Archives for March 2021

Wedn: JBL Headphone Sale (and more)

If you are a fan of JBL headphones, head on over to the Woot deals du jour for Wednesday March 31st in 2021 where they have a JBL Audio sale featuring 16 products (one of which is sold out as of the time of writing). Of the 16, half of them are headphones and two are truly wireless. The rest are other JBL audio products…

Then at the Best Buy dailies we find the Geek-Squad refurbished Beats X bluetooth earphones going for $35…

Today, being March 31st, is a special day, WORLD BACKUP DAY, and to sale-a-brate this, both the B&H Photo dailies and the Amazon USA Gold Box dailies feature a variety of storage options from many well-known storage makers (WD, Sandisk, Samsung, Toshiba, G-Tech, etc)…

March 31, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Tuesday: Beyerdynamic Lagoon, Etc

Not one but THREE headphones are participating in the Tuesday NewEgg daily deals good until 3/30/21 at 11:59pm pacific (or earlier if sold out):

+ Beyerdynamic Lagoon Travel ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $194 after promo code

+ Sennheiser HD 2.30i closed-back on-ears with iOS buttons for $25 with free shipping
+ you can use it on Android but some of the remote control button functionality may not work or work as expected

+ Anker Soundcore Liberty True truly-wireless (TW) with promised 100-hour battery life (most of it is of course in the charging case, not the earphones) for $36 after promo code
+ I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets irritated when the truly-wireless run out of juice mid-stream, so there’s that 🙂
+ I’m thinking of getting one of the 100-hour-ish TW (not this one) and will be posting unboxing and review ~ in the nebulous near/distant future 🙂

+ 128GB Team Elite microSDXC for $13, or more savings with optional combined purchase discount

March 30, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , , ,

EU: Sennheiser HD 300 Closed Over-Ears for 29 euro

If you are in the EU, or if you can shop from the EU advantegiously, there is a sale at the moment [not a daily deal] on the new condition closed-back over-ear lightweight (but with those nice thick pads) Sennheiser HD 300 foldable headphones by Amazon Germany itself with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price…

Oops, I forgot, the sale price is 29 euro. Shipping depends on where you are. There might be a European Union but no Union for Prime benefits even though Amazon takes advantages of warehouses across the EU and the UK 😉

These average 4.6 out of 5 based on 730+ global ratings as of the time of writing of this blog-post…

I haven’t seen or touched the HD 300 but we have here a text and pictures unboxing of the older HD 4.20S which have similar thick-pad technology…

Thick pad of the HD 4.20S below [more pictures at the unboxing post above]…

sennheiser hd 4.20s thick pads

March 29, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monday: Beyerdynamic DT 240 PRO for $59AC

A couple of headphones are currently participating in the Monday 3/29/21 Newegg daily deals good until 11:59pm pacific or earlier if sold out:

+ Beyerdynamic DT 240 PRO closed-back headphones for around $59 after using the promo code shown over there

+ Anker Soundcore Spirit Pro necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $14 after using the promo code shown over there

March 29, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Saturday: 2pk JVC Xtreme Xplosives Deep Bass bluetooth earphones for $20 + S&H

We have an early start of the Saturday daily deals at the Meh website where their deal du jour is a 2-pack of JVC Xtreme Xplosives Deep Bass necklace-style bluetooth earphones going for $20 total plus shipping (unless you are a paying Meh-member).

At the risk of sounding like a master of the obvious, the product name slightly hints that these are might just be bassy, very bassy, extremely bassy, explosively bassy. I personally haven’t seen or heard them or read about them, so I cannot comment 🙂

March 26, 2021 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

Friday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 (250 ohm) for $134AC

Back to back Beyerdynamic offers at the Newegg dailies, good until Friday 3/26/21 at 11:59pm pacific time you can get the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 (250 ohm) for $134 with free US shipping using limited time promo code 93XQR36 in the shopping cart over there…

If you miss this offer, do not cry too much ~ it recurs every few weeks 🙂

March 26, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

FREE Ultrasone Signature Studio Headphones with purchase of Manfrotto Tripod for $820 (ends Thur 11:59pm ET)

In a 12-hour flash deal that ends on Thursday 3/25/21 at 11:59pm eastern time, B&H Photo’s dailies have another unusual bundle. You get the new condition Ultrasone Signature Studio closed over-ear headphones bundled with the Manfrotto 608 Nitrotech Fluid Video Head and Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Tripod with Ground Spreader, all together now for $820 with free US shipping…

The headphones are added AUTOMATICALLY to your shopping cart with a $0 price when you add the Manfrotto tripod to the shopping cart. Do not manually add the headphones to the cart. No promo codes are needed. The offer is coded on the B&H server side automatically while the promotion is running…

The headphones go for $600 on their own. If you want to research them, this is their product page but I’m posting this for reference only. Do not add the headphones to the shopping cart.

