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The new condition MEE Electronics Pinnacle P2 in-ears are currently on sale for $89 with free shipping at BuyDig directly and by Beach Camera thru Amazon (Prime-like shipping speed for Prime members) and BuyDiG on eBAY. They are propagating the sale across the interwebs. BuyDig and Beach Camera are the same company. BuyDig is their online persona.
Meanwhile the Pinnacle P1 in-ears are on sale for $163 with free shipping at B&H Photo and $165 with free shipping by Amazon actual.
If you don’t want to wait for another sale, the Koss Porta PRO retro-looking open-back on-ears in the black color scheme are available in “Used – Like New” condition (original packaging) for $32~ with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. The older iconic black/silver model is also available used at a similar price, but it goes on sale for less since it’s an older model.
Stylish headphones in non-perfect condition are a bit of a tug of war, but if you are comfortable with multiple imperfections, the Bowers & Wilkins P9 Signature over-ears are currently available in “Used – Acceptable” condition for $504 with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual which offers a 30-day satisfaction guarantee return policy. Or you can get them in “Used – Like New” condition for $612. The new condition price is $900~.
If you are looking for old-school lightweight/featherweight on-ear headphones, the good old Panasonic RP-HT21 are available in “Used – Good” condition for $3.90 in two listings by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. Shhhh! They are not currently marked as Add-On items, so if you are a Prime member you can get them with free 2-day shipping. Otherwise it’s free shipping with the usual $25+ for non-members.
If you like fishing for deals on eBay, you are in luck. Running until 1/15/18 at 11am eastern time, coupon code PLAYOFFS18 gets you a 10% off discount on $50+ purchases from 110+ participating retailers. You can use the various categories on the left hand side to filter the results by interest.
Drilling down to the headphones category finds over 120 eligible listings from the participating retailers.
The coupon flattens out with $1000 purchases. You get a flat $100 off if your order total is over $1000. Eligible orders under $1000 get a 10% off discount.
If you are Bang & Olufsen curious but don’t want to break the bank, at the moment, eBay seller “DealPlanIt” is offering the closed-back Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H6 Wired over-ears for $100 with free shipping in manufacturer refurbished condition in the black color scheme with up to five pairs per customer at the sale price.
If you don’t want to wait for a future sale, or pay full price for the new condition option, at the moment, eBay seller “Secondipity” (multiple locations) is offering the Sony WH-1000 M2 ANC + bluetooth closed over-ear headphones for $280 with free shipping in manufacturer refurbished condition in either the black or gold color schemes with refurbished warranty and 30-day returns.
These offers expired…
As of 1/16/18, these sold out… If you must have a Philips X2 right now and don’t want to wait for it or the X2HR, there is currently a “Used – Good” listing (no further details given) for the very specific price of $217.49 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. This is not a deal, but rather an availability alert for anyone who may have been trying to find it.
As of 1/16/18 recheck, the “fulfilled by Amazon” options are sold out…
This is fulfilled by Amazon which reduces the risk, but it’s sold by an unknown marketplace seller, so there is higher risk than average. It is the white-brown color scheme of the Plantronics Backbeat Sense bluetooth on-ears, offered in “Used – Like New” condition for $40 with free shipping by marketplace seller “Bodyline” with the order fulfilled by Amazon, offered at Amazon Warehouse Deals.
If you are risk averse, or you hate the idea of having to return an item, you may want to avoid this listing!
If you want to be among the first to get hands ears on the all new Sennheiser HD 820 closed-back flagship headphone, pre-orders are accepted for it for $2400 at the Sennheiser website, along with the B&H Photo website. Their release estimate is early summer 2018, so pretend it’s a Massdrop offering if it will help make the wait less insufferable 🙂
The parallel HDV 820 DAC/amp has no wait, it is already in-stock and shipping at authorized dealers for $2400 as well.
This is one of many new headphones revealed at CES 2018, we are keeping track of them at our CES 2018 headphone summary. I’m adding new releases as fast as I can. This usually takes a couple of weeks of updates before it is finished 🙂 We’ve done these for most major trade shows, you can find all those posts under the New Headphones category.
If you happen to be trying to find the Brainwavz M4 earphones, you are in luck! There is one unit in “Used – Good” condition (repackaged) for $9~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual with free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order. This is from the “hard to find” department…
On the budget side of portable headphone amps, the Topping NX1s (it’s not plural, the “s” is part of the model name), is fully unlocked for $35 with free US shipping at the Massdrop website. It is running for the next two days and change (from blog posting time). It will ship mid-February 2018 from Massdrop, with all sales final, and no mention of warranty in the listing.
It is available in either silver or black. It has 3.5mm audio input and output. The microUSB port is for charging only. It has gain and bass physical switches (two settings each). They have a blanket 16 – 300 ohm recommended headphone impedance.
PS: you can find our recent posts of Massdrop time-sensitive drops using the Massdrop blog tag (this link; bookmark it if you are interested in these type of posts specifically).
On the affordable side of things, the new condition OSTRY KC06 IEMs are fully unlocked at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop website for $40 with free US shipping. The offer runs for the next three days and change (from blog posting date). They will be shipped from Massdrop in mid-February (happy Valentine’s day with a shipment email!), with all sales final, and no mention of warranty in the listing.
For Massdrop offers that are running like “normal” retail purchases, check our Massdrop Tracker post.
CES 2018 is here and we have began rounding up the new headphones at CES 2018 in our annual customary mega-post. It is short now but if you check the previous CES years, you will notice that they balloon to the point of unreadability 🙂
The closed-back HD 820 headphones are the star of Sennheiser’s announcement and the subjects of a long wait until the early summer for release. Coming along with them, but already in-stock and shipping at various retailers is the HDV 820 DAC and headphone amplifier. Both have a price of $2400. The HDV 820 Headphone Amplifier is already in-stock and shipping by various at Amazon and B&H Photo and the official Sennheiser USA store and Hifi Heaven and World Wide Stereo, the last two being their eBay stores.
The wired Beyerdynamic Xelento Remote Tesla In-Ears go for $999 but if you are comfortable with used, you can get them in “Used – Very Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) for $735~ with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual.
On the budget side of things, the closed-back over-ear Panasonic RP-HT161 in the black color scheme is available in “Used – Very Good” condition for $8 sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual, with free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order. This is on the same listing as a totally different Panasonic headphones, so pay attention to reviews and answered questions to make sure you are reading about this model, and not the other and more popular model (the good old RP-HT21)
the latest model is the second generation Mjolnir Balanced Headphone Amplifier which goes for $850 plus shipping at the Schiit Audio website. But if you happen to want the first generation model, in new condition, you can get it for $750 with free shipping by Hi-Fi Heaven (B&M Wisconsin A/V dealer) through amazon.com. It ships directly from Heaven (ha!) and it is not Prime eligible. Per the shopping cart, they have only one unit available.
If you are interested in the Denon DA-10 portable USB DAC/amp, you can get it in refurbished condition from authorized Denon dealer LISTENUP (of Colorado) through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships directly from ListenUp and it is not Prime eligible. It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 13 customer reviews and has 10 answered questions.
If you got tired of listening to sinewaves and white and pink noise, there is a new anniversary release that came out last month, it is the 40th anniversary edition of RUSH’s “A Farewell to Kings” in a three disc CD set with new cover art and illustrations along with 12,000 word liner notes, going for $22.39 by Amazon actual.
If you don’t want/need the anniversary edition, the deal is on the standard audio CD going for $4, with AutoRIP. So you will automatically get the mp3 version when you purchase the CD as long as it is sold and shipped by Amazon actual. This is however an Add-On item, so you must needs place a $25+ order of eligible items, otherwise their shopping cart won’t let you buy it.
If you want to jump in the curiosity that is the VE Monk plus actual earbuds, but don’t want to wait for Massdrop or get slow no-tracking free shipping from China, there is an alternative. If you are a Prime member, you can get these in about two days for $10 from the Venture Electronics Amazon store, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon. Non-Prime members get free shipping with a $25+ order. They average 4.1 out of 5 based on 48 customer reviews there.
The one above is the “Smoke/Clear” color scheme. I have a different model, the red color scheme and for that we have a review diary and a text and pictures unboxing too.
Monoprice offers their new condition M300 planar-magnetic in-ears for $150, but if you are comfortable with buying open-box, they are offering them in open-box condition for $100 plus shipping.
If you purchase them together with other things that come with free shipping, it will likely lower or in some cases zero out their shipping fee. The Monoprice shipping fees work in mysterious ways.
Fulfilled by Amazon seller “Amazing Deals Online” is offering the new condition Audioquest DragonFly Red USB DAC/Amp for the very specific price of $186.66 with free Prime shipping for members. This may be a price match or something, who knows. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration date is unknown.
On the portable side of USB DAC/Amps, fully unlocked at Massdrop and running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date) is the new condition NuForce uDAC-3 DAC/Amp Combo going for $60 with free US shipping. It ships in early February from Massdrop, with all sales final, and no mention of warranty in the listing.
This takes USB audio input, and outputs analog (RCA) and digital (coaxial), along with a headphone output on the front. It is powered by USB, there is no separate power input. Since audio comes from USB as well, this can only be used with sources that output music via USB.
In addition to their “classic drops”, Massdrop is also running a handful of products in a more conventional setting, they ship within a week after purchase. We round those up at our Massdrop Tracker post…
As of a 10:42pm ET recheck, this listing/condition sold out, and the lowest used price is $255+ in “Used – Like New”…
Blinq is a clearing house and overstock reseller of sorts, and they get inventory from various places. If you are comfortable with used, they are currently offering the open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 650 in “Used – Good” condition with a 30-day money-back guarantee for $191 with free shipping through Amazon Warehouse Deals. It ships directly from Blinq, and it is not Prime eligible.
