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 $1,000+ earbuds on the market? The secret lies in their superior implementation of Massimo Adaptive Technology. This technology measures your ear canal’s response to different frequencies and compensates where needed. Initially, I worried this was a gimmick, but it’s a game changer. DPPs allow you to have three different profiles. To squeeze out the most out of these, I suggest you doing the calibration three times and save them to each profile. Then do some A-B testing between profiles to find the best for your ears. I always use EQ to finetune the sound but after the calibration, I disabled all previous EQ I had. I don’t think I need to change EQ anymore. This sounds like EQ specific to your ears.
Frankly, I don’t understand why the DPPs haven’t garnered the same attention as other, more expensive earbuds. These are fantastic, comparable to the thrill I felt when first listening to the Audeze LCD3, but in a wireless earbud form. Yet, I haven’t seen many YouTube reviews about them.
Do they have any cons? The implementation of the spatial audio isn’t very good but the more I give it a try the more I like it. I still prefer it disabled. Immersion mode adds more oomph in lower and lower mid frequencies. Depending on the genre you listen to, it can be good or bad. There’s some recess in 10K+ bands, so you might want to tweak a little to open up more in top range. At this point, I’m nitpicking to find any flaws, but DPPs are just that good.
In conclusion, I’m incredibly happy with my new DPPs. These can truly alter your perception of music especially if you’re not already used to high end iems.
Since there aren’t many reviews or impressions about these earbuds, I wanted to share my personal experience.
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Great connectivity, work time, quite comfortable. But lacks in quality and settings
I'll be honest, any wired in-ear buds for 50$+ will crush this in sound and mic quality. I got used to how they sound, but in my opinion they are on the dry and cold side. I don't see the reason buying this for quality except if you upgrading from some cheap-no-name buds or you can't have and/or hate wires.TLDR: If I bought this for music listening - I would be disappointed and rated it 3/5 at best. But I bought it for use at work and on the go, so with this it succeeds and that's why I put 4/5 stars.Active noise cancelling is pretty good and one of the saving graces of this earbuds. "Social" mode is quite decent, but plagued with white noise. They hold charge pretty well, didn't had any hassle connecting it, except they have "fancy we try figure out how you hear by making you hear beeps for 5 minutes" when you firstly connect.After trying this "adaptive" stuff for couple of hours and tries, I settled on the default mode. Results felt very random.They keep connection pretty well (on AptX), didn't have interruptions walking around it 15 feet. Even through walls and doors. Works by itself with only one earbud in the ear, almost seamlessly catches up if you take off one earbud, swap it or put second one back in ear from the case.for utility, comfort and just watching videos they pretty much do the good job, but for music they lack a lot. Especially on this price tagI found customization lacking: equalizer is very basic and feels like afterthought, "immersion" mode is basically a bass slider, rest of settings are just on/off toggles. Couldn't change BT codec to anything better than AptX even through android developer settings (even if my phone supports FiiO BTR5 with LDAC codec). Need an app and both earbuds to change anything with them.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
TLDR: If I bought this for music listening - I would be disappointed and rated it 3/5 at best. But I bought it for use at work and on the go, so with this it succeeds and that's why I put 4/5 stars.
Active noise cancelling is pretty good and one of the saving graces of this earbuds. "Social" mode is quite decent, but plagued with white noise. They hold charge pretty well, didn't had any hassle connecting it, except they have "fancy we try figure out how you hear by making you hear beeps for 5 minutes" when you firstly connect.
After trying this "adaptive" stuff for couple of hours and tries, I settled on the default mode. Results felt very random.
They keep connection pretty well (on AptX), didn't have interruptions walking around it 15 feet. Even through walls and doors. Works by itself with only one earbud in the ear, almost seamlessly catches up if you take off one earbud, swap it or put second one back in ear from the case.
for utility, comfort and just watching videos they pretty much do the good job, but for music they lack a lot. Especially on this price tag
I found customization lacking: equalizer is very basic and feels like afterthought, "immersion" mode is basically a bass slider, rest of settings are just on/off toggles. Couldn't change BT codec to anything better than AptX even through android developer settings (even if my phone supports FiiO BTR5 with LDAC codec). Need an app and both earbuds to change anything with them.
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Great connectivity, work time, quite comfortable. But lacks in quality and settings
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
I'll be honest, any wired in-ear buds for 50$+ will crush this in sound and mic quality. I got used to how they sound, but in my opinion they are on the dry and cold side. I don't see the reason buying this for quality except if you upgrading from some cheap-no-name buds or you can't have and/or hate wires.Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
TLDR: If I bought this for music listening - I would be disappointed and rated it 3/5 at best. But I bought it for use at work and on the go, so with this it succeeds and that's why I put 4/5 stars.
Active noise cancelling is pretty good and one of the saving graces of this earbuds. "Social" mode is quite decent, but plagued with white noise. They hold charge pretty well, didn't had any hassle connecting it, except they have "fancy we try figure out how you hear by making you hear beeps for 5 minutes" when you firstly connect.
After trying this "adaptive" stuff for couple of hours and tries, I settled on the default mode. Results felt very random.
They keep connection pretty well (on AptX), didn't have interruptions walking around it 15 feet. Even through walls and doors. Works by itself with only one earbud in the ear, almost seamlessly catches up if you take off one earbud, swap it or put second one back in ear from the case.
for utility, comfort and just watching videos they pretty much do the good job, but for music they lack a lot. Especially on this price tag
I found customization lacking: equalizer is very basic and feels like afterthought, "immersion" mode is basically a bass slider, rest of settings are just on/off toggles. Couldn't change BT codec to anything better than AptX even through android developer settings (even if my phone supports FiiO BTR5 with LDAC codec). Need an app and both earbuds to change anything with them.
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Los mejores audífonos 100% recomendable
Reviewed in Mexico on August 20, 2024Style: PerL ProColor: BlackVerified Purchase
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Great sound!
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La excelencia más sofisticada del sector
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Overhyped and disappointing!
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