Archives for December 2018

Mon (EU): Jaybird Freedom for 55, RUN T.W. for 119 euro

There’s Logitech gold box action in the US and also at the Amazon Germany edition for New Year’s Eve where two bluetooth earphones are on sale: the Freedom Special edition for 55 euro [these are necklace-style], and the Jaybird RUN truly-wireless for 119 euro ~ these we have a text and pictures unboxing blog-post at the content-side of this website…

Sat: feed your DAP with a 512GB microSD?

Is your DAP or PAD or smartphone/tablet compatible with 512GB microSD memory cards? Do you like to load them up with music? If so, among the Saturday deals of the day at the Amazon USA Gold-Box there is a sale on over 15 PNY storage products. One of them is their 512GB memory card going for $240. As it is often the case, the highest storage option has a price premium to it… Also part of the sale are SD (full size) cards, along with many and more conventional and unconventional USB 3.x and 2.0 flash drives… Sales end at 11:59pm pacific on Sat 12/29/18 as usual..

Tue: JBL Reflect Mini bluetooth earphones for $18 w/FS

Merry Christmas with bluetooth! Good until Tuesday at 11:59pm ET, in two color schemes, B&H Photo is offering the new condition JBL Reflect Mini bluetooth earphones for $18 with free US shipping. These are necklace style, with angled ear tips…

Sun: NuForce BE2 bluetooth earphones for $15

If you are looking for budget bluetooth earphones, good until Sunday 12/23/18 at 11:59pm eastern time, New York’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition NuForce BE2 bluetooth earphones for $15 in your choice of two different color schemes. These are necklace style, and come with two-flange eartips…

Feed your DAPs/PADs: 128GB Samsung microSD for $20

The time is right to feed your DAPs and smartphones and PADs and tablets and such! As of the time of writing, the 128GB SAmsung EVO Select microSDXC memory card is on sale for $20 per card, with up to five pairs per customer by Amazon actual. The other storage options are also available at good prices, but the 128GB wins on $/GB…

PS: “PADs” is a term we use here to describe “smartPhones used As Digital audio players”, thus PADs 🙂

Thur: Anker Space ANC/BT Over-Ears for $69

The Anker sale has “moved” from the Amazon Germany to the Amazon USA Gold Box and for Thursday they are offering a couple of their Soundcore sub-brand headphones as follows: the Space ANC/BT over-ears goes for $69, while the Spirit X bluetooth sports earphones go for $28…

Wedn (EU): Libratone, Bose, storage, Etc

The Amazon Germany Gold Box for Wednesday too is loaded with audio-related offers and more…

+ Libratone Q Adapter bluetooth/ANC on-ears for 110 euro among others

+ Holy High truly wireless for 37 to 47

+ Bose QC20 in-ears for 129, QC25 ANC over-ears for 139 euro

+ storage sale including Samsung EVO microSD cards to feed your DAPs/PADs/phones/etc, and external hard drives and such

Woot Garage: Bose Soundlink, Focal Spark bluetooths, Etc

The recently launched Woot Garage sale including some headphone action in the Electronics department including:

+ Bose SoundLink On-Ear Bluetooths for $145
+ Focal Spark bluetooth in-ears for $38
+ COWIN E7 ANC/BT over-ears for $50
+ the above are new condition with 1-year manufacturer warranty

Meanwhile the Sennheiser HD1 earphones for $45 sold out before I noticed the sale was running. Something I wish I was IBM’s Watson so I wouldn’t miss things :

Wedn: JBL E65BTNC BT/ANC Over-Ears for $90

For a short time, running until 9am ET on Wednesday DEC-19 in 2018, B&H Photo of New York is offering the new condition JBL E65BTNC bluetooth and ANC over-ears (closed-back obviously) headphones for $90 with free shipping. This is bluetooth 4.1. It may feel like an avalanche of these BT/ANC combos, but that’s because of their utilitarian use (phones, tablets, laptops) and fashion/trendiness…

Tue (EU): Sony, Denon, Polk Audio sale, Nuraphone, Etc

The Amazon Germany Gold Box loves audio gear deals and their Tuesday rounds of offerings is loaded with them:

+ Sony Audio Gear sale includes:
++ MDR-XB-950-N1 ANC/BT over-ears for 100 euro
++ MDR-RF-895-RK for 57 [NOTE: the newer model RF-995-RK is a total disaster]
++ WF-SP-700N truly wireless for 135
++ various speakers and car audio too; there’s also an Echo + Sony bundle

