Archives for July 2020

Friday: Beyerdynamic Amiron Tesla Over-Ears for $374

Beyerdynamic is coming back at the New Egg deals of the day. Good until Friday July 31st at 11:59pm pacific time you can get the new condition closed-back Beyerdynamic Amiron Tesla headphones going for $374 after using promo code 93XPN64 over there…

This is sold and shipped by NewEgg actual, not iffy marketplace sellers!

And if you want to feed your DAPs and PADs (and other mobile devices) in the European Union, Amazon Germany is offering the 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for 25 euro. Up to five per customer at the sale price…

July 31, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Wedn: AT bluetooth earphones, Artiste non-BT Wireless, Galaxy Buds, Etc

No big time products in the Wednesday July 29 (2020) daily deals but more of the utilitarian kind as follows:

+ at the B&H dailies there’s the new condition Audio Technica necklace-style ATH-CKR55BT bluetooth earphones going for $15 per pair, in two color options

+ at the Best Buy dailies there’s the refurbished Samsung Galaxy Buds truly-wireless going for $60 [Geek Stink Breath certified)

+ at Clearance of the Woot dailies there’s the ARTISTE ADH300 Wireless TV Headphones going for $35 with a 90-day Woot warranty. These are not bluetooth but 2.4GHz Digital Over-Ear Stereo

+ and at NewEgg’s dailies if you want to feed your DAPs and PADs and other devices with a quality memory card, they have the 128GB Samsung EVO microSDXC on sale for $20 with free US shipping…

July 29, 2020 Filed Under: audio gear

Tuesday: iFi PRO iDSD Desktop DAC, Etc

No Beyerdynamic coupons today at NewEGG but for Tuesday 7/28/20 there’s some interesting audio action at the Woot “Choose Your Tech Deal” sale that includes:

+ iFi PRO iDSD desktop DAC for $2000

+ PAww SilkSound very minimalist on-ears for $38

+ Rees Harps SE for $800
+ sorry but “The Doors of Stone” are NOT included with purchase 🙂

Meanwhile the main Woot deal du jour is a sale on Logitech ASTRO gaming headsets ranging from $120 to $165…

If you are looking for a popular budget bluetooth 5.0 truly-wireless in Europe, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition TaoTronics Bluetooth 5.0 for 33 euro. As of the time of writing it averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 460+ customer ratings…

Last (and probably least) the Best Buy dailies have a 3-month TiDAL Hifi trial for $0.99 for those three months, while on the truly-wireless front it’s yet another JBL option, the “FREE Gen 2” going for $73…

July 28, 2020 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Monday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (80 ohm) for $125 [and other offers]

As teased yesterday, one of the Monday July 27 2020 deals du jour at the Newegg website is the new condition closed-back over-ear wired BeyerDynamic DT 770 PRO (80 ohm) going for $125 with free US shipping after entering limited time promo code 93XPN23 over there. This is sold and shipped by NewEGG actual, not iffy marketplace sellers…

On the PAD front, B&H Photo is offering as one of their daily deals the new condition unlocked ZTE Axon 10 PRO dual SIM for $300 (8GB of RAM) or $330 (12GB of RAM). That’s a lot of RAM for the price 🙂 This is a Snapdragon 855 phone with 256GB of on-board storage [plenty of FLAC space!] along with microSD slot, and Bluetooth 5.0.

Not to throw icy cold water on your excitement though, but this does NOT have a headphone jack. SAD!

At the other daily deals there’s a couple of budget bluetooth earphones as follows:

+ Best Buy has the JBL Endurance Sprint earhook-style in the blue-white color-scheme going for $20. The name is longer than the earphones 😉

+ under “Electronics”, Woot has the Timmkoo neckband bluetooth earphones for $20 in two color options…

Meanwhile at Musician’s Friend [offer changes Tuesday 8am eastern] you can get the new condition 88-key piano-action Williams Allegro III Keyboard Intro Package for $330 with free US shipping… In addition to playing music, this is also a great …headphone testing accessory 🙂

PS: did you see the newsflash about Koss suing Apple and friends? Time-permitting more on that at the main/content blog 🙂

July 27, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sunday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 (250 ohm) for $124 after coupon

One of the NewEgg daily deals for Sunday 7/26/20 is the new condition Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO (250 ohm) going for $124 with free US shipping thanks to limited time promo code 93XPN59 entered over there. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg actual, not iffy marketplace sellers….

Don’t stray too far from NewEgg, one of their Monday daily deals is teased to be the 80 ohm version of this headphone. As a reminder, the DT 770* models are closed-back, the DT-880* are semi-open and the DT-990* are open… Lots of …shar debates in the forums about treble spikes 😉

For Beats fans, the refurbished PowerBeats 3 is on sale for $60 with a 90-day 3rd-party warranty as one of the Woot daily deals. This is a bluetooth exercise-y type of a headphone…

Last but not least ~ because you must have more headphone cases than actual headphones ~ you can get the new condition Auray UHC-725 “universal” headphone case for $12 from B&H Photo… As of the time of writing this averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 21 customer ratings….

