Verum Audio Verum 2 Headphone Review

[Dk33145]

Why no sense? Because of the similar SINAD (static, single-frequency measurement)? Does it count as blind testing when you hear some random music playing in someone's random setup, and you clearly know it goes through a Cirrus Logic DAC? I've been living with two devices on mid-range Cirrus Logic DACs for 5 years and they both had some bug (signature) in their sound compared to fully transparent ESS and AKMs. I'm sure you'd hear it too. Another good example is the sound signature of 1-bit Chord Mojo 2.

Admittedly, a lot of factors are at play here. Even if the DACs themselves are "transparent" the amp section of a desktop dac/amp is going to be much better than a usb dongle one. The point is you put on these headphones and you are going to know the overall quality difference between setups, drastically so. IMO, these headphones deserve as good of a dac/amp combo as you can give it, a good problem to have perhaps. My K371 on the other hand sounds about the same between the TRN and DX 5II.

 

[Yevhen]

Still does not make sense. Please do a proper (level matched) (double) blind test and some reading here.

Man, you triggered me to dive into this topic Here is the possible answer:

CS43198 and CS43131 DAC sound defects

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Citrus Logic works in Class H amplification and creates micro clicks when switching between the low and high supply voltage. You can see those clicks in spectrogram. But, of course, our favorite metric SINAD is excellent

Also chech this:

On the Distortion of Cirrus Logic CS431xx-Based Devices: A Comparative Review

TL;DR / Changelog [5/20/25] Eleven DAC/HP amp combo devices adopting either the Cirrus Logic CS43131 or CS43198 were tested, and seven of them were found produce the distortion dubbed a "Cirrus hump." Based on measurements from multiple sources (including this review), a list of...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[Yevhen]

Your black pearl is far from perfection

Admittedly, a lot of factors are at play here. Even if the DACs themselves are "transparent" the amp section of a desktop dac/amp is going to be much better than a usb dongle one. The point is you put on these headphones and you are going to know the overall quality difference between setups, drastically so. IMO, these headphones deserve as good of a dac/amp combo as you can give it, a good problem to have perhaps. My K371 on the other hand sounds about the same between the TRN and DX 5II.

 

[Danne2]

Ordered Verum 2 via the website 11th Feb. Got confirmation on email on the 23rd Feb that it would be shipped that week. No shipment seen and no reply to emails after that now 4 weeks later. Fearing the worst.

 

[Laika2]

Ordered Verum 2 via the website 11th Feb. Got confirmation on email on the 23rd Feb that it would be shipped that week. No shipment seen and no reply to emails after that now 4 weeks later. Fearing the worst.

I expect you are close, ordered Feb 4th, got them a week ago. Never got a response to where is my order. Worth the wait.

 

[Paadaam]

Ordered the Pearl colour on a Saturday (March 7th), was shipped the next Thursday (March 12th), and arrived in my country a week later (March 20th).
Coming from a Sennheiser HD58X, it's a definite step up. I'm using it with a Zen DAC v2 and it gets loud enough even on low-gain mode.
Build quality seems robust, comfort is very good as well.