March 25, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Beyerdynamic Amiron Home wired open over-ears for $349 AC [And More Offers]

Beyerdynamic is back at the NewEgg daily deals and it is headlining the action for Thursday March 25 in 2021 as follows:

+ Beyerdynamic Amiron Home open-back over-ear wired Tesla headphones for $349 after the $100 off promo code shown over there
+ sold and shipped by Newegg actual, not by marketplace sellers

+ *GASP* no truly-wireless at NewEgg today 🙂

The headliner at the Thursday Woot daily deals is a sale on a “Grade A refurbished” second generation Apple Airpods for $100 with a 90-day Woot warranty… The PRO version already sold out…

Speaking of Woot, among their Best Sellers at the moment is the new condition Beats Solo PRO ANC/bluetooth closed-back on-ears going for $145 to $160 depending on color option. With a 1-year Apple warranty…

Next up, among the Adorama daily deals they have the Shure MOTIV MV-88 digital stereo condenser microphone bundled with the TASCAM DR-40X 4-track digital audio recorder, all together going for $230 with free US shipping. Their daily deals start and finish at 10am eastern instead of midnight, so this particular offer ends on Friday 3/26/21 at 10am ET. Or earlier if sold out of course…

Busy deals du jour headphone action as you can see, now we fly to the Best Buy dailies where the Geek-Squad refurbished Beats Powerbeats PRO truly-wireless (with earhooks) are offered for $110…

Last but not least, at the Amazon Gold Box they have a sale of various AUKEY truly wireless with prices ranging from $21 to $49. A total of 12 options are available. Some are simply different color variants of the same model. 12 options does not mean 12 different models…

March 25, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: Polsen PMA-2B Stereo Personal In-Ear Monitor Amplifier for $25

Not exactly top shelf audiophile but the price is right and this hobby encourages the comparison, experimentation and testing and such, and this is just $25 with free US shipping, one of the B^H Photo daily deals until Tuesday 3/23/21 at 11:59pm eastern time is the new condition Polsen PMA-2B Stereo Personal In-Ear Monitor Amplifier. It even has knobs and one customer review 🙂

PS: for those not familiar, this is a product for the “Pro Audio” market, not the audiophile market, but it has XLR inputs and 3.5mm headphone out, so you can use it as you please. There are of course XLR cables/adapters to match it with your favorite music sources including DAPs, smartphones, etc…

March 22, 2021 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Monday (EU): headphones on sale (many brands)

Those of you shopping in the European Union, and for those of you who can shop from the EU advantegiously, the Monday 3/22/21 Amazon Germany daily deals are very loaded, including a number of headphone options:

+ Bluetooth earphone sale including truly-wireless from B&O (A1 2nd generation bundled with portable bluetooth speaker for 350 euro) and Panasonic RZ-S3000WE-K for 99 euro) and Sony WI-C310 necklace-style for 25 euro in multiple colors
+ also Sony party speaker and Panasonic digital radio / bluetooth speaker combo for 82-87 euro

+ Samsung bundles the Buds+ truly-wireless in various color options with their Galaxy Watch Active2 for 180 to 190 euro

+ Huaweii sale includes some of their truly-wireless options

+ Trust gaming sale includes a handful of their gaming headsets

+ Anker sale including some of their bluetooth and truly-wireless options

+ OPPO bundles truly-wireless with their Reno4 Z 5G smartphone

+ four pages of Music Box Sets from Sony Germany / Munchen, some vinyl and some CD and DVD/BR

+ WD desktop external HDDs and portable SSDs

March 21, 2021 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With:

Sunday: Bluetooth Earphones and Musician eBooks

Sunday 3/21/21 brings us a couple of bluetooth earphone options in the NewEgg daily deals as follows:

+ SOL Republic Relays Sport necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $12 w/FS

+ aUFO M1 ANC truly-wireless for $37 w/FS

And on the reading front, among the Kindle deals du jour for Sunday we have two ebooks about musicians:

+ The Beatles: The Biography by B ob Spritz for $5
+ 965 pages

+ Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion by Jim Ruland for $4 with a $0.40 future “Great On Kindle” store credit
+ 337 pages

March 21, 2021 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: , ,

Philips SHP-9500 Open Over-Ears for $62

The Philips SHP-9500 headphones fell off the hype train, as all headphones do, per the Unified Time-Decay Hype theory that has just been nominated for a Nobel prize 😉

BUT it remains one of the best bang for the buck open-back over-ear options out there! And if you are interested in it, it is currently on sale for $62 with free US shipping by marketplace seller “Phototech” with the order fulfilled by Amazon (shipping from Amazon facilities, gets free 2-day Prime shipping, payment, shipment and returns handled by Amazon, not the marketplace seller)…

