We finished shooting a video earlier today about the Andromeda Special Edition Gold, and will post it tomorrow.
Before they sent it to us, Campfire Audio mentioned the Andromeda Gold had a more V-shaped signature (versus the standard Andromeda), so I was expecting it to be heavy-hitting like the Vega or Atlas. When it arrived, I found it to be less V-shaped than I was expecting -- perhaps more accurately described as more U-shaped (versus Andromeda). Certainly more bass lift with the Andromeda Gold, but more mild than I'm hearing from the Atlas. It's also more lively up-top, so the Andromeda Gold is a bit more exciting in its presentation.
Imaging is still open-sounding, airy, so that's one of the ways it's definitely still Andromeda-like. There are enough differences, too, that it could have just as easily been called another model name entirely.
Here's the frequency response versus the standard Andromeda:
I'm really enjoying the Gold's more spirited presentation a lot. For those who wanted more excitement (but perhaps less so down low than the Atlas), it's a great addition to the Campfire line. Again, while they could have called this something else entirely, there's enough Andromeda in it that I understand the naming choice.
One more thing I'll mention is that I was floored when I ran the measurements and saw this level of channel-matching with the Andromeda Gold:
In our experience, Campfire's IEMs have gotten to a point where they're among the best left-right-matched headphones we've measured. This Andromeda Gold, though, has
the best left-right matched frequency response of any headphone of any type we've ever measured here. It's remarkable, really, considering there are seven drivers per side.
Again, we'll post the Andromeda Special Edition Gold video tomorrow.
The measurements included in this post were made using:
