Archives for April 26, 2017

Refurbished Sony NW-A26HN DAP for $200

A more advanced variation of the Sony “mouse ears” digital audio players, the Sony NW-A26HN is available in manufacturer refurbished condition in the 32GB denomination (WITH a microSD card slot on the side) and with a 90-day warranty by Secondipity through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This link shows the lowest price per color. To see details for each individual color, expand them using the “See all offers for this product” next to each color’s name.

These have “HiRes” marketing/branding, and play FLAC, WAV, ALAC along with the more common file names. They stream via bluetooth, and promise up to 50 hours of battery life. They average 4.2 out of 5 based on 30 customer reviews.

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: digital audio players Tagged With: , ,

Breaking News: Headroom getting out of retail and focusing on making gear (including new planar headphones)

UPDATE 4/26/17 at 11:32pm ET: as expected, the bidding wars heated up for the domain name, currently at a minimum bid of $100,000. It will likely get into the millions. Which is good because it will fund future Headamp DACs, amps, headphones and other audio devices 🙂

Breaking news! Headroom is getting out of the headphone retail business and will be focusing on making headphone gear instead (aka going back to their roots). Their domain (a very desirable headphone.com) is available for purchase through domain-seller Sedo (currently at $90 but it will go much higher). Their gear, including the upcoming “Cosmic” planar magnetic headphone (coming summer 2017) can be found at headroomaudio.com. The announcement just came out in their emailing list and on their twitter.

This is not an April Fool’s Day joke!

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: , ,

Refurbished Klipsch In-Ears: R6 for $20, R6i for $25

On the Klipsch earphones front, a couple of models are discounted in certified refurbished condition by Beach Camera thru Amazon (Prime eligible). They are on the same listing, the R6 goes for $20, while the R6i goes for $25. The “i” is for Apple remote/mic. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order.

On the other hand, if you are fond of new condition, the R6i is offered for $59 with free shipping at NewEgg Business using the $20 off coupon code BTHYJKA1 by the end of day on 4/30/17.

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: , ,

AKG M220 Semi-Open for $50 w/free S&H

It’s back on again at Massdrop, with five days to go from blog-posting date, the new condition semi-open AKG M220 (based on the good old K240) over-ears studio headphones are going for $50 with free shipping. These orders will be shipped by the vendor (not specified) and all sales are final as usual, so not a plus if you like to have return-flexibility. Orders will ship mid-to-late May 2017.

PS: Studio headphones has become more of a marketing term, but these are legit ~ considering the price 🙂

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

1Voice Audio Blast Copper earphones for $16.50 to $21

Copper “Moscow Mule” cups are all the rage these days, so the copper mania apparently jumped to earphones as well. 1Voice is offering 100% copper earphones, the “1Voice Audio Blast”. They are available at various retailers, the lowest price you pay depends on whether you can get free shipping or not (eg depending on order total or membership):

+ Overstock for $16.50 + shipping
+ Groupon Goods for $18 (free S&H with $35+ order)
+ Overstock on eBay for $21.44 with free S&H

1Voice has a few models, this is the “Blast” model, not to be confused with the “Bliss” or the “Bang” or “Boom”. Their product naming scrabble bag only has words beginning with a “B” 🙂

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

A-Audio A-01 closed over/on-ear for $30

A handful of “fulfilled by Amazon” marketplace sellers appear to be in a price war (human or machine controlled price war, I do not know) on the new condition A-Audio A01 Closed-Back over/on-ears The lowest price is now $30, fulfilled by Amazon, so if you are a Prime member, you get free 2-day shipping and Amazon customer service, which is an extra layer of protection when buying from marketplace sellers, since the products are under Amazon’s control (in their facilities/warehouses), so if there are any issues or shenanigans, Amazon will fix it, you don’t have to hope rando-seller is honest.

NOTE: there are multiple different models on the same Amazon product page. The ones on sale for $30 are the A01, not to be confused with the A02 Legacy or the A11 Lyric which go for much more. They have detachable cable (either side), and come with a luxury travel case and cable with mic/remote.

I am not quite sure whether the A01 is over-ear or on-ear. The Amazon page is confused and so is the A-Audio website which (in addition to the browser security complaints) has a 404 error where the user manuals for the A01 and A02 models should be.

So this is a bit of a higher risk purchase…

PS: you can see a picture of the travel case in gallery picture #4 at Stacksocial.

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Store Demo Sony PHA-3 portable DAC/amp for $629

We are double-amping (in terms of back to back blog posts that is), the RazorDog Audio eBay store is offering in Store Demo condition (eBay calls it “New – Other”) with full warranty the Sony PHA-3 portable DAC/amp for $629 with free shipping and handling. It ships from Minnesota. Lakes NOT included in the package 🙂 They only have one unit available at this price.

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

Used Teac UD-503-B Dual-Monaural USB DAC / Amp for $650

I am overdue for another Amazon Warehouse Deals immersion session (when I find uninterrupted time for it), but in the meantime, the Teac UD-503-B Dual-Monaural USB DAC with Headphone Amplifier is available in “Used – Like New” condition for $650 with free shipping by Wisconsin’s Hifi Heaven through Warehouse Deals. It ships directly from Heaven, and it is not Prime eligible. Diary Aire included for FREE in the package 🙂

Speaking of Amazon, the Guitar PRO 6 software is on sale for $20 (mail delivery, not digital download).

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

Comply Isolation T-500 earfoam (select sizes) for $15

On the consumables front, the Medium size of 3-pairs of Comply Isolation T-500 earfoam (short for earphone foam tips) is on sale for $15 at Amazon by Amazon actual, with up to three sets per customer. These are also available as a “Subscribe and Save” purchase since they are consumables, the foam tips don’t last as long as silicone. Keep in mind future “Subscribe and Save” shipments will be based on future prices, not the original price you pay now for the first purchase.

The same price is available for the 3-pairs set of Small / Medium / Large set, handy if you use different sizes on each ear, or if shopping for multiple people, or planning to sell IEMs and want to make your offer more tempting by adding value-add accessories to them.

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

AKG K7XX and Red for $200 each at MD

You don’t have to decide! You can get Massdrop’s AKG K7XX in either the standard edition or the Red edition for $200 with free shipping each at the members-only (but free to join) website. The offers are running for 15 days. Finally they discovered new technology to make offers run longer? 🙂 They come with a 2-year warranty from AKG.

NOTE however that these will ship late July 2017, and all sales are final!

April 26, 2017 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Thursday: TaoTronics Bluetooth Earphones for $20

This daily deal is expireotronic now 🙂

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April 26, 2017 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: , ,