Denon PerL True Wireless Earbuds - Adaptive Active Headphones Wireless Noise Canceling, Masimo Adaptive Acoustic Technology, Spatial Audio, 24Hr Battery Life, Wirefree Charging, White

All I can say is WOW!! The app for these Earbuds is so far ahead of any app for earbuds I've used. It learns how you hear music and makes adjustments similar to an equalizer based of what i can only guess is the response time it takes for the low pitched sounds all the way to higher pitched sounds to bounce off your eardrums and return to the microphones on the Earbuds. I'm not using my review to criticize other brands like some people do because everyone is looking for certain qualities. The most important quality to me is how good do they sound? I still use a free downloaded equalizer to tweak different types of music because I am a perfectionist when it comes to listening to my music. Call quality is not important to me when purchasing Earbuds. I could care less about call quality. I spend 95% of my time listening to music with my Earbuds. If i cared about call clarity and how great a phone call sounds I would waste money on one of those one ear bluetooth wireless receivers for phone calls.If you want more details read the review about the Denon PerL Pro Earbuds by "shadow_shooter" 😶‍🌫️ you will understand why I was so anxious to try these Earbuds.What was even more amazing was that the Earbuds were on sale for 50% off!! I still would have purchased them at their full price, because I am obsessed with listening to music as if I need full sized speakers attached to my head while I'm listening to music. These come close to looking like mini speakers when they are in my ears, but I'm not worried about appearance because it's like I'm in another world when I'm listening to music.I put a penny in the picture I took so you could get an idea of the size of the Earbud, but I don't care about the size because they sound GREAT! The size of the Earbuds is one of the reasons they have such a rich full sound and that includes a rich bass sound too. They were on sale for 50% off on the Denon website too. This is probably why Amazon had them on sale for 50% off.Shadow_shooter also mentions the Denon App for these Earbuds. The App is ridiculously ahead of any wireless headphone App I've ever used. The App as shadow_shooter mentions is amazing. I am not an expert regarding Earbuds, or the Apps they use, but you need to see/hear what the Denon App does during setup and the individualized personal sound the App creates when you're setting up your Denon Earbuds.Now I need to find something else to waste money on because I don't need to keep going on my endless search of wasting money looking for my perfect set of Earbuds. I finally found them when I bought the Denon PerL Pro True Wireless Earbuds.Thank you "shadow_shooter" for taking the time to do your review! I never would have considered these, but your review changed my mind.If they are still on sale buy them because you will regret it. If they aren't on sale on Amazon, check the Denon website too.Just in case Denon has them on sale.Update: These are tied for #2 out of the Earbuds I own. The Dennon Earbuds are great and if you try them you won't be disappointed. I ended up buying 3 pairs just in case they stop making them.They are tied with my Bowers & Wilkins.My new #1 Earbuds are Devialet Gemini II.The Devialet are unbelievable and just need to be heard to understand why I am glad I bought them. I thought they might go on sale, but i got tired of waiting. Now if they go on sale I will buy backup pairs just in case.All these Earbuds still need an additional equalizer app downloaded from the app store in addition to the app for the Earbuds. The equalizer app I am using is free and has more frequency adjustments and a volume booster too. I paid for a equalizer app that only had 4 band adjustments and the free one I found has 10 bands to adjust with only an occasional ad, but the ads are so infrequent it's like you paid for the equalizer app. I've wanted to purchase the app only because it's so good I think the developers deserve to be paid for this app, but i couldn't find a buy option on the app itself or on the website.

Just after the Sennheiser True Wireless Momentum 4 earbuds dethroned my Bose QC Ultra earbuds, mainly for the wireless charging case and punchy sound, the Denon Perl Pro came on sale. What was I supposed to do than to try this mythical contender that's relatively hard to find in the wild?Anyway, my home entertainment system is completely Denon and it never let me down. What really sparked my interest beyond that, however, is the fantastic smart speaker Home 250 which impresses me with the crystal clear sound, even compared to an Amazon Echo Studio and Bose Portable Smart Speaker in the same household. So, time to try out the Denon Perl Pro, with the 'Pro' being important for lossless codec support and custom sound profiles.The Denon Perl Pro is visually very similar to the standard model. The charging case is smaller than the Bose QC Ultra and the Sennheiser TWM4, but still larger than the Apple AirPods Pro 2. That may matter more to some than others. However, the Bose QC Ultra case being the only one of the mentioned examples that doesn't charge wirelessly despite feeling arguably the largest. Where the Denon case fails, however, is the ergonomics of removing the earbuds from it. It's easily the worst ergonomics of all four examples. Not a deal breaker but feels like an oversight nevertheless.The size and weight of the earbuds are sometimes mentioned as a negative. Neither bother me much, but if those criteria are important to you, it may be the main reason to look elsewhere. Maybe make sure to actually try them as this is a rather subjective thing. The large circular design sure looks different.The fit out of the box suits me just fine, just like the Bose and the Sennheiser. That is something I cannot say about the AirPods which never really fit me well. The touch buttons can be customized, with one odd difference: Tap-and-hold is reserved to reset/restart the earbuds, a unique feature, but also unavailable to the common "Volume Up/Down" function. The Tap-tap-hold is less intuitive and not always easy to execute.The iPhone app is decent, even if a bit temperamental, as the earbuds shut down in the case and become invisible to the app. Reconnecting then takes a few seconds, by far longer than any of the other earbuds I own. Once connected, you get basic settings in the home screen and most options are hidden away in the settings. There is no conversation awareness, a specialty of the AirPods, but spatial audio, environmental awareness (pass thru) are. The latter isn't configurable as to how to mix the environment with the music, but the spatial audio is easily the best I have heard so far. This is mostly since it doesn't try too hard to fake space, but is a subtle impact. That also means that audio quality actually improves, unlike the Bose QC Ultra implementation that's best when turned off.The ANC performance of the Bose QC Ultra (and AirPod Pro 2) are unmatched by the Denon Perl Pro (and the Sennheiser TWM4), but fairly useful in normal use. I don't use earbuds for making calls and cannot comment on the microphones in either of these earbuds.THE stand-out feature of the Denon Perl Pro is the Advanced Acoustic Technology (AAT). What sounds like a marketing term is surprisingly effective. The app plays sounds and measures "how you hear music". That's nothing short of black magic and sure worth a skeptical eye. The already good sounding earbuds really come alive with a customized profile. It was truly jaw-dropping how much more dynamic these sound with the personalized profile activated. Up to three profiles can be defined and stored. Just make sure to follow instructions to get a good seal and be quiet during the measurement.For me, the deciding factor was the deal during Prime Day(s) to give it a try and I do not regret it. It's easily one of my favorite earbuds. At full price it may still be a good choice, but less of a slam dunk.