+ Denon and Pork audio sale including the closed-back Denon AH-D1200 going for 129 euro, along with various receivers and speakers

+ also on sale Medion audio gear, Anker bluetooth speakers, computer speakers from Belkin, Trust, DOSS; Nuraphone AI headphones for 320 euro, 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab A with LTE, Microsoft Surface and other techie sales

Mon: Sony XB-950N1 ANC/BT Over-ears for $115

More bluetooth action on the Monday daily deals, this time at the Best Buy website where they are offering the new condition Sony Extra Bass XB-950-N1 (bluetooth and ANC closed-back over-ears) going for $115 with free shipping or free store pickup when/where it’s possible or available…

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Mon (EU): B&O Play bluetooths, Beats Solo 3, Etc

Amazon Europe strikes again as their Monday Gold Box deals offer a number of headphone items:

+ Bang & Olufsen audio sale including H4 bluetooth headphones for 179 euro, and bluetooth earphones for 179 too

+ Beats Solo 3 wireless on-ears for 165 euro

+ Anker audio sale including Soundcore Spirit X bluetooth earphones for 25, ZOLO Liberty truly wireless for 50, etc

+ also camera gear, Huawei smartphones, smart gear, beverages, lots of music boxed sets [with lots of classical too],

Fri (EU): Anker Liberty Truly Wireless for 41 euro

Amazon Germany is back with more audio action for Friday, this time the earphones are “hiding” in the Anker sale which includes:

+ Soundcore Spirit bluetooth earphones for 21 in one of the three color schemes

+ Liberty Lite truly wireless for 41 euro

Pioneer SE-Monitor 5 Closed Over-Ears for $500

Good until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern time, you can get the new condition Pioneer SE-MONITOR 5 hi-res dynamic headphones for $500 with free shipping. They come with balanced and unbalanced cables and two different sets of earpads. These are closed-back.

Thur (EU): Sony audio sale including NW-A45 DAP

A Sony Audio sale is among the numerous deals of the day for Thursday DEC-13-2018 at the Amazon Germany Gold Box and among the items offered:

+ Sony Walkman NW-A45 DAP for 139 euro

+ two Sony Sports Walkmen (DAP + music player in one) for 80 and 128 each

+ PS-HX500 turntable for 300, various stereos and speakers, car audio, and a radio too

Wedn: AirDots small truly wireless for $30

The Woot Electronics deal of the day ending on Thursday at 1am eastern time are the new condition AirDots small-ish truly-wireless earphones going for $30 with free shipping for Prime members or flat shipping for non-members. Limit up to ten pairs per customer at the sale price. They come with a 90-day warranty from Woot, not the manufacturer….

Wedn: Senal SMH-1200 studio headphones for $75

Good until Wednesday at 11:59pm eastern time, as one of their daily deals, New York’s B&H Photo is offering their new condition Senal SMH-1200 studio headphones (wired, closed-back, over-ears) for $75 with free shipping in your choice of three different color schemes… The 3-pack is NOT on sale, only the individual pairs of headphones…

Wedn (EU): Cowin E7 for 40, PRO for 52 euro [ANC/BT Over-Ears]

Cowin is back in the Wednesday German Amazon Gold Box with the new condition E7 going for 40 euro and the E7 PRO (2018) going for 52 euro in the Cowin sale. These are closed-back over-ear ANC with bluetooth and they have been popular budget sellers at the USA version of Amazon and are now “invading” Europe…

Creative GM sale includes In-Ear2 Plus for $40

Creative (the artist formerly known as “Creative Labs”, they will always be “Creative Labs” to me) is having a continuing Green Monday sale and among the many items offered in the sale are their Aurvana In-Ear 2 Plus for $40. You have to expand the headphones section there to see them, or go directly to the product page

PayPal checkout: 50% off UrbanEars Platan 2 bluetooths

Good until 12.16.18, coupon code PAYPAL50 gets you 50% off the current price of the UrbanEars Platan 2 closed-back on-ear bluetooth headphones at the UrbanEars website. You must needs checkout with PayPal to get the discount as the discount is “trapped” in the PayPal checkout process 🙂 The headphone is available in six different color schemes…

Mon: 20% off many things at Monoprice

To celebrate today, aka Green Monday, aka 12/10/18, coupon code GM2018 gets you 20% off many things [may most things] at Monoprice.com. There are restrictions on brands and also on some products that are already on sale [but some sale items are eligible for the coupon]. There’s only one way to know for sure, add the items to the shopping cart and then type in the coupon. You don’t have to login or create an account to see if the coupon works!

