VERUM 1 REVIEW | Don’t. 

I had my left driver cut in and out also and I had to send them back at the cost of $25.. but I must credit Verum for taking care of the issue immediately and sending me back an angled leather pad upgrade along with a perfectly cosmetic and working pair of headphones... It's a shame that some of the units are faulty but this is a true attempt at a start up company with a single mans dream and love for audio in the Ukraine.. The Verums when properly working sound absolutely beautiful to my ears and are waaay worth the $350... I'm glad I purchased them even with the issues I encountered because I feel I backed a project from the ground up.

Since people are chipping in their experience, I can say I've had no problem at all with my pair (backer #25 at Kickstarter)

How about reviewing the revision? Because even the headband is different now

I haven’t expedited the verums, but I heard it’s one man making these. One man. For 350 usd they seem like a total steal. There are problems, yes, but it’s incredible how one man has accomplished this. Hand making headphones and selling them across the world. Kudos to the creator

I got 2 bad Focal Clears. People can rave all they want about Focal. I’m being real. They both clipped and popped on a iPad Pro. Unacceptable for 1500$

I have had my Verum One V2's for several months now and have had 0 issues and I think they sound great. Too bad the guy making them is an asshole. If you look online he told someone in a forum that he wished his family would die or something awful. I didn't realize this until after I bought the headphones, but that aside I still love them.

This is super stange. I have a Verum and know 9 or 10 other people who also got in on the kickstarter, and haven't heard anyone have any issues.

I purchased MKII and no problem at all. 3 months and counting

As an owner of 20+ headphones varying from $150 to $3000, the Verums are easily the best headphones I ever heard for it's cost. If you use a good DAC/Amp, they are in the $1500-$2500 range as far as fidelity is concerned. I don't own them but have listened to them many times from a friend who got them. He Hasan even bigger collection of cans than me and the Verums are his go to.

I have had a Verum one for a few months and it's working totally fine. Loving it!

Finny that you are bashing a company for broken headphones you got from some other people

Joshua DON'T do this.... This guy is trying to build a business with his passion and he is the first one that knows about any issue that appears. He is solving all the issues under warranty. You are taking his opportunity to solve the issues, iterate his product, and create the image he envisions for his business... you are taking all that effort and throwing it to the trash can... Perhaps he had some faulty batch, but he will iterate and his products will become better. They probably already are. But this video you decided to make will still be there like a dark spot, creating a bad image and he will need to carry with it. Not fair at all.

Verum 1 - DO. They are some of the best headphones I’ve heard. I also own Focal Bathys, Clear, Elegia: hifiman HE 1000 V2 and Sennheiser 650. I choose the Verum 1 over any of them.

When the Sundara first arrived, they arrived as a BATCH of QC issues. So, would you advise us based on that to not buy any more Chinese made junk?

I have Verum 1 that are so far perfect. I think you are trying to be fair but there are 2 issues that should not be conflated. When you purchase anything from a company with no domestic U.S. presence it is likely there can be challenges when they are faulty. However, like you said at the start, it is very rare for headphones to be faulty. So, for me, paying $35 for shipping for repair of something that almost never fails is not a big deal. It sounds like Verum fixes defects quickly, and even sends some free upgrades for the hassles. However, since 2 out of 2 of your samples....from different manufacturing dates, have failed. that is a totally different problem. If there is a 30-70% chance of failure (and your experience was 100% failure), then the product is defective and should not be purchased. I hope Verum provides additional information on the issue and solve it, because I love the phones and think the steam punk/flash gordon aesthetic is perfect.

Have Verum 1 as an early bird tier for almost half a year. They're my primary headphones and I don't have any issues.

I have them, they are perfect, best for me now, design - desputible, sound - fucking magic, I don`t know how he does it but sound is beautiful

I've been using Verum 1 for around 6 weeks-ish, maybe closer to 2 months, and it's been working great. Maybe got lucky, but I second Josh's opinion. It's a very enjoyable headphone (if it works apparently).

Had one here with channel imbalance, one side driver measured at 6ohm and the other at 8ohm... And I personally heard of a couple more people with the issue

It's unfortunate that you had issues with two separate units. I have had no issues with my Verum's and they sound wonderful.

One effective way of checking channel imbalance is by doing a sine sweep (or just play a sine sweep video on RU-vid). It can tell you exactly which frequencies are affected and to what degree. The sound either shift left-right or one channel will just mute out if there's an imbalance. Based on experience most planars have mild channel imbalance in the treble. 2X 1.5k+$$ Hifiman Arya I auditioned has quite severe imbalance at mid treble region maybe due to the listening position on the large diaphragm. If a huge frequency range is affected then you know something is off with the driver.

Josh I recommend that you should review another functional Verum 1 and focus on the sound.. I must admit I originally put in an order for these in March 2019 and I finally received my purchased pair August 2019... Yes I know it was quite a long wait however compared to some of the items that one orders from msssdrop (drop) this is totally acceptable for me.. After hooking up my new Verum 1 to my Hiby R6 Pro this is what I found regarding sound: The overall sound of Verum 1 can be described as super sweet, warm, musical, playful, Zero-Grain, smooth yet well extended with good instrument separation zero distortions in the bass and pretty natural overall. The soundstage size isn't the largest but the instrument is very good. Overall imaging makes it a really good experience. I really love the sound of this headphone and to be honest for 350$ IMO these sounds like 700$ to 1000$ headphone easily.. What Igor has done has proved that great sounding headphones does not have to be costly.. Please, please do another review on the Verum 1 you will be amazed..💥💥💥

I ordered the Verum 1 at the start of the war, within weeks Kharkov was at the centre of Russian aggression and being bombed; I could hardly send an email asking when I'd be getting my headphones! Under the circumstances I didn't hold out much hope of ever seeing them but after 4 months I received an email that they were being posted! So glad I was patient and happy that I'd had faith and supported him when he needed it most. Up to that point I'd bought 5 pairs of headphones, they were all about £300 but the Verum 1 really are in another league, one which I wasn't going to enter unless I'd paid 5 times more that the £320 inc postage that these cost; I've arrived, I won't be buying another pair of headphones. An analogy; when you buy 6 bottles of cheap red wine and they all taste about the same you might conclude that you can't tell the difference between good and bad wine, you just don't have what it takes. Then by chance you get to taste a £60 bottle of wine (though not from a restaurant!) and now you know the difference.

It took a long time for the headphones to arrive. I was already impatient and wrote a few emails. But now I can say that the wait is worth it. The sound is great and can rival much more expensive headphones. The purchase is highly recommended.

My left channel went dead after 2 months. Sent them back and they have returned sounding wonderful. Pretty good service. 👍

For those watching in 2020 - this headphone win SBAFs Golden Schlong Award!

Oluv did a binaural recording with the Verums and Sundaras and I got to say while the Sundaras had more detail compared to the Verums when Oluv switched out to the original track the Verums are like MILES closer to the source material. So in other words the detail in the Sundaras is largely artificial and sounds downright tinny compared to the Verums which are maybe a little bit on the opposite side of things and ever so slightly veiled next to the original recording. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-19kCiKSyOYc.html

“Jack of all trades, master of none” ... good way to put these. I haven’t had the issues you experienced yet and hopefully won’t.

Kickstarters are always fraught with peril, and I can also see why there would be no paid return shipping - it's just one guy and he can't really absorb extra costs, no doubt, the way your Sennheisers can. They just sell more headphones and call it the cost of doing business. But a smaller manufacturer has to either make money on the one product or lose his ass.

ordered my set Dec2 21 and they were created in the Ukraine, shipped Jan 24 and arrived Feb 21 22 to Sydney. They are well made, comfortable and sound great! Hope Igor is okay and not effected too much with the current scene.

Ordered through website in January, received mine ~ 2 weeks ago. Very good so far, both on ear and with measurement stand.

Oh wow I didn't expect that. Glad I didn't buy a pair when I had the chance. It sucks for the guy who created those headphones tho. :/ Hopefully he will be able to fix this issue :c As always thanks for your honesty lol

Actually! I remembered the nighthawks had issues about 2 weeks into ownership.

This guy is just a salesman. I have found the Verum1 mk2 to be a good headphone & for the money excellent & compete with headphones costing 2-3 times as much. When receiving hifi gear, I allow it time to reach room temperature + allow any condensation to evaporate, then break them in gently before any burn-in, if required. I can understand someone wanting to try them out straight away & blast them; esp if you've had to wait month's for them to arrive. I congratulate Igor for what he has achieved &+ embarrassing manufacturer's who are ripping people off with overpriced/heavily marked up gear.