The HD650 prices are squeezed by the Sennheiser HD 6XX which is currently offered for $200 at Massdrop but ships in late March 2018.
It looks like marketplace sellers have triggered an automated price-match from Amazon actual on the new condition Sonos Play:1 Compact Wireless Speaker for $139 with free shipping. If you are searching around on Amazon, make sure Amazon actual is the seller, not the lesser known marketplace sellers.
Optionally you can get a free smart home consultation with purchase. You have to manually add that option which lives on the same product listing.
It’s not Elvis but a different king. The TFZ King 🙂 Fully unlocked at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop is the new condition TFZ King PRO IEMs going for $125 with free US shipping, running for the next three days and change. You have a choice of colors from four different options.
These will be shipped by Massdrop in early February 2018 [don’t forget, IEMs can be nice Valentine’s Day gifts that last longer than roses and chocolates], with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
This lightning deal sold out before it expired…
Good until Tuesday 12:10am eastern, you can get the new condition COWIN HE8 ANC + Bluetooth earphones for $40 with free shipping. The lightning deals sale price is $60, but there’s also a $20 off clip-on coupon on the product page, making it $40 after coupon. It is sold by COWIN with the orders fulfilled by Amazon (Prime shipping for members). It only has five customer reviews.
More budget over-ears action, the new condition closed-back over-ear JVC HA-RX330 (not to be confused with the older HA-RX300 model) are currently on sale (and/or price-matched) for $14 per pair at Walmart by Walmart actual (free 2-day shipping with $35+ order or free store pickup), or at Amazon by Amazon actual (free shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order; limit three pairs per customer).
Three different models are on the same page, so keep that in mind if reading customer reviews or reading answered questions.
The earpads are the headphones (almost) in this new budget model from KOSS, and the blue color scheme, in new condition, is currently on sale for $8.49 by a marketplace seller with the orders fulfilled by Amazon. “It” refers to the Koss UR-23-iB model in blue, while the black color scheme, aka the the Koss UR-23-iK goes for $12.59, likewise fulfilled by Amazon. The other two color schemes go for $20.
If you prefer the black color scheme but want to pay single figures, you can get it in open-box condition for $7 by marketplace seller with the orders fulfilled by Amazon.
Free 2-day shipping for Prime members (shhhh, don’t tell Amazon’s bots; it’s not an add-on item), or with a $25+ order. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration time unknown. They are D-shaped earcups/earpads, lightweight but over-ear, with the usual Koss limited lifetime warranty despite the low price.
Soundmagic too has open-back headphones, the HP200, and they are currently available in “Used – Good” condition for $76~ with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. No further description is given on their condition. Build quality complaints drag their review score to 3.2 out of 5 based a dozen of them, so keep that in mind, especially if you are planning to use them in more challenging situations.
We continue our dive into Amazon Warehouse Deals with the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC50iS active noise cancelling headphones. They go for $99 in new condition, but you can get them for about 1/4th of that price in “Used – Very Good” condition by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. For higher risk purchases, a couple of marketplace sellers offer it refurbished for around $20 with free shipping, but shipping directly from them (not Prime eligible). You can also filter the options by Prime on the left hand side. These are powered by a single AAA battery, so a plus for fans of user-replaceable batteries and/or AAA rechargeables. They average 3.5 out of 5 based on 23 customer reviews.
As usual with ANC headphones, if you are not planning to use them for ANC most of the time, you are probably better served getting non-ANC closed-back models with good isolation.
Flagship Final Audio Design fans unite and take over! The new condition currently go for $999 at Amazon, but if you are comfortable with used, they are available in “Used – Like New” (damaged original packaging) for $636~ with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. They come with a 39-day satisfaction guarantee, so as long as you will have the time to test them thoroughly during those 30 days, then you can reduce your short term risk with buying used.
We continue with the Amazon Warehouse Deals dive. Because of the price checking that goes with it, a Warehouse Deals dive surfaces both used deals and new condition deals. This is a new condition deal. All four color schemes of the new condition Pioneer SE-MS5T closed over-ears are going for $40 with free shipping, with up to three per color per customer. They average 4.1 out of 5 based on 30 customer reviews. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration time is unknown.
Even though more smartphones have abandoned the 3.5mm headphone jack for USB-C or Lightning connectors, the number of USB-C/Lightning headphones is nowhere near matching the number of smartphones that support them.
One such device however is available used as low as $55 at Amazon Warehouse Deals. It’s the Libratone Q Adapt Lightning In-Ears. The link above shows the lowest price per color. If you want to see the detailed listings for each particular color, click on the “See all offers for this product” link next to each color option.
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