Archives for April 17, 2018

Grado iGe In-Ears for $37.50 [YMMV]

This is a higher risk purchase, so keep that in mind. A couple of “fulfilled by Amazon” marketplace sellers are offering the Grado iGe in-ears with the iOS buttons/mic for $37.50 with free shipping. The price by Amazon and Grado’s own store is $99.

Refurbished Audeze EL-8 Open Planars for $229 [B-Stock]

Welcome to the Audeze B-Stock party at Adorama! For a limited time, they are offering a number of Audeze headphones in B-stock condition at sale prices! We start this party with the refurbished Audeze EL-8 Open Back Planar Magnetic (with the standard cable) going for $229 with free shipping and a 1-year Audeze warranty! This is the only one of this round of offers that is a refurbished B-stock.

Audeze iSine 20 Planar Earphones for $300 [B-Stock]

Planar-magnetic earphones remain fairly rare, while the over-ear kind is propagating through the market. So, to the earphones front, the Audeze iSine 20 planar earphones with the standard 3.5mm cable (no Lightning Cipher cable) is available in B-Stock condition for $300 with free shipping and 3-year warranty at Adorama.com for a limited time only.

Audeze LCD-2 Shedua Wood Edition Open-Back Over-Ear Planar Magnetics for $529 [B-Stock]

The B-Stock action continues at Adorama.com with the Audeze LCD-2 Shedua Wood Edition planar-magnetic open-back over-ear headphones offered for a limited time for $529 with free shipping and with full Audeze warranty. This model comes with the Audeze “Professional Travel Case”.

Audeze LCD-i4 Planar Earphones for $1499

Flagship b-stock action now of the earphone kind! Adorama is offering the Audeze LCD-i4 Planar Earphones (both 3.5mm and lightning cables; EFPIGS version) for $1499 with free shipping. All these are limited time offers!

Audeze SINE Planar Closed On-Ears for $180 (B-Stock)

More Audeze-Adorama action of the B-Stock kind, it is the closed-back AUDEZE SINE On-Ears offered for $180 with free shipping in B-stock with full Audeze warranty at Adorama!

Audeze EL-8 Closed Planars (B-Stock) for $250

All your Audeze dreams have come true IF you were looking to get the Audeze EL-8 closed-back over-ear planar magnetics for $250 with free shipping in B-Stock condition with an Audeze warranty. Not an April Fool’s Day! That’s the sale running at the moment at Adorama.com, an authorized Audeze dealer! This is the black/silver color scheme, no wood.

Symphonized NRG 2.0 Wood In-Ears for $10.75

If you are curious about these Symphonized wood in-ears but you don’t want to chase them in the lightning deals, we have an even better deal for you now! They are on sale and the sale price is lower than the lightning deals for this model, the NRG 2.0 Earphones with mic/remote going for $10.75 in eight different color schemes. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order. They average 4.1 out of 5 based on over 2900 customer reviews and they have nearly 200 answered questions.

We have a text and pictures unboxing of this very model here…

20% off Amazon Warehouse Deals (37 headphones)

It is the return of the 20% off in-cart promotions at Amazon Warehouse Deals and among the participating items there are 37 headphones at the moment, with the most recognizable brands being JLab and Urban Ears.

PS: if you are looking for an Android PAD, you can get the used Essential PH-1 phone starting at $272… It has 128GB on-board storage, but no microSD and no headphone jack…

Sennheiser HD1 ANC/Bluetooth On-Ears for $223

It looks like marketplace sellers have triggered another price-match of Amazon’s own listing, and they are currently offering the new condition Sennheiser HD1 On-Ears [née Momentum] wireless (bluetooth) with ANC for $223 with free shipping with up to three pairs per customer. This is the black color scheme.

Audioengine D3 Portable DAC/Amp $70 [MD]

Start your engines! Your audio engines that is 😉 For the next four days and change from blog-posting time, you can get the new condition Audioengine D3 Portable DAC/Amp for $70 with free US shipping from Massdrop. These will ship in mid-May 2018 with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing. This goes for $100 elsewhere, eg amazon.com

Beyerdynamic T1 2nd Gen (Special Edition) for $699 after coupon

It’s Tesla time! No, not the electric cars, but the Beyerdynamic headphones. More specifically the second generation Beyerdynamic T1 in the Special Edition black color scheme offered at BuyDig.com for $699 with free shipping thanks to coupon code TESLA which expires 4/22/18 (or earlier if sold out)

KZ ZS10 shipping late April for $45 to $46 [six options]

If you are a fan of the KZ in-ears, their brand new ZS10 is currently on sale for $45 (without mic) or $46 (with mic) with free slow shipping from China at GearBest. There are three colors, multiply by two (with or without-mic), making it a total of six options.

The shipping estimate is April 26-30. How fast you’ll get them after that depends on the shipping method. The free shipping option is unregistered (no tracking) with a 15-25 business days estimate. The $1.20 option is Registered Air Mail. The $2.04 option is “Priority Line” with a 7-10 business days estimate. Expedited shipping jumps to $15 with a 3-8 business days estimate.

Here’s a screenshot of the three color schemes:

PSA: some of the Schiit Audio Listings at Amazon getting hijacked by marketplace sellers

This is a PSA! It looks like Schiit Audio is no longer selling through Amazon. Some of their listings appear to be in the process of getting hijacked by opportunist marketplace sellers, as the product name and gallery pictures get changes to random things (cables and bluetooth headphones) but the customer reviews and answered questions remain. The old listings are of interest to anyone looking for reviews and answers about potential issues and Amazon should really preserve these because that’s one of the reasons people go to their website.

So don’t be surprised if your bookmarks for these show random crap:

+ the worst of all, the SCH-13 Sys Passive Preamp has been hijacked by a bluetooth headphone that has an active listing and it is selling on the strengths of the SYS review score
+ there’s also an HTML snafu where they didn’t end the bold tag properly, so all the customer reviews on the main product page are in BOLD

+ the Uber 2 listing is a lightning cable

+ the Magni 2 listing is another lightning cable

I’m not sure how they do it. Maybe they found a loophole to hijack it by creating additional options on the root product and then taking over because the root product is inactive? Regardless, this is BAD!

PS: but the co-founders e-book continues to be available for the Kindle for $4.99 or as a paperback for $15…