Archives for October 13, 2020

Starts Wedn 12:30pm ET: Shure KSE1500 (or KSE1200) Electrostatic Earphone System

Wednesday is Day #2 of the Amazon USA Prime Day and sometimes it does pay to dig through the “Upcoming” lightning deals, because what a surprise for audiophiles! Starting on Wednesday 10/14/20 at 1230pm eastern time, they will have a lightning deal on the new condition Shure KSE1500 Electrostatic Earphone System. The price before the sale is $2999.

This is not a Prime-only deal, but it is a Prime Early Access, which means Prime members can buy it at 12:30pm ET at the sale price, while non-Prime-members can buy it starting at 1pm ET. I doubt something so niche within a niche will sell out within half an hour, so you should have plenty of time to get it if you are not a Prime member.

BUT if you are worried, you can start a 30-day Free Prime Trial and buy it right away when it goes live…

Note that on the same listing there’s the KSE1200 which has a price of $1999 before the sale. Sometimes a lightning deal teaser shows the “root” item of a multi-item listing, instead of the item that will be on sale.

In other words, the KSE1500 will most likely be the one on sale, but there’s also a chance it will be the KSE1200, and an even smaller chance that it might be both…

Note also that the lightning deal teasers do not say which one will be the seller of the deal. In this case, Amazon actual and marketplace sellers are offering the KSE1500, while the KSE1200 is only offered by a marketplace seller.

October 13, 2020 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

Wednesday Schedule at Amazon USA Prime Day #2

Our previous post talking about the Shure KSE electrostatic lightning deal got too long, so I’m having a separate post to outline some of the potentially interesting headphone/audio-related items that are scheduled to go live in the Amazon USA Prime Day #2.

I’m not posting links for each product because this post would take forever to write. You can find all the headphones by filtering the Gold Box / Prime Day lightning deals on the left hand side for “Headphones” or “Electronics”. Electronics is a superset because it also has the various headphones that are listed there but it takes longer to traverse.

Also note that I’m not including below any of the consumer-popular headphone brands such as MPOW, Aukey, TaoTronics, etc…

+ starts 3:40am ET: 1More Stylish dual driver IEMs

+ starts 7:35am ET: 1More Piston Fit in-ears

+ starts 9am ET: 1More Piston Fit neckband bluetooth earphones
+ this just in here, but I won’t be able to unbox it, take pictures and post them by the time the lightning deal goes live 🙂

+ starts 9:05am ET: KZ ZS10 PRO In-Ears
+ the teaser says 20% off
+ the product page already has a $4 off coupon, so it’s a good idea to clip the coupon to your Amazon account (sounds complicated, but you just click on the empty little square preceding the offer text) as soon as possible
+ price before the sale $49 – $4 off coupon = $45
+ HOWEVER, there are multiple options on the listing (colors, with/without microphone) so it is not guaranteed that the lightning deal will be on the variant that is shown above; you will know for sure when it actually goes live

+ starts 9:45am ET: JVC Flats lightweight on-ears

+ starts 1pm ET: Shure KSE1500 Electrostatic Earphone System

+ starts 3:55pm ET: Tribit QuietPlus Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
+ this has a $20 off clip coupon on the listing; add it to your account, these are often (but not always) stackable with the lightning deal discount

+ starts 4pm ET: Philips Performance PH805 bluetooth over ears
+ price before sale $149

+ also through the day three Edifier speakers and a KEiiD stereo shelf system

October 13, 2020 Filed Under: headphones

Shure AONIC 50 BT/ANC Over-Ears for $299

The Prime Day party continues with Shure, their AONIC 50 bluetooth and ANC combo closed-back over-ear headphones are a Prime day lightning deal going for $299 at Amazon actual…

Speaking of which, good for a very limited time only is the new condition Shure SE-425-CL in-ears going for $188 with free US shipping. As of the time of writing they are 59% claimed…

UPDATE: also participating in the promotion are various KZ in-ears at everyone’s favorite Chi-Fi prices 🙂

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

[DEAD] EU deal: Open Over-Ear Philips X2HR/00 for 112 euro

UPDATE: as of 10/14/20 recheck, this offer is dead in that the lowest price shown is $200~ and Amazon’s own offering is gone, so there is some hope it may return if it got pulled for some reason. The fact that Amazon’s own price hasn’t gone up is a little bit hopeful 🙂

Philips has “reactivated” as they have also launched the X3 which currently goes for $250 at Amazon USA, but if you are looking for the previous generation X2HR, it goes for 113 euro at Amazon Germany…

The 112 euro is an “organic” price, it is not a Prime day deal, so anyone can buy it…

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

Philips SHP-9600 Open Over-Ears for $103 for Primes

If you are dying to try out the new Philips SHP-9600 [yes, the follow-up to the legendary 9500], and if you are a Prime member [or willing to start a new 30-day free trial] they are offering the new condition SHP-9600 over-ears for $103 with free US shipping thanks to a Prime-only discount…

On the other hand, if you are not sold on the new model and must needs get the previous generation, the SHP-9500 is sold by a marketplace seller (fulfilled by Amazon) for $80.

We have here at this blog a text and pictures un-boxing of the SHP-9500S, which sadly, though a mistake of my own, I no longer have 🙁

PS: for more Prime Days deals, check our on-going round-up here at this blog…

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

Amazon USA: Prime Day 2020 is Here: Airpods PRO for $199, Sony WH-1000X4 w/GC, Etc

It’s finally Tuesday in the pacific time zone, it’s Day 1 (of 2) of the Amazon USA Prime Deals and in this post we will be rounding up all the offers. To make updates faster, and easier to read, I will be continually updating this post with the offers…

*** LOOKING FOR HEADPHONE DEALS ***
*** MORE UPDATES COMING UP IN THIS POST SOON ***

+ Philips SHP-9600 open over-ears for $103
+ more on these at the Philips deals…

+ BOSE QC35 II ANC/BT over-ears for $199 in three color schemes
+ oh my, once it was the “Battle for $300”, now competition and the many popular sub-$100 “Amazon” brands have brought it down
+ NOTE: as of the time of this update, this offer is open to everyone, not just Prime members!

+ Sony WF-1000XM3 truly-wireless for $179 in two color options
+ NOTE: as of the time of this update, this offer is open to everyone, not just Prime members!

+ Apple AirPods Pro for $199
+ non-pro AirPods for $115

+ Sony WH-1000X Mark IV ANC/BT over-ears with $25 Amazon gift card for $298 in two color options

+ Sony WH-CH710N ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $88 in two color schemes
+ we have here a text-and-pictures unboxing of the previous generation model

+ Sony “Extra Bass” WH-XB900N ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $123 in two color options

*** LOOKING FOR HEADPHONE DEALS ***
*** MORE UPDATES COMING UP IN THIS POST SOON ***

NOTE: for many (but not all) of the offers you must be a Prime member to get them. If you are not, but you want to get the offers, all you have to do is start a start a 30-day free trial and you in the game right on the spot [give or take a few milliseconds]…

October 13, 2020 Filed Under: headphones