Archives for February 10, 2021

Sennheiser HD 820 arrives at Massdrop!

Massdrop fans, we have Sennheiser-y news for you! The Sennheiser closed-back flagship, the HD 820 is now available for purchase at the Massdrop website. This is the standard version, it is not a “Massdrop x Sennheiser” co-production.

The price right now is $2000, which is also the price at reputable online dealers such as B&H Photo. The prices at Amazon’s start at $1850 BUT look who’s offering them at $1850. Do you know these retailers? Are they authorized Sennheiser dealers? (SPOILER ALERT: they are not!)

PS: to clarify something in case it’s confusing for those not living and breathing on Amazon. If a product is shipped by Amazon (“fulfilled by Amazon”) but sold by a 3rd-party/marketplace seller, the warranty status of the product is determined by the authorized dealer status of the 3rd-party/marketplace seller. Just because it is shipped by Amazon, there’s no automatic transubstantiation of the warranty status!

Doorbuster: Monoprice BT-210 Bluetooth Lightweight On-Ears for $10 w/FS [Currently OOS]

The Monoprice website has launched a doorbuster deal, which, as of the time of writing is out of stock and cannot be ordered, but I’m mentioning it for reference/historical purposes and in case anyone is interested in it and wants to track/babysit it… One per customer…

For $10 with free standard US shipping they offer(ed) the new condition closed-back bluetooth lightweight on-ears Monoprice BT-210, PID 34705. It averages 3.7 out of 5 based on 23 customer reviews… It has 31 answers on 13 questions…

Per the specs these are bluetooth 4.0, with only the basic protocols, (no AAC, no apt-X, no LDAC)…