Archives for October 14, 2016

Shipping Now: Closed-Back version of Sennheiser HD 598 (CS)

We have another new headphone arrival! If you are among the boldly-going early-adopters and willing to pay full price and not wait for future discounts, the brand new closed-back version of the Sennheiser HD 598, the CS (CS = Closed), is now in-stock and ready to ship for $250 at Amazon by Amazon actual. Two cables are included, one with a 1-button remote, and another without.

Ultrasone PRO550 Closed for $95 after $15 MIR

If you are a fan of Ultrasone and mail-in rebates (MIR), good until 10/26/16 you can get the new condition closed-back foldable Ultrasone PRO550 headphones for $95 after a $15 mail-in rebate at Adorama.com. More details on the MIR inside this PDF file.

While there, they are offering the new condition Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 2nd Gen 2 Input/4 Output USB 2.0 Audio Interface with 2x Scarlett Mic/Instrument Preamplifiers for $149 with free shipping until 10/25/16. Audio interfaces are of interest if you need to make use of them for their intended purposes. If you have no intended-use for them, you are probably better off getting dedicated headphone DACs and AMPs and DAPs.

NOTE: orders placed between now and 10/25/16 will begin shipping on 10/26/16. They are closed for religious holidays.

Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Over-Ears for $244

If you need to get a Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 over-ears headphone right now and don’t want to wait for the holiday shopping season madness to begin, the black color scheme with the Apple iOS buttons is going for $244 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. For the price, you can alternately get Two On-Ears!

Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ear for $120+ (iOS) or $132+ (non-iOS)

The black color scheme of the Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ears with the Apple/iOS remote control is now down to $120 with free shipping with a limit of five units per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. The brown goes for $132, and the others go for more.

On the non-iOS front (they call it “Galaxy” but they mean Android, Windows Phone, etc), the lowest price is $132 for the black color scheme with a limit of five. the other colors go for more.

PS: the iOS/Android difference is in the remote control buttons, especially the Volume Up/Down buttons. The basic play/pause buttons typically work on most non-iOS devices/app combos. Next and Previous track is more nebulous. They come with detachable cables so if you have a compatible cable from another Sennheiser headphone (or can find one at a good price), then you can switch iOS/Android cables depending on your music source device.