Archives for April 1, 2018

New Content Post: repurposing Wallet boxes as Earphone and DAP cases

We have a new blog-post on the content side of this blog, a new fun “repurposing” post, re-purposing empty wallet boxes as earphone and DAP cases. It works better than it sounds even, especially with the fancier wallet boxes 🙂

I have many and more repurposing ideas, but transferring them from notes to pictures and blog-posts takes time 🙂 Also part of this series of “Tips and Learnings” we previously posted these:

+ USING BACK TO SCHOOL DOORBUSTERS AS CHEAP CASES

+ UNCONVENTIONAL HEADPHONE HACKS

+ WHY NFC IN BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES?

Used Hifiman RE400i Earphones for $29 w/FS

If the quality control concerns with Hifiman products don’t scare you away, Electronics Expo has the open-box “Used – Like New” Hifiman RE-400i in-ears for $28.77 with free shipping directly from them through Amazon Warehouse Deals. All accessories included and they are an authorized dealer per the listing.

Koss QZ-99 Closed Over-Ears for $34 w/free S&H [max 3]

You can almost smell the dairy air(e) in the KOSS headphones of Wisconsin and on sale we go again, the new condition Koss QZ-99 Noise Reduction Stereophone with its distinctive on-earcup volume control dial is going for the very specific price of $34.15 by Amazon actual, with free shipping, and a maximum of three pairs per customer. This averages 4 out of 5 based on 270+ customer reviews and has 37 answered questions. It has an on-cable Stereo/Mono switch as well. It has a single-entry coiled 8-footer cable. This is passive noise reduction, there’s no ANC or battery/power on these.

Used Hifiman Edition S Open/Closed On-Ears for $79

As of the time of writing, there are two units available of the Hifiman Edition S open/closed dynamic on-ear headphones going for $79 by seller “Audio Advisor” with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so Prime shipping for members.

The new condition price is $129 by various thru Amazon

SOMIC MM185 Folding closed over-ears for $33.50 after coupon

Thanks to a 25% off clip-on coupon, you can get the new condition SOMIC MM185 Folding closed over-ears for $33.50 with free shipping. The coupon drops it there from the current price of $46. There is another different headphone on the same listing, so if you are reading the customer reviews, make sure you are looking at the correct model [the other one looks like it might be related to the Status OB1]…

Speaking of Amazon, good until 6:05pm ET today, you can get the new condition Brainwavz HM5 Studio Monitor Headphones for $83~ with free shipping. They are 18% claimed as of the time of writing. Since there’s less than 3 hours left, I didn’t want to create a separate post for it…

Used B&O Play ANC/BT H9i for $374, H8i for $296

If you are curious about the new B&O Play duo revealed at CES 2018 but don’t want to wait for discounts, you can get them in USED condition for $100+ off in the natural/brown/etc color scheme as follows through Amazon Warehouse Deals actual:

+ B&O H9i Over-Ear ANC with bluetooth for $374~ in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections; damaged original packaging)

+ B&O H8i On-Ear ANC with bluetooth for $296~ in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections; damaged original packaging)

These too surfaced while updating the Headphone Tracker

RHA DACamp L1 portable DAC/amp down to $240

In a parallel discount to the CL1, the RHA DACamp L1 portable DAC/amp [the name gave it away] is now down to $240 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three per customer at the sale price. It went for $255~ on sale before.

With these two on sale, other RHA products may also be on sale, so if interested in any others, you may want to price-check them at Amazon….

RHA CL1 Ceramic In-Ears drop to $201 [limit 3]

Another development from today’s update of the Headphone Tracker, the new condition RHA CL1 ceramic in-ears are now down to $201~ with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. There are eight units available.

Now shipping: Jabra Elite 65t Truly Wireless [corrected]

An update of the Headphone Tracker has another new headphone shipping, it is the Jabra Elite Sport 65t Truly wireless going for $170 by Amazon actual.

CORRECTION: I got the model names mixed up yesterday. The one that WAS on sale at Best Buy for $150 was a different and older model. All apologies for the confusion. Confusion is my superpower it seems 🙂

PSA: Best Buy is using the Spanish names for the colors of the Bose SoundSport Free

Best Buy is apparently using the Spanish color names for the three Bose SoundSport Free truly wireless earphones, that’s why you see there Naranja, Azul, and Negro, instead of Orange, Blue and Black. They are not exclusive or new Best Buy colors. Mayhaps they got mixed up, they have a website in Spanish

Photive BTH3 Over-Ear Bluetooth for $27

The new condition Photive BTH3 Over-Ear Bluetooth (closed-back obviously) headphones are offered for $27 with free shipping for Prime members or $5 flat shipping at the Woot Plus headphone sale which continues until the items offered there sell out. Limit up to ten per customer ~ never too early to start planning Christmas gifts 😉

This particular Photive model goes for $40 at amazon.com where it averages 3.9 out of 5 based on over 4000 customer reviews. It has nearly 800 answered questions, so if you are curious about something about it, chances are it may have been answered. Needless to say, you don’t have to read them all (ha!), both the reviews and the answers have search boxes. Infact Amazon now has a “universal search box” near the review are that searches everything (description, reviews, answers, etc).

It supports bluetooth 4.0 and has a 3.5mm input as well. It comes with a Photive zippered headphone case which you can also use for some of your other headphones, as long as they can fold flat (and fit inside obviously).

This is a good deal especially for Prime members, since you don’t have to pay that pesky +$5 flat shipping fee.

[DEAD] Open-box Philips X2HR Over-Ears for $171

As of a 4/3/18 AM re-check, the open-box option sold out again…

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[DEAD] Monday Daily Deals: JBL Everest Elite 700 NXTGen for $90

This sale ended…

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[DEAD] Monday: 25% off $300+ Monoprice orders

This coupon expired…

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[DEAD] Sony MDR-1AM2 Closed Over-Ear drop to $231

Party’s over, as of a 4/2/18 AM recheck, the price is back to $298…

It didn’t take long for the first sizable discount. This too surfaced while updating our New Headphone Tracker, the new condition closed-back wired over-ear Sony MDR-1AM2 headphones are down from $298 to $231~ with free shipping by DataVision thru Amazon. This ships directly from Data Vision and it is not Prime eligible.

PS: DataVision is an authorized Sony retailer per the Sony master list…

[DEAD] Onkyo DP-S1 DAP for $179

This lightning deal expired…

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[DEAD] Sunday: Master & Dynamic MH30 for $150 and more

Sunday is over and so are its daily deals…

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[DEAD] Sunday: Monoprice Desktop DAC/amp for $60 + S&H after coupon

Both the coupon and the sale ended, bringing it back up to $90…

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