Moral of the story is don't lend your headphones to Josh he will destroy them ;)

Those Verum headphones are INSANE!...I sold my Focal MG Pro and kept the Verum, those how good they are. Talking with soothness and condescension doesn't change the fact that you need a visit to your nearest ear doctor if you really thought the sundaras were actually better and stuff. This guy seells you a headphone that could easily cost 3k for 300, and he does them alone. Is it broken?...give them back and wait for the next shipment, but making a whole video because you are butthurt it just doesn't make any fucking sense at all. Verum are amazing, it solved me LOTS of issues that I couldn't even address with the Focal MG pro

looks like we all will look forward to the verum 2.

They are Handmade in Ukraine after all

Sucks about the imbalance. Mine don't have that issue, and I really like them. It's not the headphones I'd consider the best, but they're still pretty damn fine.

Hello Joshua! Please don't ignore my numerous email. ong time ago I've fixed all Verum 1 problems but recently I've made a restyling of this model. So I ask you for a re-review and want to send you a sample. Please respond my emails. Thanks in advance.

*Dankpods has entered the chat*

Maybe you can change your title, the headline will just stop people from buying this guy's headphones when he already has a V2 out. It just says "don't". You seem to like hifiman but they have had so many issues, yet you only say In certain videos they have quality control issues.

Both me and my friend ordered verum ones, our are working 100%! But read the superbestaudiofriends forums, the owner of the company is very helpful sending spare parts or taking them back for repairs! To be honest we knew that there might be problems and whatnot, kickstarter is kickstarter. But Garuspik has been super helpful to everyone!

I had exactly same problem after half a year, and it died shortly afterwards. I sent it back. the guy fixed it right up. then it's been working fine yet. So I guess I do think the sound is VERY good. It does look like the guy was very overwhelmed to keep up with the schedule. So. Risk is real, at least the guy is real as he does fix it up when it comes back, and the sound is good.

My pair works great. Very nice headphones actually. I'd say between an LCD2 and LCD3, easily as good if not better. Little brighter and more detail up top, bass good but doesn't extend as far as LCDs. Very happy with mine.

