Verum 2 is the BEST headphone €500 can buy

00:00 Intro
01:31 About Verum 2
04:44 Sound
09:35 vs Aune AR5000 and Meze 99 Classics
10:51 vs Verum 1
12:45 vs Moondrop Para
13:32 vs GoldPlanar GL2000
16:08 Final thoughts

Test System:
Rose Technics RT5000:

#hifi #audiophile #dac #stereo

[MaestroTautu]

Thanks for the video.

Verum 2 to use with Mojo 2 is a good match? Do you think Mojo 2 has the power to take it to 100% of its performance?

[dangerzone]

Did you see Danny at GR research promoting them as well. He's wearing yellow Verum 2 in his yellow sports car.
You're Verum 2's are a nice turquoise colour. All you need now is a nice turquoise sports car and your image will be complete.

[VerumAudio]

Thanks for review! I see areas for improvement.

[asan]

Always great reviews, Thanks for posting this video

[witsaint]

How is tonality? Any metalic sheen (planar-ish favour) or refined as high end one? Is this good for vocal song ( natural or artificial voice)?

[k-wn]

Have you tried the RSL ia255.1 it’s a US based budget amp ($110) recently released and highly praised, if not try to look into it I’d love to hear your thoughts

[DarkJeffau]

I love my Verum 1, I can see in the future a pair of Verum 2.

[budgetaudiophilelife-long]

🙋‍♂️GREETINGS SRBJ, I HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU AND THANKFUL YOU ARE STILL HELPING THE AUDIOPHILE COMMUNITY 👍💚💚💚

[jazzlouise]

Thanks for your review on the Verum 2! It would be interesting if you could pair them with a higher quality recommended dac/amp dongle or portable dac/amp.

[TheMaurob]

Agree about thr topping dx3 pro plus..just got one and it doesnt shine with hifiman 400 se becouse are already a bit high focus..but when i plug in sennheiser than they shine and the warmer feeling disappeared

[rickrobinson]

I have the Verum 1 mk2's. I think the design and sound are excellent, and I was very interested in Verum 2. But not anymore.

Let me say at the outset that I agree with you about "the controversy", and your not applying what you referred to in one of your replies below as "selective righteousness" - there's a great phrase! But problems with “the man” in this case are not limited to tasteless comments or un-evolved cultural sensibilities; and unfortunately, the furor over that has effectively distracted from more salient problems, which I do think you should be addressing in your reviews.

A number of reviewers have covered these issues, but with such petty, arrogant, over-the-top harangues, that it was them I rejected, not Verum, particularly when they disparaged its sound and design, whose excellence your reviews, amongst many others, attest to. In fact, it was your review that convinced me to buy them. But as far as elements of quality control, customer service/support, and Igor’s forthrightness are concerned, the haranguers turned out to be quite accurate in my experience, and a sober review of those factors might have kept me from buying the Verums, which, for me anyway, was a mistake. To wit:

My phones cut out when the cables are just slightly stressed; and they have a cosmetic defect that makes them seconds quality merchandise. On the cosmetic issue Igor said 'sorry 'bout that', and made a ridiculous excuse about bad lighting during power cuts because of the war, but ignored my request for remediation. On the intermittency issue, after a runaround that only ended when I sent him videos of the problem, he said it was because of the cables he sent me, which have straight plugs to the earpieces instead of the "proper" right-angle ones he says do not cause the problem. So why did he send me the wrong ones? Are you ready? Because he *ran out* of the right ones! No note about it - nothing, apparently hoping he'd just get away with it. Said he'd send me a replacement "soon", when he was "able to get the parts". Meanwhile, I've read comments from people he had sent replacement cables to for the same reason, and they didn't solve the problem, or at least not completely.

And why should the jacks have a problem with straight plugs anyway? Anyone have a problem like that with anything you own? The upshot is that there are apparently no cables on the market with right-angle jacks on the phones end, so I will have to have expensive replacement/balanced cables custom made, to ameliorate what is apparently a design or implementation defect that Igor will not acknowledge.

[UPDATE: Uh huh. I just received the custom cable I ordered with the right-angle plugs, and the right side no longer cuts out; but the left side still does. So we may conclude that, while Igor may be a brilliant audio electronics wiz, his handiwork is the problem here, along with the attendant consideration for other people.]

Finally, as you know, these are unusual, 8 ohm phones, the Verum 2's are only a tad higher at, I think, 12 ohms, and they really want power on the order of 1W minimum to reach their potential, for which, as you have clearly pointed out, you will need a DAC/amp. (Not that they don't sound very good with less power - they do; but 350/400 is rather a lot to pay at that rate.) You've mentioned a few pairings, but there are precious few reasonably priced DAC/amps out there that have even been tested at less than 16 ohms, so it would be nice if the headphone manufacturer at least pointed you in the right direction here; but there's nothing on the web site, and emailing him only gets you the most perfunctory responses. So buying these is the 1st step in a miserable process of searching for an appropriate amp and custom balanced cable that don't take you to the cleaners.

The bottom line is that they are really not such a bargain - not if you're likely to get seconds quality, and have to humiliate yourself chasing this guy around like some supplicant to a wayward adolescent, for an unacceptable level of service and support. Not to mention the high extra costs. He expects you to take what you get as long as they work, and dodges as much as he can with the excuse that he's a one-man company in a war zone, as if those were irremediable things. (Get a generator? HIRE someone? That is, of course, if he hasn't long since done both.) Like many if not most of his customers, I was motivated to support the effort, especially under the terrible circumstances; but now I feel like I fell for what may be one of the cleverest marketing/liability-avoidance schemes ever devised.

[PinePizza]

Have you tried the Sash Tres SE? Wonder how it compares.

[frostzxs]

Lame competitors, need at least edition xs for solid comparison...

[pascal]

How does it compare to the Hifiman Ananda Nano?

[quentingerard]

Great review as usual, i am very interested and ready to order them but unfortunately, on the web shop of verum audio there's no way to order them, only the verum 1, maybe you have another link? Many thanks in advance

[dangerzone]

DMS said Verum fails horribly on sound quality. Maybe he was using the wrong headphone cable lmao 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

[dangerzone]

I love my Verum 1. I was going to get a second pair as a backup but now it looks like I'm going to get a Verum 2 instead.

[JoseFerreira-zbwh]

Even though the price in Kickstarter is tempting, it makes me wonder if probable/ possible added customs taxes, fees etc. will amke overall price worth it over some of it's less expensive competitors that are available in the EU (where i live). It would be nice if Verum couls have some distributor in the EU.

[Josecunyat]

I am using the Dan Clark Aeon 2 Noir with Aune s9c. I actually have to tame down the Noir on the bass slightly, but I love and appreciate the detail and speed. How will the Verum 2 land on my ears @iiWiReviews ?

[ArmarioActual]

Hi there. Have you tried the Verum with the AUNE S17? I'm afraid the low impedance of the Verum is going to be an issue for the S17.🔥 Please, let us know what you think. Thank you. 🔈🎶