And as fate would have it we have a text and picture unboxing of its first cousin, the SHP-9500S on the content side of this blog…

Look at that beautiful L 🙂 Can also work as a troll gift when you want to tell someone they are a …Loser – with that giant L 😉

March 18, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

FREE Ultrasone Signature DXP Closed-Back with purchase of $950 Manfrotto Tripod {ends Friday 7pm ET}

Here is something you don’t see every day! As part of the B&H Photo daily deals, as a flash deal that ends on Friday 3/19/21 at 7pm ET, you get the Ultrasone Signature DXP Closed-Back Over-Ear Headphones for FREE with the purchase of a tripod. You are reading right, it’s not April Fools Day!

The freebie is included automatically by B&H while this promotion is running, there’s no coupon, no rebate. It automagically appears in your shopping cart when you add the main item.

Ultrasone is a controversial name in some audiophile circles, but this is headphone with a current price of $600!

Of course the tripod you need to buy is no toy tripod, nor toy-priced tripod! You pay $950 after an automagic coupon appears in your shopping cart during this limited time promotion…

And the tripod you need to buy is… the Manfrotto 612 Nitrotech Fluid Video Head and Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Tripod with Ground Spreader…

PS: how do you know you get the freebie? On the above product page, look for the tiny text that says “Includes Free: 1 item ($599.99 value)”. Or simply add the Manfrotto tripod to the shopping cart and the Ultrasone will automagically appear there for $0 more…

This is how it looks in the shopping cart after you add the tripod. You do NOT manually add the headphones. They appear automagically while this promotion is running…

March 18, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Wedn: refurb Sony ZX220 BT On-Ears for $28 w/FS

There’s headphone action among the Wednesday March 17 (2021), yes, Saint Patrick’s Day is here just like that, NewEgg daily deals good until 11:59pm pacific time or earlier if sold out:

+ refurbished Sony ZX220-BT closed-back bluetooth on-ears for $28 with free US shipping
+ this is sold and shipped by a marketplace seller, not Newegg actual

+ Anker Roav bluetooth receiver for $7 w/FS
+ note this is bluetooth 4.1

+ refurb Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 truly wireless for $30 after $20 off promo code but the few customer reviews are not very happy with it

+ refurb Yamaha ATS-1080 sound-bar with built-in subwoofers for $88

March 17, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Beats Solo PRO ANC/BT On-Ears for $150

We start “Headphone Monday” for Monday March 15 in 2021 with the new condition Beats Solo PRO ANC/bluetooth closed on-ears for $150 with free shipping under the “Electronics” sub-Woot at the Woot daily deals… They are available in two color options, up to three per customer, with a 1-year Apple warranty…

On the other hand, if you prefer their “Matte Collection”, you can get them for $160 in new condition at the Best Buy daily deals…

The ANC/bluetooth combo in on-ear headphones is more rare than the over-ears, but they do exist, Beats is not the only option out there 🙂

March 14, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Sunday: Random Audio Sale, 50 Cent ebook, Etc

Double headphone action at the Sunday 3/14/21 (aka PI Day) Woot daily deals good until 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out):

+ Eargasm earplugs, $17 to $20, and eartips for $13

+ Random Audio sale with a total of 33 options including name-brand truly-wireless options, and audio gear from Klipsch, Vizio, Jama, JBL, Harman Kardon, and more!

Then at the Best Buy dailies they have the JBL Audio Epic Air ANC truly-wireless for $50…

Last but not least, 50 Cent’s “The 50th Law” Kindle e-book is on sale for $3 for Sunday as one of the Kindle daily deals. This is a 50 Cent ghost-written book about music, life, business, etc. It is almost 300 pages long. You also get a $0.30 “great on Kindle” for future purchases…

March 14, 2021 Filed Under: audio gear

Shure SRH-1540 Closed Over-Ears for $399

Shure fans, unite and takeover! Good until Friday 3/12/21 at 8am eastern time [or earlier if sold out] you can get the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Shure SRH-1540 headphones for $399 as the Musician’s Friend deal of the day…

Yes, their daily deal cuts across two calendar days. Their daily-deal range is 8am eastern to 7:59am eastern of the following day…

March 11, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Thursday: Beyerdynamic Amiron Home Open Over-Ears for $359 AC

Beyerdynamic returns at the Newegg daily deals, good until Thursday 3/11/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, you can get the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic Amiron Home for $359 with free US shipping after using promo code 93XQM59. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg actual…

Also part of the dailies is the Corsair VOID RGB ELITE Wireless USB Type-A gaming headset that gets further discounted using the limited time promo code 93XQN53…

