Archives for November 23, 2016

Sony MDR XB-950BT Extra-Bass Bluetooth Over-Ears for $88

UPDATE: Amazon is back on the $88 bandwagon again: Bass and Bluetooth in one headphone is the main marketing push for these headphones, the new condition closed-back over-ear Sony MDR XB-950BT available in three different color schemes for $88 with free shipping, with a limit of five units per color per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual where they average 4.3 out of 5 based on nearly 1200 customer reviews.

This ended as of 11/26/16 AM re-check: As of 11/23/16 PM, the Amazon sale below is over, however, you can get the new condition Sony MDR XB-950BT Extra-Bass Bluetooth Over-Ears for $88 with free shipping in your choice of black or blue or red, with a limit of five per customer, by Buydig’s eBay store, which also includes a 2600 mah mobile power bank, which is perhaps good enough as backup power for the Sandisk Clip Plus 🙂

PS: the Bs may not be popular with some vocal audiophiles ~ Bluetooth, Bassy, Beats, Bose ~ but the average consumer loves them 🙂

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

YMMV: Amazon Mobile App has Giveaways, May Give Coupons on Featured Items, But Kinda Buggy

The official Amazon app from Google Play (Android) has a new mobile giveaway promotion running between November 23 to December 6 in 2016. An Amazon notification informed me of this, and when I tapped on that, it took me to the promotion within the app that said this:

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A handful of products were offered, the first on the list was the Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Wireless ANC. The giveaway in itself is not of deal interest, but when you enter the giveaway (you have to tap the moving Amazon box, a nano game of sorts), you are told whether you won or not. If not, (this is the deal part), it gives you a limited time promo code to get a discount on the featured product. You can see that in the screenshot below:

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However, the whole thing was rather buggy, every other touch resulted in an error, and as you can see in the screenshot above, it didn’t spit out a promo code as it promised. I did this early in the day (10:40AM), on day #1 of the promotion, so maybe they are working out the kinks. I was running the latest version of the Amazon app.

So, YMMV…

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Audio Technica R70X with $25 Promo Gift Card for $224

The NewEgg – Beach Camera combo is back again with another similar promotion. Beach Camera offers the new condition open-back over-ear Audio Technica R70x for $224 with free shipping through the NewEgg website. For a limited time, if you purchase this, you will also receive a $25 promotional NewEgg gift card (to be used at the NewEgg website within one year). You’ll know the offer is still running if you see it featured prominently on the page, for example:

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November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Beyerdynamic DT880 PREMIUM (32 ohm) with $50 Promo Gift Card for $160

The headphone party continues at NewEgg, this time Beach Camera’s NewEgg store is offering the new condition Beyerdynamic DT880 PREMIUM (32 ohm) for $160 with free shipping. But for a limited time, NewEgg will send you a $50 promotional gift card with purchase. The promo gift card has to be used at NewEgg for up to one year after it has been issued (about four days after invoicing). You will know this offer is still running if you see this blurb featured prominently over there:

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November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

MEE Matrix2 AF 62 Bluetooth for $58 [MD]

The price of these headphones has been all over the place, but it’s back on the discounting train at Massdrop where they are fully unlocked for $50 plus $8 flat shipping, with a mid-December shipment estimate, shipping from Massdrop to the buyers. There are two days left (from blog-posting date) on this offer. They play music via Bluetooth but they also have a 3.5mm input, and have a carrying case.

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

New headphone release: Sennheiser HD200 Closed Over-Ear for $70

But wait, there’s more from Sennheiser! In addition to the newly renamed HD 2.xx and HD 4.xx and new HD5xx that were revealed at IFA 2016, Sennheiser also released yet another new headphone in the HD2xx series, it’s the closed over-ear “professional monitoring” HD200, with a starting price of $70, and already shipping from some of the sellers at amazon.com. It has no reviews there, it’s that new. Per the specs in the description, it has 32 ohm impedance.

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monoprice Sale includes 14 headphones and ProJect Essential II Turntables

Monoprice just launched a Black Friday Sale with prices good until 11/27/16 or earlier if sold out. Of headphone interest, they have their 11947 bluetooth on-ears going for $20 in various colors, along with the Dual Driver 14456 in-ears for $10. This is at the top of the page over there… If you page down towards the middle of the page, under the “Audio” section, they have a dozen more headphones (mostly earphones) with prices ranging from $4 to $50… If you page down at the very bottom of the page, they have the “Pro Audio” section, with various Pro-Ject Essential II turntables ranging from $220 to $300… Shipping is extra on most items, but depending on your zipcode they may offer flat rate shipping for the whole of the order (depending on weight/size)…

PS: speaking of Monoprice, their Monolith M560 planar magnetic headphones continue to be in-stock for $200. On the other hand, their M1060 planars have a February 2017 ETA and are unorderable. More on new and upcoming headphones at the New Release Tracker.

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

[DEAD] Ends Thursday 12pm ET: Sony XBA-H1 Hybrid In-Ears for $50 [updated]

This flash sale ended, and as of 11/24/16 at 12:15pm ET the price returned to $80 with free shipping…

Ending at 12pm ET on Thursday, B&H Photo has the new condition Sony XBA-H1 Hybrid, 2-Way Driver In-Ears on sale for $40 with free shipping. The price before the sale is $80 with free shipping.

November 23, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

[DEAD] Ends Thur 2:24am ET: MEE Sport-Fi M6p earphones for $14

This lightning offer expired, but if you missed it, fret not, this model is one of the recurring lightning deals, so it will likely return multiple times in the future…

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November 23, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,