology — our Tuned Acoustic Expansion Chamber — is a specially crafted, unique space in which a balanced armature is housed. This allows for the emphasis and de-emphasis of specific frequency bands, enabling the ultra-fine tuning of a driver.
In Ponderosa, TAEC is applied to the dual-high driver assembly to create an incredibly precise and detailed high-frequency response. Coupling this high driver architecture with our three-way Phase Harmony Engineering ensures a smooth interaction between a segmented, precision-tuned high-end and the remaining frequency range.
Custom Solid Body Build
Safe & Sound
Campfire Audio’s patented Solid Body Design allows driver installation directly into a single, precisely 3D printed ‘engine block’ that routes the sound to the listener and uses built-in geometry to tune and accent the drivers in an intentional and exact manner that elevates the listening experience for the user.
Each custom fit in-ear monitor begins with an ear impression. This impression is scanned into our system. Through our signature process, we manipulate the interior acoustic chambers of the Ponderosa design; arranging them in optimal position inside the shape of the impression. This also allows us the opportunity to optimize the performance of the IEM for your ear, resulting in a better-sounding IEM.
Additionally, this build style additionally improves the structural integrity within the earphone, and eliminates variables and points of failure that other forms of driver routing can be susceptible to.
Complete Custom Comfort
Audiophile & Artist Fits
Whether you're listening at home, flying coast to coast, or performing on stage, you'll get a great fit bespoke to your ears — no eartips needed. Campfire offers two custom fit style options to fit everyone's needs.
- Audiophile Fit offers a shallow seal depth without the added length of traditional in-ear monitors for the stage. This fit is comfortable and is easy to enjoy wearing in a wide variety of conditions and locations. From a daily work commute to a studio mix-down, this is a great fit style for everyday use.
- Artist Fit offers a more traditional CIEM seal depth to ensure the necessary sonic isolation and added security you need for demanding on-stage performances and movement. Extending deeper into the ear canal, this fit style is excellent for the professional musician and performer.
Pick a Colour
Choose a bold green colourway, or pick classic black for a stealthy look. Every earphone features our 3D-printed housing matched with a stainless steel faceplate and spout.
Pick a Package
Ponderosa Custom includes a complement of accessories in your choice of green or black.
- Essential Edition: Your all-in-one kit with curated must-haves. Includes a Breezy Bag Standard, Time Stream Cable in default 3.5mm termination, marshmallow and silicone tips for optimal comfort, a precision cleaning tool, an exclusive Campfire Audio pin, and a dual-pocket Breezy Bag Micro to keep your earphones secure.
- Deluxe Edition: Unlock the pinnacle of audio luxury. Includes a Premium Leather Case, three Time Stream Cables in your choice of 3.5mm, 2.5mm, and 4.4mm terminations, a Cushioned Cable Bag, Precision Cleaning Tool, exclusive pin, and dual-pocket Breezy Bag Micro.
Time Stream Cable
Ponderosa features our new Time Stream Chromatic Series cables. Specifically designed for audio aficionados, each cable is crafted with enamelled silver-plated copper conductors and a non-migratory PVC jacket for enhanced durability. Equipped with custom-made MMCX connectors of copper and beryllium, these cables promise a longer lifespan. With 2.5mm, 3.5mm, and 4.4mm termination options all available, you’ll be sure always to have what you need to keep Ponderosa the earphone of choice with all of your audio devices, including those that benefit from balanced output.
Highlights
- Crisp, analytical sonic profile
- Five Custom Balanced Armatures
- Solid-body Design
- 3D-printed Housing
- Stainless Steel Faceplate
What's in the Box
- Ponderosa: Premium quality earphone crafted with care by Campfire Audio
- Time Stream Cable: 1 cable with Essential Package, 3 cables with Deluxe Package
- Case: Lightweight Protective 'Breezy Bag' with Essential Package, Handmade Leather 'Dimensional Folding' Case with Deluxe Package
- Earphone Cleaning Tool
- Campfire Audio Lapel Pin
- 2 Year Limited Warranty, administered by Bay Bloor Radio and Campfire Audio
Specifications
- Frequency Response: 5Hz–20 kHz
- SPL: 94 dB @ 1 kHz: 8.1 mVrms
- Impedance: 6 Ohms @ 1 kHz
- Less than 1% Total Harmonic Distortion
Due to their bespoke nature, there are no returns on custom earphones once ordered.
When you purchase from Bay Bloor Radio, our expert staff will assist with each step of the custom fit process. Universal demo earphones are available in-store to assist you in selecting the right model.
In rare cases, customers may deem a minor fit adjustment to be necessary. One refit is offered free of charge by Campfire Audio for fit issues upon receipt; additional fees for further refits, major rebuilds, and re-engineering may apply beyond this. The cost of two-way international shipping, import, and brokerage for all refits is $49 + tax. Customers may alternatively choose to ship items back to Campfire at their own expense.
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