Monday: Panasonic RP-HJE120 earphones for $6.50

There is some audio action in the Monday 12/10/18 Amazon Gold Box (USA) with the new condition Panasonic ErgoFit earphones, model RP-HJE120-K (K = black color scheme in Panasonic speak), going for $6.48. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members or as usual for non-Prime members… Also part of today’s gold box sales is a trio of music keyboards (Casio, Alesis, RockJam), and also the Sony XZ2 smartphone is bundled with the Sony EarDuo truly-wireless (with earhooks) earphones, together going for $700 with free shipping. The smartphone is available in two color options..

2-Pack Monoprice earphone sales with free S&H

On the budget side of things, eg if you want to have some earphones to hand off to friends and relatives when they visit during the holidays so they won’t try to use your own stuff, Monoprice is selling 2-packs of their earphones with free US ground shipping to boot! Two MP5s go for $6 total [and they are doing well review-wise considering], two MP10s go for $10 total [doing worse of this trio review-wise], and two MP20s go for $20 total.

IF budget earphones are not your thing, Monoprice is offering their new condition open-back over-ear M565 planar-magnetics for $150 with free US ground shipping.

Monoprice weekend Audio sale

Monoprice is taking audio more seriously these days [compared to their early days of 8323 and seashell earphone glory], and they have launched another 2-day Audio sale that includes a handful of Monolith products including some of their planar magnetic headphones: M1060 for $230, M1060C for $250, a quarter of amplifier, the Monolith Turntable for $200, various ANC/BT headphones on sale, along with a handful of earphones and such… In parallel, they also have a Home Theater sale

Sat: KEF M500 for $64 after coupon

Among the Saturday deals du jour at NewEgg, coupon code can get you the new condition KEF M500 closed-back headphones for $64 with free shipping with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. This is in the white color scheme. This is sold and shipped by NeeEGG actual.

Denon AH-MM200 Closed On-Ear for 75 euro

Unrelated to the previously mentionedDenon Music Maniac AH-MM200 closed-back on-ears, going for 75 euro, sold and shipped by Amazon Germany actual. Nine units are available as of the time of writing. The black color schemes goes for more than twice that much. The black looks more stylish, but then again, style is in the eye and also the “I” of the beholder 🙂

Friday: Denon AH-D1200 for 120 euro

There’s a Denon and Polk audio sale among the other offers floating in the Friday Amazon Germany Gold Box
and that sale includes the black or white color schemes of the new condition Denon AH-D1200 closed-back headphones going for 120 euro per pair during the sale… And for your digital music storage needs, they have a Sandisk and WD sale featuring a bit of everything (HDD, flash drives, cards, etc)…

Wedn: Audio Technica Mx series, PreSonus, SE-315, Logitech headsets

A tech-heavy parade of offerings is what is happening during the Wednesday Amazon Gold Box and in addition to the computers, monitors, PC accessories, storage and such, they have an Audio and Instruments sale that includes the following headphones:

+ Audio Technica M20X for $34.50
+ M50X for $103
+ M60X for $150
+ these are closed-back wired over-ears studio-ish headphones

+ Presonus HD9 studio headphones for $55
+ Presonus audio interface for $105

+ Shure SE-315 for $119

+ PreSonus speakers, various music keyboards, BlueYeti and other mics, etc

In a separate Logitech Computer accessories sale they include a variety of G-series gaming headsets, along with keyboards, mice and the like

Scout them all at the Amazon Gold Box until Thursday at 3am eastern time [or earlier for any item that may happen to sell out individually]

Tue: UrbanEars Hellas bluetooth on-ears for $40

The last among the six B&H Daily Deals for Tuesday DEC-04-2018 is the new condition closed-back on-blue bluetooth Urban/Ears Hellas going for $40 with free shipping in your choice of three different color schemes. Sale ends Tuesday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if any manage to sell out.

Skullcandy Crusher bluetooth over-ears for $90

For fans of the bluetooth, the latest Best Buy 20 Days of Blockbusters including the new condition closed-back over-ear Skullcandy Crusher bluetooth headphones going for $90 with your choice of free shipping or free pick-up at a local store (where available/possible).