Denon PerL Pro True Wireless Earbuds - Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling, Personalized Sound with Masimo Adaptive Acoustic Technology, Spatial Audio, Long-Lasting Battery, Wireless Charging, Black

so i love earbuds and have several pair. this one caught my attention because of the price, i had seen them before and they were double. the sound is amazing but only after you tune it with the app. mine fit better with foam eartips, from my personal stock, not the ones that came with it, but that's a very personal thing. they also fit me better without the wings, which is just as well because the case doesn't close completely with the wings on. the app was very helpful in personalizing the sound and fit. very happy with the sound.they are a tad bulky but comfortable. it's a little hard to get them out of the case if you don't have a fingernail. but sound is the most important thing, and i like them at least as well as my sony 1000x5's and they cost a lot less so i won't be so afraid to carry them around.

Despite owning numerous high-end wired IEMs and headsets ranging from $500 to $4,000 and owning Sennheiser Momentum TW2 and Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EQ and EX, I rarely write reviews about earbuds. but I felt DPPs granted an exception.After losing my beloved pair of Beoplay EX recently, I considered replacing them but then heard about the Denon Perl Pros on Reddit.Initially, I was hesitant to buy them despite the glowing reviews. I had two main reservations:1. The earbuds were reported to be quite large (with comparisons to Princess Leia’s hairstyle).2. Some users mentioned a hissing sound from the left or right earbud.I received the Denon Perl Pros today and all I can say is WOW! I don’t usually make such enthusiastic exclamations, as acoustics and sound quality are very personal, and high cost doesn’t always guarantee satisfaction. However, the Denon Perl Pros are a true exception—I am thoroughly impressed.Firstly, the comfort level isn’t as bad as some reviewers claimed. They fit very comfortably in my ears. Compared to my other more expensive earbuds and IEMs, they provide the best seal and healthy suction.Now, let’s talk about the sound quality. In short, these are among the best-sounding earbuds I’ve ever heard. They can easily compete with my go-to pair, the $1,400 Campfire Andromeda. The soundstage is expansive and immersive, making you feel surrounded by instruments. Remarkably, despite only having a single 10mm dynamic driver, the DPPs offer a near-holographic effect with their V-shaped sound signature.The instrument separation is excellent, with plenty of air between different instruments. Vocals are forward and don’t bleed into the instruments or background tracks. The more detail you seek, the more you find—even with Spotify’s 320kbps tracks, which are not lossless.The volume can go quite high-I strongly recommend enabling high gain mode then lowering volume to find the right spot. High gain mode compensates for frequencies lost when listening with lower volumes, in situations with less power to the driver.How do they compete with $1,000+ earbuds on the market? The secret lies in their superior implementation of Massimo Adaptive Technology. This technology measures your ear canal’s response to different frequencies and compensates where needed. Initially, I worried this was a gimmick, but it’s a game changer. DPPs allow you to have three different profiles. To squeeze out the most out of these, I suggest you doing the calibration three times and save them to each profile. Then do some A-B testing between profiles to find the best for your ears. I always use EQ to finetune the sound but after the calibration, I disabled all previous EQ I had. I don’t think I need to change EQ anymore. This sounds like EQ specific to your ears.Frankly, I don’t understand why the DPPs haven’t garnered the same attention as other, more expensive earbuds. These are fantastic, comparable to the thrill I felt when first listening to the Audeze LCD3, but in a wireless earbud form. Yet, I haven’t seen many YouTube reviews about them.Do they have any cons? The implementation of the spatial audio isn’t very good but the more I give it a try the more I like it. I still prefer it disabled. Immersion mode adds more oomph in lower and lower mid frequencies. Depending on the genre you listen to, it can be good or bad. There’s some recess in 10K+ bands, so you might want to tweak a little to open up more in top range. At this point, I’m nitpicking to find any flaws, but DPPs are just that good.In conclusion, I’m incredibly happy with my new DPPs. These can truly alter your perception of music especially if you’re not already used to high end iems.Since there aren’t many reviews or impressions about these earbuds, I wanted to share my personal experience.

They have a very good sound, even without an equalizer. These are the first headphones of this type in which I use an equalizer to a minimum extent. The ear tips are made of a material that causes severe discomfort in my ears. Despite the good seal, after an hour of use I start to feel significant discomfort. After another hour, I stop listening because of the intense burning sensation. I don't have this problem with MTW3/MTW4. Additionally, wings adapters are more of a hindrance than they are helpful in my case. After removing the wings adapters and replacing the ear tips with spinfit ones, I can use them all day without any problems. The batteries work great, 9.5 hours at 50% volume in normal settings, not in the eco version. Taking them out of the charging case and putting them in your ears is not pleasant. Because they have slippery and round edges. You can't turn off the sound signals completely, and you can't deactivate ANC without transparency mode. These two functions work together, I hate ANC so I don't have transparency mode either. The rest of the touch functions can be set, but according to Denon rules, not like in MTW3/MTW4. They have a very good Bluetooth range, better than MTW3/MTW4.The application also works very well, although it loads very slowly. Which one would I choose between MTW3/ MTW4? A difficult decision when it comes to practicality in use without modifications and the price, certainly MTW3, not MTW4, in which senncheiser has worsened the sound quality in new models. Why did this happen? I'm not sure, maybe it was to reduce white noise in transparency mode? For me, better sound is more important than light white noise. It can be compared to Dolby B in old tape recorders. I have never used this function except to test how it works. Because it worsened the sound quality and reduced the noise in return. Everyone must decide personally what is more important to them. The first pair of DENON headphones came defective, one of the headphones had humming and noise when the ANC function was turned on. I probably wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't for the fact that this function activates itself during the sound profile settings. The next couple doesn't have this problem. Additionally, when using ANC, the bass is clearly boosted, but ANC does not activate itself the next time you turn on these headphones. This was the case with the Sony WF-1000XM3 and this function could only be turned off from the application. That's why, among other things, I also said goodbye to Sony forever, because I believe that using a product should be a pleasure and not a fight against the manufacturers' ideas.Update: Unfortunately, after all the tests, the result dropped to one star. Because all seven sets of these headphones that I tested had faulty microphones or electronics on one side. Why didn't I write about this earlier? Because I very rarely use the phone call function through headphones. I discovered this only when the phone rang while I was listening to music. The person on the other end couldn't understand what I was saying so I thought there might be a problem with pairing. I restarted the headphones but it didn't help, so I restarted the phone but it didn't help either. I did everything I could to rule out faulty headphones but nothing helped. So I tested both headphones on the dictaphone in the phone and it turned out that one side was faulty. When I use the good headphones, phone calls and recordings on the dictaphone sound very good. When I use the faulty one, the sound is very muffled. After connecting the faulty headphone and the good one, the faulty one interferes with the work of the good one and the sound is muffled again despite the fact that the good headphone is also working at the same time. On top of all this, you can't use the application without connecting to the Denon server. I thought it was just a trick but no, it really happens. The ear canal test is complete nonsense. I swapped the headphones in my ears from the left to the right side and the graph was the same despite changing ears in all seven sets I tested. Denon as you probably guessed this is my last attempt at these and other models of your company's headphones.