Archives for March 28, 2017

Beyerdynamic T51i On-Ears for $200

If you are a fan of the T-series of Beyerdynamic headphones, the new condition closed-back on-ear Beyerdynamic T51i is offered for $200 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual. Limit up to three per customer. This is not a lightning deal, it’s either a sale or a price-match. The headphone averages 4 out of 5 based on 110 customer reviews and has 20+ questions peer-answered.

AUKEY Loops Bluetooth Earphones for $8 w/coupon

AUKEY is like a Chinese competitor/clone to the Anker brand of smartphone and other tech accessories. One of the obligatory product categories serving the smartphone market are bluetooth earphones, and for a limited time, coupon code PXVRO74H drops the price of the AUKEY Loops Bluetooth Earphones from $16 to $8 (it is a 50% off coupon). This is sold by AUKEY with the order fulfilled by Amazon, so if you are a Prime member, you get free 2-day shipping. They are not an Add-ON item (shhh! don’t tell Amazon!).

Urbanears Kransen In-Ears for $28

The purple color scheme of the Urbanears Kransen In-Ears is currently going for $28 at Amazon by Amazon actual. There is a “1-4 weeks” shipment delay on them. The next best price is $33~ for the more conventional black color scheme.

Refurbished HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset for $50

And now something of gaming interest, the HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset (7.1 Virtual PC/PS4/XBOX) are offered in manufacturer refurbished condition for $50 with free shipping by eBay seller MemoSun (99.2%) (California). Limit five per buyer. Over 1160 units have been sold so far from this particular eBay listing according to the numbers over there. They come with a 90-day warranty from Kingston.

Audio Technica ATH-AD700X for $79 w/coupon

If you are subscribed to the Fry’s Electronics email newsletter OR if you do not object to signing up for it, you can use your unique promo code that is found in their email newsletters to get the new condition open-back over-ear Audio Technica ATH-AD700X for $79. The offer is good in-store or online (with free shipping). Limit one per customer. Offer ends Wednesday night or earlier if sold out.

These go for $99 at Amazon by Amazon actual where they are actually on sale, with a limit of three per customer. The Amazon sale may be a computer-generated price-match of a marketplace seller over there offering them for $99 as well. This headphone is apparently eligible for AmazonFresh delivery as well, make sure you fish out the broccoli pieces out of the driver enclosure 🙂

Beyerdynamic DT 880 (250) PREMIUM All-Black Limited for $135

Back to eBay, where Focus Camera (99.1%, New York) is offering the new condition Beyerdynamic DT 880 PREMIUM (250 ohm) Limited All-Black semi-open over-ear headphones for $135 with free shipping. Limit five units per buyer during the sale.

TOPPING NX2 DAC/amp for $36 (Prime eligible) [updated]

UPDATE 3/28/17: the lowest price now for the TOPPING NX2 DAC/amp is $36 [WAS $44] with free shipping, offered by a marketplace seller with the fulfilled by Amazon, so Prime members can get them in around two days or so. (Original post 3/26/17).

Refurbished Sol Republic JAX earphones for $7 w/FS

This is a higher-risk purchase but it’s single-figures with shipping included, so you have been warned. The seller-refurbished SOL REPUBLIC JAX earphones are offered for $7 with free shipping in the black color scheme, by eBay seller “GuaranteeCellular” (97.2%, New York). Over 460 units have been sold so far. Both the feedback score of the seller and the term “seller refurbished” indicate a higher risk, so if you are not risk tolerant you may want to skip this.

Tascam TH-200X studio headphones for $30 w/free s&h

On the budget studio-ish (closed over-ear) headphones front, the new condition Tascam TH-200x are on sale for $30 at Musician’s Friend with free shipping until 8am ET on Wednesday as one of their daily deals.

PS: this is not their best price ever, according to the blog archives, they were offered for $19 by both MF and Guitar Center in November 2016.

PS2: their style looks familiar, there are other brands that have common ancestry or more, eg CAD-branded headphones but I can’t tell which model matches with which.

[DEAD] Aukey Behind-Neck Bluetooth On-Ears for $8 w/coupon

As of 3/31/17/ recheck, these are sold out and cannot be ordered… Another Aukey headphone is coupon eligible! Coupon code PXVRO74H drop the price of their AUKEY Bluetooth Foldable On-Ear Behind-Neck headphones from $16 to $8. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order.

They come with a 24-month warranty which is ironic when you consider that some manufacturers sell $300+ headphones with a 1-year warranty 🙂 And you may need the warranty, these lightweight behind-the-neck designs can often break [I am talking in general; I haven’t seen/used this particular model which averages 3.8 out of 5 based on 77 customer reviews].