The genius of the Indo-Europeans (Ukrainians are basically a mix of Arya-Sarmatians-Slavs-Scythians [R1a], Scythians-Celts [R1b], Cimmerians-Tatars [Q] and Caucasians [G]) producing such goods in garage-type manufactures under constant bombing is undeniable and one of the reasons, why Sarmatia (the ancient name of the country, of which the later Polish-Lithuanian "Borderland"=Ukraina forms just a part) is being constantly invaded. The alien invaders are: Androphagi (Germanic Rus' and their Teutonic/Frisian/Frankic/Saxon/Prussian… supporters [I]), Turks (north Siberian Huns, Pechenegs, Bulghars, Kipchaks, Seljuks… [N]), Jews & Arabs (Radanites, Karaites, Chechens… [J]) and their various bastards: germanized Turks (Varangians [N]), mankurtized/turkicized and germanized Alans (Ashina, Asud, Bashkirs, Ossetians… [R1b]), turkicized Jews & Arabs (Khazars, Ottomans… [J]), mongolized Turks (Nogais [N]) and other various bastards, known as Homo sovieticus, Soviets, Bolcheviks or "Russians". Putin a turkic Varangian [N] of mainly north Siberian origin with Androphagi [I] and Mongol [C] admixture and germanic friends and supporters is the current "Khan" of this ancient barbarian empire, which already started around 4 millennia ago by stealing horses and pirating the Indo-European metallurgy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seima-Turbino_phenomenon Various cruel barbarian turkic khanates (the Xionites, Huns, Kidarites, Hephtalites, Seljuks…) followed. The Great Wall didn't stop those barbarians from entering China, nor Sahara from reaching as far as Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Only the uprising of the Mongols tamed them for a couple of centuries - the Mongol Kalmykia remains the only buddhist polity in Europe. "Russia" vel Soviet Union is the turko-judeo-germanic relic of the Golden Horde still enslaving and performing ethnocide and genocide on the native Indo-European and Caucasian population living here for around 45 000 years. West Europe is being since 2 millennia concurrently overrun by Androphagi (since Roman occupation called Germanic tribes after the fertile land called by Roman name "Germania" - original native name Perkunia - land of hard wood or oak trees). Ancestors of those proto-Germanic Androphagi [I] cannibalistic invaders (degenerated side branch of [IJ], of which also the Judeo-Arabic haplogroup [J] of slave-traders developed) entered Europe from the Arabian Peninsula following the first Indo-European, Indian and East-African agriculturalists and farmers, who became they prey (Natufians, "Göbekli Tepe", Starčevo culture, Vinča culture, Slavs & Celts). The invasion of the proto-Germanic cannibals initially spread over the eastern shores of southern Adriatic Sea, from where they invaded the proto-Slavic agriculturalist settlements of the Vinča culture. A group of those cannibals reached the river Danube and followed it to Ren (Rhine), Men (Main), Nida, Łaba (Elbe) to finally cross over to the moats of Scandinavia. Around 5000 BCE those cannibals from Arabia settled in the moats and caves around Motala, from where they invaded the indigenous Indo-Europeans (mainly an early branch of proto-Slavs) and after the arrival of the partially acculturated Turks (called in Scandinavia Finno-Ugric or Uralic peoples, e.g, Sami, Suomi, Komi…) also hunted for them and sometimes with them - so also the Varangians (ancestors of Putins of Tver) appeared. After the mentioned Seima-Turbino phenomenon spread advanced weapons among barbarians also the Androphagi tried to invade continental Europe from their scandinavian caves. Only the battle of Dołęża ("Tollense"), where they have been repelled by Scythian cavalry left some archeologic evidence, however small incestuous bands managed to survive hidden in dense forests and caves around the present city of Göttingen. A single one, probably from the initial group of 7000-6000 BCE - the "Cheddar man" - was found on the British Island. Aryan, Greek and Persian historic sources of the 1st millennium BCE report of Ἀνδροφάγοι living north of the Scythians, and later also of cannibalistic Tauri pirates of the Crimea, who use clothes of the Scythians but are not of the Scythian race. Those are the traces of the earliest Germanic invasions, both in West Europe and East Europe. Around 200 BCE the massive never ending invasion into Europe, Asia and Africa started (including "Drang nach Osten") and around 1000-1490 into both Americas. The Rus' and their bastardised Cossacks invaded Siberia, Central Asia and even Alaska. Australia became the planets biggest concentration camp for deported native European population of the British Isles (mainly Celts). The invasion on Ukraine and the Germanic sabotage in Hellas (Greece), Sarmatia (Poland, Hungary…) or Dacia (Romania) and refusal to compensate for repairs of the Germanic genocides and wars of the last century are enough to open eyes for those who can't see. Poles encounter steady unlawful manipulations of EU rules and Germanic ingerention in their internal affairs close to a coup d'état. The Greek economy has already been destroyed. The abstruse lies and ideology of Herman Wirth sponsored by Heinrich Himmler were extended by Aleksandr Dugin and sponsored by Vladimir Putin. Those barbarians even try to brainwash naive young Slavic Rodnovercy novices and enthusiasts implanting them false Androphagi theories of Atlantis "Herrenrasse" of "white people", while still exterminating and devouring them. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MqfUO4wh2t4.html I wish the makers of those great planar headphones and drones, their frends and families to survive healthy the barbarian invasion and genocide. May the war end immediately. May all wars end immediately and the invaders return to their homelands - Germans to the deserts of Arabia and Turks to the tundra of Siberia. Слава вільній сарматській Україні

I really like my Verums. USe them a lot outside w Ibasso DX 300, and I agree with those that claim then to be better than similarly priced cans. As reference I also have two Audezes here I also use frequently at three times and ten times the price of the Verums. My first thought when I got them was maybe I should sell both HD800 and LCD2.

Unfortunately a VERY biased review, with refusal to even discuss the sound of the Verums!

Now Steve Guttenberg reccomends them... Maybe they fixed them?

I own a pair of these. Backer #92. They work perfectly with my Fostex HPA-4BL but my sound completely cuts off on the left channel with my SMSL SP200 and my Fiio BTR5. I love how they sound but haven’t had the money or patience to send them back to get fixed.

