Archives for April 4, 2016

Fiio E17K Aspen 2 DAC/Amp and Audeze SINE On-Ears for $450

If you like your sinewaves to climb mountains (I promise it will make sense soon), Adorama.com is offering a bundle of the Audeze SINE On-Ears headphones and the Fiio E17K Aspen 2 USB DAC/Amp, all together going for $450 with free shipping.

While there, they have the Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 6-Input/6-Output USB 2.0 Audio Interface on sale for $165 with free shipping.

Both promotions expire 4/10/16.

Open box Beats Solo 2 for $84 [various colors]

The closed-back on-ear Beats Solo 2 wired headphones are available in open-box condition with the 1-year warranty for $84 with free shipping (or store pickup where available) in multiple color options at the Best Buy eBay store. These are the model that got to the IF Wall of Fame sparking an existential crisis among some audiophiles last summer 🙂

Alternately you can get them for $80 with free shipping and free returns and a 30-day warranty, in only three colors though, from Groupon Goods. Sale ends 4/7/16.

AKG K553 Closed-Back Over-Ears for $133 (Massdrop)

Massdrop is back with another AKG promotion, this time it is closed-back action, the over-ear AKG K553 is going for $125 plus $8~ flat shipping. This only ships to USA addresses and ends in about 7 days from today. Shipping is relatively fast for this one (by Massdrop standards), end of April 2016.

Philips SHP-9500 Open-Back Open-Hype for $59

They are back in-stock again, the open-back over-ear open-hype Philips SPH-9500 have been restocked by the NewEgg eBay store for $59 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer.

This is the previous eBay listing from mid-March that got reactivated, that’s why you see 760+ units sold from it.

[DEAD] Sennheiser HD518 for $50 [limit 3] {Used Sold-Out}

As of 4/6/16, this sale is over, but fear not, if you don’t need them right away, $50 has been established as a sale price now ~ they will likely return in the future at this price…

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[DEAD] Starts Tue 11am ET: MEE audio Sport-Fi M6 In-Ears Lighting Deal

This particular lighting deal ended, but MEE Audio (the new goofier name for ME Electronics) are histoically frequent lightning deal guests…

Starting at 11am Eastern on Tuesday 4/5/16, there is going to be a limited time (they typically last four hours) lightning deal on the MEE audio Sport-Fi M6 In-Ears in the Amazon gold box. The price before the sale (as of posting time) is $16~.