July 26, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Wednesday: B&O, Tidal Hifi, AirPods PRO, $15 bluetooth over-ears, Plantronics, Etc

Wednesday July 22 in 2020 is another “headphone day” in the various online retailer daily deals as follows:

+ Apple AirPods PRO WITH Apple Care+ kit bundled together for $239 at B&H Photo

+ the Best Buy dailies have a trio of related items as follows:

  • 1-Year prepaid TIDAL HiFi [the higher-res version] for $96, comes out to $8 per month
  • Insignia [their house brand] bluetooth over-ears for $15; as of the time of writing they average 4.5 out of 5 based on nearly 2400 customer ratings, a respectable number considering the price; but always check reviews!!! the numbers are just one of the things to look at, not everything!
  • PDP LVL50 gaming wired headsets and Scosche car audio

Not to be outdone, Woot is having a Random Tech Sale that includes the following trio of head-audio products:

  • B&O BeoPlus E8 2.0 truly wireless for $106
  • Amuoc T10 Plus truly wireless for $17
  • AfterShokz Titanium bone conduction for $50

And finally at the NewEGG dailies they have Plantronics BackBeat GO 600 bluetooth over-ears for the very good price for $27…

July 22, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Monday: Beats Solo 3, various JBLs, Etc

Happy Monday July 20 in 2020 because it’s raining headphones at the daily deals today!

At Best Buy, the headliner is the new condition closed-back on-ear bluetooth Beats Solo 3 going for $150. Just make sure your head-fi friends don’t see it while you are live-streaming or when you pictures of your other gear 😉

Two different offers have headphones at the Woot.com. Under the main Woot there’s a JBL sale that includes the new condition Free X truly-wireless for $40, while under Electronics there’s the new condition JBL Tune 600-BT-NC, which as the name suggests it is a bluetooth and ANC combo. It is of the on-ear kind though. And only dressed in blue…

Those shopping in the EU, Amazon Germany is offering as their headliner deal du jour the new condition Anker SoundCore Liberty 2 PRO truly wireless for 100 euro. Anker really needs to clean up their headphone naming scheme 🙂

July 19, 2020 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Sunday: Jaybird Tarah for $30, 1-Year Prepaid TIDAL for $65 [not the high-res], Etc

Sunday is here and the Best Buy dailies have two audio-interest products. First up, the new condition Jaybird Tarah bluetooth earphones [necklace style] going for $30 [averages 4/5 on 600+ customer ratings as of the time of writing]…

Then for prepaid music listeners, you can get a 1-year prepaid TIDAL Premium music subscription for $65 for the first year [cannot append to an existing live subscription]. This comes out to a very nice $5.5~ per month. Note that this is the standard resolution service, similar to Spotify, Apple Muzak, etc. Their Hi-Res service costs more and it is not included in this offer…

Elsewhere, at the NewEgg Daily Shockers you can get the new condition bluetooth (with a battery block type thing) Pioneer SE-CL5=BT earphones for $15…

Samsung couldn’t just stand having simple names for their truly-wireless, so they have now “Galaxified” them. One of the Amazon deals of the day is the new condition Galaxy Buds+ Plus truly-wireless going for $140 with free US shipping. These come with a Fast Charge wireless chargepad with a cooling fan. One per customer at the sale price. As of the time of writing, they average 4.7 out of 5 based on 170+ customer ratings…

UPDATE: not daily deals, but I didn’t want to create a separate post for them, Woot is running another Staff Picks sale, running until 7/29/20 [or earlier if sold out ~ and they do sellout] and it includes two headphones:

+ JBL Live 400 bluetooth on-ears for $45
+ Sony MDR-NC7 ANC on-ears for $45
+ SOL REPUBLIC Jax 1-button wired earphones for $13
+ eMedia FD05107 Piano Keyboard Starter Pack For Dummies for $80
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PRO TIP: you can use a music keyboard as part of your headphone testing. I have been doing this ever since I got my previous music keyboard. Now that I upgraded from Casio to a higher Yamaha model, even more so 🙂

July 19, 2020 Filed Under: in-ears, truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Friday: Sennheiser Momentum truly wireless for $160

Some may have Friday on their minds, others may have Sennheiser. If the latter, good for Friday 7/17/20, one of the Best Buy deals du jour is the new condition Sennheiser Momentum truly-wireless set going for $160.

