Archives for April 11, 2018

Headphones in Best Buy Clearance sale

The Best Buy website along with their brick and mortar stores are having a clearance and open-box sale and among the items on sale are headphones as follows:

+ price-check any products whose price-range you may not be familiar with as these are all over the place price-wise…

+ 54 Audio products including many headphones

+ 23 refurbished Beats and Apple headphones

Beyerdynamic DT 880 PREMIUM (600 ohm) Chrome SE Semi-Open Over-Ears for $140 w/FS

You don’t have to memorize that Beyerdynamic headphones are using …dynamic drivers. It’s in their name 🙂 The new condition Beyerdynamic DT 880 PREMIUM (600 ohm) semi-open over-ears in the Chrome Special Edition are on sale for $140 with free shipping by the BuyDIG eBAY store with up to three pairs per customer. They are authorized dealers, BuyDIG is part of Beach Camera, so you may see them with either or both names in authorized dealer lists. Or as “Beach Trading”. But not “Beach Audio”, that’s a Southern California company.

Repurposing Ideas: 24 pocket OTD Organizer for $8

Are you looking for a way to have your earphones (stored in their own pouches or bags) protected from the indoors elements but still very easily accessible? How about an …over the door organizer! The AmazonBasics OTD organizers are on sale as follows: the 24-pocket goes for $8~, and the 20-pocket goes for $9~. Check pictures and measurements and customer reviews and answered questions to make sure this is something that would realistically work for you.

Dekoni Earpads for HD580/58X, HD650/6XX for $35+ w/FS

If you have the Massdrop-exclusive Sennheiser HD6XX or HD58X headphones or their HD650 and HD580 progenitors, for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date), Massdrop is offering the Dekoni Earpads for said headphones starting at $35 with free shipping. The $35 price is for the Elite Velour, with prices increasing for other options (Elite Hybrid is $55, Sheepskin is $60, Fenestrated Sheepskin is $65). These will ship in early May from the vendor with all sales final…

Massdrop x HiFiMAN HE-350 returns for $100

The new condition Massdrop x HiFiMAN HE-350 is back again as an “in-stock drop” at Massdrop.com for $100 with free USA shipping. The in-stock drops run for 24 hours each, and at the end of the 24 hour cycle, the orders from those 24 hours are processed and shipped. This means you could get your headphones within a week depending on location.

They come with a 1-year warranty since they are a Hifiman x Massdrop partnership. These are open-back over-ear dynamic headphones, not planar-magnetic.

You can see them all at our Massdrop In-Stock Drops Tracker

MEE Audio Earphone Grab Bag for $9 with free S&H [MD]

This is the lowest priced grab bag as far as I can recall. You pay $9 with free USA shipping and for that you will randomly receive one pair of MEE Audio earphones from the Massdrop MEE Grab Bag sale. The options are:

These will be randomly selected and ship in early May 2018. You can buy multiple grab bags but each one is randomly selected, there’s no guarantee you will receive different options with multiple grab bags. The offer runs for the next six days and change from blog-posting time here.

Music-themed Patent Prints for $45 + S&H

If you like music-themed patent prints, there are a couple of them among the Touch of Modern sale. There is the audio cassette patent print [yes, the cassette comeback is for real – just look at Bandcamp!] and also the Gibson and Fender Guitar patent prints, and the Snare Drum. They go for $45 each plus shipping at the 26×18 inch print size and more for larger sizes. Sale ends 4/14/18 at 12pm pacific time.

Sony NW-WS625B Bluetooth Earphones w/built-in Walkman DAP for $115

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s both! It’s none! The new condition Sony NW-WS625B is an exercise priority device. It is a bluetooth exercise hard-wire earphone and also an mp3 player. It has 16GB of built-in storage that can play FLAC, mp3, linear PCM, WMA and AAC (the non-DRM kinds). It also has bluetooth, can connect via NFC, and has an Ambient mode. It’s a small device, so everything eats power (eg Bluetooth playback only gives you four hours). It has a quick charge mode, minutes give you 60 minutes, handy if you are going for a run or a workout [you can charge it in the car before arriving at the gym].

And this critter is on sale for a limited time for $115 with free shipping at Focus Camera’s eBay store with a maximum of three per customer.