These headphones are just insane. I upgraded from Hifiman 400Se to these and the difference is night and day. I actually wasn't expecting such a jump in performance for the price, and now I'm seriously wondering if I should look to upgrade. Either way, these headphones are exceptional for their price. I will say though that I personally don't love the wide circle pad shape, and would prefer an oval or rectangle - only because there's less reverberation within the cup. I also think that these headphones lack intimacy, something that I've somewhat acclimatised to. My first thought was to change pads but tbh I imagine it would disturb other qualities of the sound. I think another quality that I wasn't ready for was due to the sheer size of the driver it's an slightly unfamiliar retrieval. This is likely customary to almost all higher end planars though. Finally, The phones are lacking somewhat in the bass, and could use a slight treble shelf from around 2.2k onwards (3db), as like many other high end planars they tend to slant downward slightly from here, though remain flat right up into the high frequencies. I also EQ the bass and that sures up the very slight roll off. I also had to wait the full 6 weeks to get them but honestly it was so worth it!

Those headphones look like astroboy or mega mans headphone. 😂

The issue you explained with imbalance is the same issue I just read on the Sundara thread in Headfi

Hi Josh (and everyone here), Honestly, I've found that the headphones are great, but the cable quality wasn't amazing. I've had my Verum 1 (mkII) for about 6 months now). I didn't have any notable imbalance on delivery, but the Verum started having issues a few weeks in, with what sounded like an intermittent, perhaps quieter/degraded signal coming through on the left channel, and it would last a second or two, then disappear for a week. Things went on like that for 4-5 months, then about a month ago, the right channel started to suffer from similar glitches. Things quickly went downhill from there. Long story short, after several tries of finding the problem, (it was intermittent afterall) it turns out that the resistance in the cables would hover around 0.04 - 0.1 ohms... and it would suddenly spike to anywhere between 0.7 (not 0.07) and 46 ohms. Then it started to just break entirely. However, I should mention that my first few attempts with a cheap multimeter were a complete failure because it takes a reasonably fast multimeter to catch this when it only lasts a fraction of a second, and I wasn't even moving the cables around much at all. Turns out, that the wires just below the left, and right driver plugs were fatigued, so I unscrewed the two split output plugs, unsoldered them, then I trimmed about 20mm (3/4") off the cord and resoldered it. What a difference that has made. PRO TIP 1 FOR DIY CABLE BUILDERS & REPAIRERS: I highly recommend a temperature-controlled soldering iron/station when working on the Verum-supplied cable. De-soldering worked best (for me) at about 340C (645F)... but when re-attaching I found that a LOWER soldering iron temp of about 290 Celsius (about 550F) was needed because the white/red insulation (around one of the cores) inside the Verum cable melts surprisingly quickly at higher temperatures. PRO TIP2: WIRING IS WELL THOUGHT OUT.... BUT MAY CATCH SOME OUT: You might think that with a typical stereo 3.5mm TRS plug, split into two more 3.5mm TRS plugs for the left and right speaker, that the output will be wired to the TIP/SLEEVE for Left channel, and RING/SLEEVE for Right channel. However, while this is true for the input TRS plug that runs both signals, HOWEVER, output plugs are wired in an identical TIP/SLEEVE configuration (just with a different white/red core from the Y-split soldered to the tip of the left/right driver plug). This is NOT a mistake, but allows the Left/Right cables to be swapped around... should you ever need to. RESULTS SO FAR: Since the resoldering, the left/right balance has been restored, and the reliability of the cord has been greatly improved. Not one glitch. In case you're wondering: "Isn't this just cable strain? Why mention this?" Now I want to be clear that I haven't been jogging with this set of headphones, I sit at my desk in my chair that's basically so heavy it might as well be bolted to the floor. I have had the excess cable float around the flat surface of my desk... so I don't think I've done anything bad to the cable. .... It's run on an amp and the headphones are either on my desk (minimal strain) or on its stand (again, not much strain). I think the sound quality through the cable is good, but the cable itself hasn't exactly lasted as well as I'd hoped. I feel that the cables aren't very robust, and I think that (in my case at least) this is not reflective of the quality of the headphones themselves. I understand why Josh has reservations, and with the war going on, I definitely wondered with every new attack: "Are the folks at Verum ok?"... and subsequently.. "Will I actually get my headphones?" however, Verum Mk II headphones have been great for my private listening space. I hope this helps someone out there, Hamish.

I've had mine for about 4 months and I've not had any issues with them. I think they sound better than my HE-4XX. The verum 1 cost me £275, for perspective the Fiio FH5 cost me £230. So I feel like I got a bit of a bargain, but I can see that with the reported issues there's still a risk in purchasing these.

