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More discounting, this time the new condition AudioQuest DragonFly Black USB DAC/amp is on sale for $79~ with free shipping in NEW condition by “Electronics EXPO” and also by Amazon actual, both at amazon.com. It looks like perhaps this is a price-bot initiated price-match.
Speaking of Audioquest, their Nighthawk Wood headphones are available for $249 in open-box condition from authorized dealer, or $299 in new condition from a couple of “fulfilled by Amazon” sellers.
If you like the speed of Prime shipping (and don’t want to pay for shipping for them from Monoprice), the new condition Monoprice 8323 Closed Over-Ears are on sale for $18.45 as a Gold Box Lightning Deal until Friday at 1:45am ET or earlier if sold out. These are sold and shipped by Amazon. They average 4.2 out of 5 based on 1360 customer reviews.
I have these and will be posting a review eventually (when I go into “writing spree” mode). The one surprise is that despite how big they are, they are actually not as roomy for big heads. I am not the biggest head around, but I can just barely fit in.
Speaking of the 8323, Monoprice has launched a Bluetooth version of them, the 8323 Bluetooth, and somehow they were able to afford Qualcomm’s apt-X for them 🙂
They go for $25 at the Monoprice website plus mandatory shipping (unless you buy them together with something that qualifies for free shipping and then it drops the overall S&H fee).
Speaking of lighting deals, ending around 11:11pm ET tonight, you can get the Avantree Universal Aluminum Desk Headphone Stand Hanger for $16, or a Bamboo variation of it for $20. Fulfilled by Amazon.
These were flying under the radar since Black Friday but Amazon made them a deal of the day and they sold out…
These were flying under the radar since Black Friday but Amazon made them a deal of the day and they sold out…
This sale ended…
These sales ended…
Move over fancy DAPs! We are ready to kick out the jams now 😉 The new condition 8GB Sandisk Clip Sport is on sale, new condition, in many pastel-y colors, for $25 by Amazon actual. Limit up to three per color per customer.
If you are feeling more sporty, the 8GB Clip Sport is on sale for $30 with free shipping for all with the same limit of three per color per customer.
Also on sale is the Clip Sport Plus for $52 in new condition. All these sold by Amazon actual.
I am not familiar with the newer line-up of the Clips, but I have the older (classic) Clip and Clip Plus. They are all still working, and of all the clips of my three Clip+ models broke off cleanly (maybe because I never used the clips and they atrophied?) making them even smaller DAPs 🙂
On the in-ears front, the new condition MEE Audio Pinnacle P1 in-ears are now down to $179~ with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three pairs per customer at this price.
Another Prime-members only, the new condition TEAC HA-P90SD-R DAP, DAC/amp drops to $296 from $370 when you add it to the shopping cart thanks to 20% off automatic in-cart discount for Prime members. This has multiple audio inputs, and plays music from microSD as well, going up to DSD128. This is a red/black color scheme, with the Melisandre RED dominating.
Back in the days when the Shure SE-215 reigned supreme in the $100 IEM category, another contemporary recommended model was the Yamaha EPH-100SL in-ears and for a limited time, Prime members can get it for 20% off the current price, with the price dropping after you add it to the shopping cart. As of the time of writing it goes for $104, so the price will drop to $83.20 with free shipping. This must be sold and shipped by Amazon actual.
This sold out… It’s the “one more thing” with Audeze after their planar invasion and then we move to other brands. It is the manufacturer refurbished Deckard Headphone Amplifier offered for $339 by the Audeze Amazon store, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so you get Prime shipping if a member.
Four different new condition AUDEZE LCD-2 over-ear planar-magnetic headphones are participating in the Black Friday sale at Adorama, an authorized dealer with Audeze warranty as follows:
+ LCD-2 Bamboo and Lambskin Leather for $650
+ LCD-2 Shedua Wood Edition for $650
+ LCD-2 Rosewood and Lambskin Leather for $700
+ SOLD-OUT: + LCD-2 with Travel Case, Aluminum with Lambskin Leather Ear Cushions for $650
Two more Audeze planar-magnetic over-ear headphones are on a Black Friday sale at Adorama, it is the new condition AUDEZE LCD-X Reference (Aluminum/Lambskin) going for $1050 with free shipping and handling, and also the new condition AUDEZE LCD-3 (Zebrano & Lambskin) going for $1300 with free shipping.
