Verus Audio is quite a young and not so much famous company in the audiophile world; I had to opportunity to test their three new released IEMs with 6,4 and 2 balanced armatures.
The test units was sent me as a samples , I am not affiliated with the company and all observations and opinions will be only my own. Would like to thank again Verus Audio team for sending me this unit giving me the opportunity to test their products.
PRICE:
6DRIVERS: 769 USD
4DRIVERS: 499 USD
2DRIVERS:249 USD
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PACKAGING: the product comes in a hard case of black color with surely a premium feel. In the hard case you will find various silicon eartips, that are not of high quality, in particular are not adequate to their price range. I tried different eartips that already had and found a perfect fit with double flange ones.
I have a small ear canal, so with double flange eartips I gained a better fit and so a more natural sound with better bass impact and a wider soundstage.
IEMs come with detachable 2pin cable.
The construction seems very solid: the shell is made up of transparent colored acrylic. The 6BA model I received comes with a particular and customized color, in fact Verus Audio offers universal fit IEMs with customizable color and faceplate, I have to admit that 6BA model, as you can see in the images I attached to this review, is a really nice looking IEM.
Comfort wise the three products are very comfortable thanks to its rounded shape and nozzle angled, they are lightweight considering that mounts balanced armatures and have detachable 2 pin cable.
Speaking of isolation, they are very good in this department and if you can find the right eartips you will enjoy your playlist without any annoying external noise.
SOUND: overall they are good sounding IEMs , in particular 6BA and 4 BA models. All my sound consideration has been made after 100 hours of burn in , with different DAPs such as fiio x3, x5, iFi Nano Idsd black label, Audirect whistle DAC/AMP and my iphone 6 too.
This sound impression refers only to the 6 BA model, I will share a quick comparison with 4 and 2 BA models too at the end of this review.
Sound signature is not V-shaped, but they are not much linear and neutral, there is a slightly bass emphasis.
Bass is too much in quantity for my preferences, but 6BA has quality bass response: strong and fast bass that gives a good dynamic to the sound reproduction.
Mids are the star of the show, so vivid and detailed with a lot of emotions. I would say that mids are “in focus and intimate side” but never overwhelming, simply are in the middle and around are played all the other instruments.
Highs are clean and detailed but stay a bit behind . They are very controlled, but you can’t find a lot of sparkles, so you will get an extended treble response but without harshness and sibilance issues, indeed, i could be able to listen to this IEM and never find any listening fatigue. Surely this is not a treble-ish IEM.
Dynamic is very good and so is transient response.
This IEM has a good synergy with a lot of musical genres in particular with vocal ones and classic music thanks to its big soundstage, but they are very good with pop, rock and jazz music too.
Soundstage is excellent with a coherent sense of space in particular width, you will get a “speaker-like” soundstage with a good holographic sense of space.
With its low impedance is quite easy to drive, you can drive easily with your Smartphone, but obviously with a good DAP you get an overall better sound, with better dynamic and a stronger bass response.
Using with a good DAP bass response get more fast and controlled.
6BA VS 4BA: 6BA is more detailed and has a better dynamic with a better and wider soundstage.
On 4BA model you will find the same quality in mids, with less bass quantity and a more intimate sound reproduction.
6 BA VS 2 BA: 2 BA model was quite a disappointment for me, in particular it has not the same quality in mids and soundstage is too intimate for my tastes.
FINAL WORDS: Verus Audio is a young company and not so much famous, but with 6BA and 4BA models surely can compete against the big competitors in the audio world, in particular mid reproduction is excellent with very detailed and natural voices and an incredible “speaker-like” soundstage.
Very compliment Verus Audio.
