New round ear?

Campfire Audio Ara

£1299 / stuff.tv/Ara

Dropping over a grand on a little-known brand is a baller move, but Campfire Audio has been churning out exquisite audiophile in-ear monitors for decades now.

There’s no electronic trickery here – instead they’ve 3D-printed the sound chambers and carefully positioned the drivers so they combine to create a neutral tone that, when paired with a decent source, offers astonishing clarity.

It’s an unnervingly intimate