This is looking like an Audeze blog take-over, so let’s break the streak with a couple of Fender Black Friday deals from Adorama: the new condition Fender T-Bucket 350E 6-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar goes for $150, while the Fender T-Bucket 450E 6-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar goes for $200 with free shipping. There, streak broken with the power of six strings 🙂
You can buy fifteen Sine ON-Ears for the sale price of the Audeze LCD-4, but you are not going to get the LCD-4 audio experience with fifteen SINEs unless you have fifteen heads 😉 Okay, we are getting into Star Trek territory, back on topic 🙂
The new condition AUDEZE LCD-4 Reference Open Circumaural Headphone is on sale for a limited time for $2999 with free shipping as part of the Black Friday festivities at authorized dealer Adorama with a 3-year Audeze warranty.
And they are back on the sale train again, it is Thursday in the eastern time zone, so the offers start rolling out! The Extra Bass closed-back over-ear new duo of Sony’s, part of the XB950 line, are on sale again as follows:
+ the B1 (bluetooth only) goes for $98 by various at Amazon
+ the N1 (bluetooth + ANC) goes for $123 by various at Amazon
If you had been waiting for a Black Friday sale on this model, it is here, the new condition Sony WH-1000X-M2 ANC and Bluetooth Closed-Back Over-Ears are down to $298 with free shipping at authorized Sony dealers such as Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three per color per customer.
Lost in the Xbox One S $180 sale, and the Surface bundles at the Microsoft Black Friday sale is an …earpod sale. No, not made by Microsoft itself 🙂 It’s the new condition Happy Plugs Earbud Plus going for $20 with free shipping and free returns. They are available in black or pink gold. This was another headphone that was promised in the Black Friday Ads and has now been delivered!
The new condition AudioQuest Nighthawk Wood Headphones are on sale in new condition for $299 from two different fulfilled by Amazon sellers now. “Electronics Expo” joins the party; previously only “Music Direct” had it available.
But wait, there’s more! Another option materialized on today’s re-check, it is available in open-box “Used – Like New” condition by Gramophone of House Maryland for $249 with free shipping through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships directly from Gramophone in Maryland, and it is not Prime eligible, so December delivery 🙂
Don’t forget to feed your pets, but also feed your DAPs! They need more music files to digest! Good until Friday 3am eastern (or earlier for any individual items that may happen to sell out) is a Sandisk Daily Deal happening inside the very busy Gold Box at Amazonia.
You can buy anywhere from three to ten units of the same card, depending mayhaps on how many are available or any other factors the Amazon AI Bots use to determine these things.
The best bang for the buck is definitely the 64GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $14, that’s 4.57GB per dollar 🙂
Next up is the 128GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $28.49, which is 4.49 per dollar!
But in terms of storage flexibility, it’s of course the 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC going for $50 with a flat 4GB per dollar.
It is not a surprise that the highest capacity is also the highest price, the 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC goes for $90 which is 2.84GB per dollar. The 400GB for $250 is 1.6GB per dollar.
You can also get the 32GB for $9.49 which is $3.37 per GB, defeated even by the 200GB card.
NOTE: if you are not certain how your current DAP or PAD (phone as a DAP) will work with these, make sure you check the manual/support pages, or google or check the forums. Especially if you are buying a high capacity card.
The Beats Solo 3 closed-back on-ear bluetooth headphones with Apple’s special sauce chip are back down to $200 with free shipping in various color schemes at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three per color per customer. The Rose Gold is actually $199. There are 14 (!) different colors listed at Amazon where they average 4.3 out of 5 based on over 2000 customer reviews and they have over 620 answered questions.
PS: as expected, the “Apple special sauce” stuff only works with the latest Apple devices 🙂
These offers expired…
As of a 11/27/17 re-check, this sold out and can no longer be ordered…
If you are a fan of the Audeze On-Ear planar magnetic lightning-connector headphones, their new condition AUDEZE SINE On-Ear with 24-bit Cipher Cable is on a Black Friday sale for $200 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama! They come with the usual Audeze warranty, 3-years for the drivers, 1 year for the cable. Temptation time especially for iPhone and iPad users 🙂
It’s not 2018 yet, but that’s not gonna stop Samsung. Their brand new model, the Samsung Gear Icon X (2018) now got their first sale, they are going for $150 with free shipping in your choice of color scheme at Samsung directly and Amazon by Amazon actual (limit two per customer). It is important to have 2018 in their model name, otherwise you may be getting the older model which is worth a lot less market-wise. These are “truly wireless”.