The congestion in the market at all price ranges, from CrapPods to AirPods, and the dominance of the Apple AirPods and its clones is putting some price pressure on the headphone-name-brands to bring their prices closer to earth ~ instead of some of those high-brow high-profit-margin prices 🙂

This of course opens up the whole audio company vs tech company debate, but that’s a story for another day…

July 16, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Sony WH-1000XM3 ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears for $220

Judging by the price and the 90-day Woot warranty, I suspect this is the international version, but if you don’t mind that, you can get the new condition Sony WH-1000X M3 bluetooth/ANC over-ears for $220 as one of the Woot deals of the day, with free shipping for Prime members. Limit two pairs per customer at the sale price. This is considered by many as topping *GASP* BOSE on ANC 🙂

Sale ends on Tuesday 7/14/20 at 11:59pm centauri time or earlier if sold out…

July 13, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG Semi-Open Studio headphones with bonus Clamp for $50

Until 7/13/20 at 10am eastern, you can haz a classic studio headphone with a universal headphone clamp, all together for $50 with free US shipping at Adorama where it is their current deal of the day…

The headphone is of course the good old AKG K240 semi-open over-ears and the bonus item is the H&A Clamp holder. Hard to argue against the combo price!

July 12, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Skullcandy HESH 3 bluetooth over-ears for $45

Embrace the BASS! Embrace Bluetooth!:) If there are any audiophiles still left reading this post, the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals for Thursday July 9 in 2020 is the new condition closed-back Skullcandy HESH3 bluetooth over-ears for $45.

As of the time of writing this averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 1450 customer ratings… Best Buy is also including a separate “Experts” review rating, but their “experts” are of the Tech Radar and Trusted Reviews kind. An ant spends more time reviewing a breadcrumb before it picks it up to take it back to the ant hill 😉 Silver linking they include rtings.com 🙂

July 8, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Wedn: Samsung Galaxy Buds, PB3 Neighbors

Wednesday’s daily deals have bluetooth action, and we start at Amazon Germany where three different colors of the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds are on sale for 73 euro per pair…

Then we move to Best Buy where the “Beats attack” continues with the new condition Powerbeats 3 Neighborhood Edition bluetooth (exercise hooks, necklace style) going for $70 in three color options. They come with a 1-year Apple warranty…

July 8, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless

Tascam TH-200X Closed Over-Ears for $30 w/FS

If you are looking for no-frills wired closed-back over-ear studio-ish headphones, good until Tuesday 7/7/20 at 8am eastern, the Musician’s Friend deal of the day are the new condition Tascam TH-200X headphones going for $30 with free US shipping. You also earn rewards if you are a member of their program, or you can redeem your rewards if you have enough in your account…

July 6, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monday TW: Skullcandy Sesh for $30, Indy EVO for $70

Monday is a Skullcandy truly-wireless day at Amazon USA, where competition is bringing down the prices even of name-brand TW earphones. Two of which are on sale for a limited time by Amazon actual, the new condition Skullcandy Sesh going for $30 in three color options, and you can buy as many as you want…

The other is the Indy Evo with “Airpod-y” pod-legs going for $70 per pair. As of the time of writing, two of the five colors can be ordered. The other three are out of stock and un-orderable…

Then we move to the Best Buy dailies where they have their house-brand Insignia ANC/bluetooth over-ears on sale for $45, and the Samsung 5.1.2-Channel 450W Soundbar with 8″ Wireless Subwoofer and Dolby Atmos (with Alexa) as the headliner of the day’s show on sale for $850…

July 6, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

AKG K702 open over-ears w/clamp for $150

It’s AKG time until 7/6/20 at 10am eastern at Adorama, where their deal du jour until such time is the new condition AKG K-702 open-back over-ears bundled with a H&A headphone clamp, together going for $150 with free US shipping…

And for Sunday 7/5/20 in the Best Buy time zone, their daily deals include the new condition Jaybird Tarah Pro bluetooth earphones [necklace style] for $90, but they also offer the V-Moda Crossfade 2 bluetooth over-ears for $200…

July 5, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , ,

Friday: 1-Year TIDAL subscription for $80 [and more]

Best Buy strikes again with their Friday 7/3/20 daily deals with a 1-year TIDAL digital music subscription offered for $80. That’s for the first year. Future years will automatically renew at the future full price of the subscription… Also part of today’s daily deals are the closed-back Insignia [house brand name] bluetooth over-ears going for $23…

Meanwhile at Woot Sellout they have the refurbished ChromeCast Ultra 4K going for $50 with a 90-day Woot warranty…

And for those shopping in the EU, Amazon Germany has a couple of bluetooth Sennheiser Momentum in-ears going from 79 to 95 euro. One is necklace-style [all the cable is loose, hangs in front of you like a …necklace], the other is neckband-style [part of the cable is solid].

July 2, 2020 Filed Under: music apps Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Sony WH-CH700N ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears for $110

Headphone action at the Best Buy deals du jour for Thursday July 2nd in 2020, it is the new condition closed-back over-ear bluetooth with ANC Sony WH-CH700N headphones going for $110 with free US shipping… Also part of the sales is the recurring MEE Audio BTR portable bluetooth receiver going for $20…

Speaking of the WH-CH700N, we have a text and pictures unboxing of it here. The PORG you see in the pictures is NOT included ^_^…

And for those shopping in the EU, among the Amazon Germany daily deals they have the Taotronics ANC/bluetooth closed over-ears going for around 41 euro…

July 2, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,