I received the Perl Pro today. Had to do a bit of fiddling with left ear to get a seal. Followed fellow traveler who noted in earlier thread that the Spinfit W1 did the trick for him and I happened to have some on hand. Excellent fit now. I just returned the Sony XM5s. The Sonys sounded pretty clean and competent and perhaps a bit better than my Bose Oasis, but I could never get much of an ANC response, even after trying tons of different tips. So they went back.
The Perl Pro is way more exciting and "large" sounding than the Sonys.
I did the custom ear hearing adjustment per the app and was very pleasantly surprised. On pop stuff they sounded clean, but perhaps a bit thick. But again, I just got them. I listened to some classical stuff and was really wowed, big time. The separation was fantastic. The highs were exceptionally clean. The mids sounded natural and not pushed and the bass went deep and clean. Maybe it's just the honeymoon phase, but these things will make walking the dog and chores a lot more fun. BTW, I have some fairly high end stuff, both headphone, iem, and speaker wise and the Denons hold up as quite well as super enjoyable and dynamic. I apologize if the above isn't super audiophile-speak, but I am only marginally fluent. Of course, your experience my vary.