It has no customer ratings on eBay, but it averages 3.7 out of 5 based on 210+ customer reviews at amazon.com. This critter promises a lot but check the reviews to see what it delivers – 18% of the customer reviews are 1-stars, a sign that you must needs read up on it before buying! [I know nothing about it]

HIFIMAN HE400i Special Edition (Chrome) for $179

If the quality control issues don’t scare you away, good until 4/16/18, coupon code 50OFF gets you the new condition HIFIMAN HE400i Special Edition (Dark Blue Chrome) planar-magnetic over-ear headphones for $179 with free shipping at BuyDIG which offers free 45-day returns which is a plus if you experience quality-control issues within that period, but if anything happens after that, you’d have to take it with the manufacturer warranty.

Weekly Harman/JBL Store Sale w/Free S&H: AKG K81 for $27, AKG K181 for $64, JBL NBA Synchros for $40, Etc

The sales below are happening at the official JBL/Harman stores and are good until 4/15/18 or earlier if individual products sell out ahead of time. Their offers are a mix of new condition and refurbished, so always check each listing before buying…

We have a new lower price for these “classic” DJ headphones! The new condition AKG K81 DJ headphones (closed, lightweight, on-ears) are on sale for $27 with free 2nd-day air at the official Harman store. You can buy up to five pairs at the sale price. Sael ends 4/15/18.

In parallel the new condition AKG K181 DJ UE headphones with detachable cable, mono/stereo switch, and bass boost are on sale for $64 with free shipping and up to five pairs per customer.

With the NBA season heating up, the JBL Synchros S300 NBA-licensed headphones for six popular NBA teams are back on sale again for $40 with free shipping These are new condition.

Massdrop Headphone Tracker: The In-Stock Drops

In this post, we try to keep track of the various in-stock headphone-related offers that are available at Massdrop. This tracker is updated manually, that’s why we have a “latest update” date below…

LATEST UPDATE: April 11 in 2018: the Hifiman HE-350 is back… Added an “INACTIVE” section at the bottom for offers that are not currently available but could return in the future…

IN-STOCK DROPS

The In-Stock Drops are a relatively new feature at Massdrop, it is a more conventional online retail experience. These are products that are available at Massdrop facilities and will ship in about 2-3 business days after the daily drop you purchased from closes. The actual “drops” will open and close every 24 hours. In this case, the countdown clock is only for the daily drop, not for the whole offer.

EARPHONES

OVER and ON EARS

DACs, AMPs, DAPs

GAMING HEADSETS

CURRENTLY INACTIVE

FOOTNOTES

+ I only mention warranty above if it is mentioned in the actual product listing (if it’s buried in the text, I may not find it)
+ If you spot any errors, typos and such, please leave a comment and I will update it! I like corrections, my binary feeling does not get hurt if someone points out a correction 🙂

[DEAD] Thur: JBL Focus 100 Sport Earhook Earphones for $5 w/FS

This promo code offer expired…

Among the Thursday NewEGG NOW specials you can get the new condition JBL Focus 100 Sport Earhook Earphones for $5 with free shipping using promo code NEN050 for the rest of Thursday 4/12/18. It has one customer review, an unhappy camper.

[DEAD] Brainwavz Replacement Memory Foam Earpads for $18

This lightning deal expired but it is a recurring offer…

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[DEAD] Open Box Sennheiser HD 800 for $909

As of a 4/17/18 AM re-check, this sold out at this price…

The open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 800 headphones are available in “Like New – Open Box” condition for $909 with free shipping at Blinq directly or through Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD). Both the Blinq website and AWD say there are two left. Since these ship directly from Blinq, we can assume that there is a total of two, not two at each place.

[DEAD] 2pk NewBee Headphone Stands for $11

This lightning deal expired… Good until 8:15pm ET tonight you can get a 2-pack of NewBee headphone stands for $10.70 total with free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order.

[DEAD] Telefunken Wiking Closed-Back Headphones for $89 + S&H

As of a 4/13/18 AM recheck, both Telefunken headphones are sold out…

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[DEAD] PADs: $25 off preowned iPhone SEs ($164+ after coupon)

These offers expired…

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