Another Black Friday Ad promise fulfilled, this time NewEgg delivers, they are offering the new condition Rosewill EX-500 in-ears for $10 after a $10 mail-in rebate which runs until 11/25/17.
We have an unboxing here of a different model in the same line, it’s a text and pictures unboxing of the Rosewill EX-700. I don’t know what their differences are.
As promised in the Black Friday Ads the closed-back over-ear Audio Technica M30x and M40x headphones are on sale at the Guitar Center group of companies as follows. Guitar Center offers store pickup options, while Musician’s Friend is an online-only entity.
+ M30X for $60 at Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend
+ M40X for $80 at Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend
If you like pink earphones on the other hand, the new condition Soundpeats M20 gold/pink in-ears are on sale for $7, sold by Soundpeats Audio with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so free 2-day shipping. The other color scheme is sold out. They average 3.7 out of 5 based on 167 customer reviews. They are not an add-on item, so a Prime membership gets them to you in a couple of days.
If you like red earphones, you are in luck! The red color scheme of the new condition Panasonic RP-HJE120B bluetooth earphones are on sale for $29~ with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual, with up to three pairs per color per customer. The other three colors range from $33 to $40. They average 3.1 out of 5 based on 123 customer reviews.
PS: speaking of Panasonics, their RP-HJX5 Drops 360 In-Ears for $10 in the blue color scheme continue to be available fulfilled by Amazon (these are wired; not BT).
This offer is only offered through the official Hifman store directly because it is too complicated to structure on Amazon and eBAY and such. You get the Hifiman HE5 planar magnetic headphones AND the Hifiman EF-100 amp for $599. However, they won’t ship together. The EF100 will ship shortly after ordering, but the HE5 headphones will ship in December (no specific date or range in December mentioned). So if you are not in a hurry to receive them, pretend it’s Massdrop 🙂
This one got lost in the shuffle when I posted the previous Hifiman deals, it is the new condition Hifiman Edition X V2 down to $1200 with free shipping by various sellers thru Amazon and by the official Hifiman and World Wide Stereo stores on eBAY. These too are planar magnetic, over-ear, over-the-universe headphones 🙂
And now something different, a trio of open-box Polk speaker setups have gone on a Black Friday sale at Adorama with free shipping as follows:
+ open box Polk 2x S50 Small Tower/S30 Center/S10 Surround Speaker/HTS 10 10″ SW for $649
+ open box Polk Audio Home Theater 2x S60 Tower/S35 Center/S20 Bookshelf Speaker for $999
+ open box Polk Audio 2x S60 Home Theater Tower Speaker With Audio Bundle for $1299
The wired (detachable cable) closed-back on-ear Brainwavz HM2 are a lightning deal until 1:15am ET on Thursday for $30 with free shipping, sold by Brainwavz’s Amazon store and fulfilled by Amazon. They average 4.2 out of 5 based on 77 customer reviews.
Meanwhile the SoundPEATS Magnetic Bluetooth earphones with apt-X are a lightning deal for $20~ and are already “100% claimed”. You still have a chance to get them if you “Join the Waitlist”. These got to 100% within 45 minutes of going live. If they don’t sell out completely, they’ll continue until 1:10am ET on Thursday.
While we are on the lighting deal topic, of musical interest mayhaps, this Music Notes Coffee Cup goes for $9~ until 11:10pm ET.
Massdrop too is participating in the Black Friday festivities. Earlier today they relaunched the Sennheiser HD6XX for $200 offer, which has over 840 units sold already.
And now they are back with another one of their exclusives, the new condition Massdrop x Koss Porta Pro X for $38 with free shipping. It comes with the usual Koss limited lifetime warranty.
In case you are not familiar with them, despite their portable looks, these are open-back!
These too are an “in-stock drop”, meaning the offer opens and closes daily, so don’t be alarmed by the countdown clock (unless it’s the actual end of the in-stock drop).
I added them to our new Massdrop In-Stock Drops Tracker.
Back to the Beyerdynamic sales train at NewEGG, Focus Camera through NewEgg is offering the new condition Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO (250 ohm) Limited Edition headphones for $125 with free shipping. Limit up to three per customer for this sale that ends on Saturday night (or earlier if sold out). These are open-back over-ears.
If you want to participate in the Black Friday brick and mortar festivities while avoiding the malls and the big retailers with the heavy foot traffic and impossible parking, I give you a near-free alternative. At Rite Aid B&M stores, using the Plenti Rewards membership (free to sign-up for), they are bringing back their free earbuds promotion.
This turned out to be long-winded post, more after the break…
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