Cat ears, now you can't unsee it lol 6:06

Ive had mine for a nearly 8 months and i have not had any problems at all except for slightly bending the 2.5mm male end on the cable that plugs into the cup, but thats from dropping them, yeah for me, these things are amazing.

ridiculous. Verum is a good headphones. Best in the $300-400 price range

Damn it! I was waiting for your review, and didn't expect this kind of feedback on Verums. I personally think you've got pretty unlucky with both pairs inballanced. May be because my pair is perfectly fine and I love the sound! I hope that the owner can ship it back to get fixed properly. Cause this headphones are totally worth it.

I became aware of this issue awhile back and tried to cancel my order. They assured me that they had fixed the problem, and basically said "no" to my request. I'll be trying again after watching this. Edit: Welp, he shot me down again. Guess I'm getting Verums whether I like it or not. I sure hope they don't arrive broken.

At 4:57. It’s weird to me so many reviewers claim Sundara has no bass. By default I hear it go down to clear sub bass levels. On top of that, when I use my Topping NX4 dsd or EarStudio es100, turning on bass boost easily matches my Beyerdynamic DT 1770 pro, and Philips Fidelio x2hr, which are labeled as “Bass Kings”. I think Sundara’s are actually pretty incredible sound wise. I heard HD800s at the Sennheiser store, and I thought they had worse detail and higher distorted at high volume. All tracks I tested were 16bit/44.1khz to 24bit/192khz, and I was using Sennheiser $2k DAC. Can’t recommend them for most people though since I’m pretty much always worried they will fail like every one else claims.

Heard you loud and clear, buying right now!

IT LOOKS SO UGLY

Audeze also have huge...or even massive problems with their headphones. Just stops working in one channel. I've owned a pair that stopped working. My friends (3 of them) have had the same issues. All of them have been different models over different manufacturing dates/years.

Yes, I too own a pair and have just sent them back ($32). Had them for over 2 months and no problems. Then left side went dead. Wish they could offer warranty service on this side of the world.

Good headphones ! Using it ! Perfect sound !

Best price best sound ! Verum bravo !!!!

I remember when I was talking to you personally about purchasing these once (hi it's garbongo) and you didn't sound very pleased. I'm glad I didn't persue your reasoning further at the time as this video fully explained your standpoint. My pair came from fellow RU-vidr Max_Settings and has been well kept so no issues as of now. And for sound, the jack of all trades aspect is exactly what I wanted. I heard these have great extension in their price range and I've never heard a headphone on the darker side. I've had these for a few weeks and can say I got exactly what I expected and I'm happy with it.

Josh, there is a lot if controversy regarding the maker of those headphones. He is a VERY bad person and there is evidence of racist remarks, claiming he would ship anthrax to peope, being abusive towards his helpers, etc. Dankpods actually had a review of these yesterday and not 1 hour later he removed it and wrote an apology. To anyone who is reading this, please do not support that Verum guy.

you might want to revisit these - a lot has changed ;)

The problem goes away if you use a cable with mono 2.5mm connectors for some reason

Man, this hurts me. I've been enjoying my zebrano and silver verums for about a month now without thinking too critically about them... kind of flat bass, great soundstage, good detail, remind me of the he4xxs but much smoother and bigger; A good thing to switch between with the hd 58xs. But then I saw this, and actually tried to listen a bit, and sure enough, the left channel is about 5-10% louder than the right. Huge bummer. I have a balance knob on my stereo amp to keep it level if i want to use them, but it's just a bummer. I really like these a lot more than my m1060 mr1s that I had since I can listen to them for hours without fatigue, but its going to bug me now that they're not balanced. Personally, it's absolutely worth the money to send them back to be fixed, but only if they'll actually be fixed. I'll wait to see if people getting their phones back get them in perfect shape or not before I bother. Thanks for the heads up josh. Hope things work out for the owners, and hope you follow up on this.

dude Israel is packing some significant can heat. The old wise man once said that " Is not good for One man have so many Ear sounds" and I agree. I shall now be anticipating a PM from Isra where I shall, very generously, bestow upon him my own address so that I can alleviate his burden by sacrificing myself as a recipient to as many a headphone he may wish to depart with.

Hi, the video is fantastic. I am thinking about the idea of ​​buying the verum one, I think that now the one that is for sale is the mk2, initially I was going to buy a sennheiser hd660S, which would you choose, the hd660S or the verum one? Thanks. I would like a very present means, to hear a female voice as if it were singing in my living room.

