There was a big break-in and theft at the Audeze factory in Southern California with a quarter million dollars worth of headphones stolen per the Audeze blog. If you are shopping around the auction/used/refurbished/off-market, be careful as the thieves may try to sell the stolen headphones. Audeze will soon publish the serial numbers of the stolen property.
Archives for March 5, 2015
Audio Technica ATH-M40x + Creative E1 portable head-amp for $110 total
This is an “if the stars align” type of a deal, if you happen to want both the new Audio Technica ATH-M40x closed-back headphones and the Creative Labs E1 portable headphone amp, they are bundled together for $110 with free shipping by Amazon actual (not by marketplace sellers). Who knew, Amazon is now making its own headphone + amp match-making schemes 🙂
The bundle has only one customer review but it is a detailed one. The headphones on their own average 4.7 out of 5 based on 243 customer reviews, while the E1 portable amp averages 3.7 out of 5 based on 66 customer reviews and has 26 questions answered.
Massdrop: MEElectronics Sport-Fi M6 Earphones shipped for $13
Fully unlocked (= the lowest price possible during this promotion) at members-only Massdrop are the MEElectronics Sport-Fi M6 Earphones available in either clear (as seen in pictures over there) or black color schemes, for $13 with free shipping. The offer ends in about six days from today (today = blog-posting date). Estimated shipping date is 3/25/15, so factor that in your deliberations.
These have over 5700 customer reviews at amazon.com where they average 3.8 out of 5. If you are curious about them, they have 166 questions answered by the internets.
[DEAD] HifiMan RE-400 in-ears for $72~
As of a 3/6/15 re-check, the price of the RE-400 at Amazon.com went up to $80 again…
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