You gotta slap the cup

I own a Verum 1 with a slight channel imbalance too. Mine was one of the first ones and have used it for a few months now. Mine also came with the drivers way over pressured so they were making cracking and popping noises constantly until I fixed it. Fixing that made the imbalance almost negligible too as well. I was going to send It back but balked at the shipping costs to Ukraine to get it fixed from the guy. Since I am pretty handy doing headphone mods these days, I waz up to the task of doing the fix myself.

Gotcha. Buying.

Isn't it made by a guy in Ukraine? The dude has a working factory and stuff. I'm trying to say it's not a mr. Speakers story for you to feel bad about criticizing them. (If I remember correctly)

So, in your (borrowed) sample of one, it had a few issues. I got these a month back or so and they are honestly the best headphones under $700 that I've tried. I had the Grado Hemp and Focal Elex when I got these (both good headphones that I liked) and I found myself reaching for these more than either of those. It also had the best build quality and comfort out of the three. The sound is subjective of course, and even though it lacked detail compared to the other two it just has a more enjoyable sound signature. These are hands down the best headphones for hard rock and heavy metal that I've tried. I hate saying things like, "these can compete with headphones twice the price" because you can always pick a shitty headphone twice the price and compare it to those, but at $350, these are unbeatable.

Recommended soundstage and imaging headphones for competitive fps games that are also very comfortable? I’d prefer around 200$ or less

A flat no is needed some times, even when feelings say otherwise. But it takes a man to do so, where a boy would shy away.. U no? I am really beginning to injoy your reviews brah.

Maybe you could ask Koss to send you the sp330 (Probably their best headphone, with Great Koss warranty) detachable cable, portable, closed, on ears. Tyll called these, "A Sonic Stunner" in his title for his review. I know a lot of us have a soft spot for Koss. They should be competitive in the $90 range. they are still currently available on Amazon.

Damn Israel owns every headphone in existence

Oof, thanks for letting us know

Can confirm I've also experienced significant channel imbalance with my pair. However it's not overly consistent. Previously it was painfully noticeable but now, playing tracks in mono, it's hard to tell if the centre image has moved much, if at all. For that reason I've hesitated to send them back thus far. The issue may not be able to be replicated by Garupsik - I've had companies shirk responsibility with faulty products in the past for the same reason.

Just looking at your 'Hall of Fame' section. So you prefer the 58X, the Koss and the DT1990 to the LCD2C?

Hifiman producing a lot of headphones with terrible qc. Audeze... Me. Speaker. So it's pretty common. But when u agreed to participate in this Kickstarter u should realize that there is a risk that u might get not exactly you was paying for. So as for me 25$ to send it back and get it all problems resolved pretty damn good deal...

Yikes, lets see if Zeos has issues when he gets his new Verum 1.

I have 2 pair one zebra and one carbon one has a bad imbalance the other so far is fine knock on wood. And I really really like these so it does suck. A few at head fine have had similar issues u can check out

I own a Verum 1 and feel like there's inconsistent channel balancing going on. Seems like it's a very real thing. Huge bummer...

Damn. I'm really a fan of jack of all trade type headphones. Though I would prefer a better head strap design.

Sony mh1c earphones $16 on ebay, best deal in audio beating ksc75. if you can compare clip ons with in ears.

I would say that's kind of the risk you take going with a small company with an unproven manufacturing chain and limited customer support.

Just slap them - Mine do the same thing

Hey Josh, I was wondering if you checked for condensation on the drivers after use? I was watching your video with my verum 1's on and took off my ear pads just out of curiosity. I noticed a bit of condensation on the magnets and a bit on the driver itself. It was in a perfect circle where the opening of the ear cups are. These are the only headphones that I have ever perspired in so I never thought to check. I have not really encountered any sound problems yet. My only issues have been: wrong color sent, raised bubbles in the paint on the yokes and on the cups, the right cable connector is a bit lose as well and the drivers are crinkled (this seems to be common and doesn't appear to affect sound).Despite these issues I do love the sound of them. After they get QC up to par I think they are going to shake the audio world.

Mine sounded great but started getting some noise and unbalanced at times so now i'm back to using my X2HR on the daily

The metal headband looks like cat ears.

Thanks for reviewing Thanos' headphones.

So did these ever get fixed?. I kinda want a pair.

One of my friends have a pair with the same issue