Meanwhile among the Thursday daily deals at the Woot website you can get the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds Live truly-wireless for $105 with free shipping for Prime members only… Even though they are new condition, they get a 90-day Woot warranty per the listing…

Speaking of the Samsung truly-wireless, the The Headphones Show YouTube channel just posted a video comparing the latest model (“Galaxy Buds PRO”) vs the above (“Live”)… The video is YouTube-embedded below…

March 11, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Sennheiser CX 2.00i In-Ears for $15

Back to the headphone action at the B&H daily deals, this one is good until Thursday 3/11/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). It is the new condition Sennheiser CX 2.00i In-Ears going for $15 with free US shipping in the black color scheme, and $20 in the white color scheme…

These are shallow insertion in-ears but definitely not earbuds. More of a tree-stump-y in-ears and they average 4 out of 5 based on 67 customer reviews (as of the time of writing). The “review intensity ratio” is 7 to 1…

March 10, 2021 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

Tuesday: Ultrasone 820 Performance Closed Over-Ears for $100

Headphones are back at the B&H Photo daily deals and this is a brand that generate some mixed signals discussion in the audiophile/audiophool forums…

Good until Tuesday at 11:59pm ET (this being March in 2021, aka COVID Year 2) you can get in two color options the new condition Ultrasone Performance Series 820 headphones of the wired closed-back over-ear kind with “S Logic Plus” technology going for $100 with free US shipping AFTER a $100 off in-cart coupon. The coupon discount appears by adding the item to your shopping cart.

March 8, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Now shipping ($30): Koss KPH30i in the Clear color scheme

All aboard the new Koss Hype Train! The “Clear” color scheme of the KPH30i open-back lightweight headphones is now in-stock and ready to ship for its standard price of $30 by the Koss Amazon store. This is sold and shipped by the Koss store. It is not fulfilled by Amazon…

I have yet to see or hear this, so I can’t comment on it yet…

March 6, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Saturday: Koss PRO3AAT Closed Over-Ears for $20

Headphones return at the NewEgg dailies, this lot good until Saturday March 6 in 2021 at 11:59pm pacific time with a twice-trending company. Not only is Koss in the headlines because of the penny-stock craze, but their KPH30i is on the audiophile hype train!

But the one on sale at NewEgg’s dailies is not the KHP30i, but the new condition closed-back wired over-ear Koss PRO 3 AAT going for $20. Note that this is sold and shipped by a 3rd-party seller through the NewEgg Marketplace, not by NewEgg itself.

March 6, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Sony WF-SP800N ANC/bluetooth TW for $134

It’s earphone time at the B&H daily deals, good until Saturday 3/6/21 at 11:59pm eastern time, you can get, in two color options, the new condition Sony WF-SP800N ANC/bluetooth truly-wireless going for $134 with free US shipping. This price is reached thanks to a coupon that gets applied automatically in the shopping cart when you add said earphones to the shopping cart…

It has plenty of buzzwords attached to it, IP55, Bluetooth low latency, touch controls, quick charge (10 minutes gets you 1 hour), USB-C charging, ambient sound mode, you can use one (not necessarily both), adaptive sound, “quick attention”, and of course a custom Sony app…

March 4, 2021 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Sennheiser M2IEi In-Ears for $36 w/FS

Sennheiser is back in the Newegg deals of the day and this offer is good until Thursday 3/4/21 at 11:59pm pacific time. It is the new condition Sennheiser Momentum M2IEi in-ears going for $36 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by NewEgg actual. Up to ten per customer at the sale price. No promo code needed…

Meanwhile at the Thursday Best Buy dailies they have the new condition Plantronics BackBeat FIT 505 closed-back on-ear bluetooth headphones for $50…

And we close Thursday at the Woot dailies where under “Computers” they offer the new condition Microsoft Surface headphones in the gray color scheme with a 1-year Microsoft warranty for $111. Up to ten per customer at the sale price…

March 4, 2021 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: , , ,

AKG N700NC M2 ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears for $95

Prime members are getting this offer as a member-exclusive at another Amazon property, at Amazon. It is the new condition AKG N700NC M2 ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears going for $95 with free shipping (since only Prime members can buy it). It comes with a 1-year AKG warranty. Up to three per customer… Offer ends in about a month (or earlier if sold out)…

March 2, 2021 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $139AC

Beyerdynamic is back leading the charge in the Monday March 1st (2021) NewEgg deals of the day as follows:

+ Beyerdynamic closed-back wired over-ear DT 770 (250 ohm) for $139 after the $20 off promo code shown over there

+ Avegant Glyph AG101 VR Headset Power 3D Mobile Theater for $89
+ International Version

+ Anker Soundcore Liberty Air truly-wireless for $25 after a $40 off promo code shown over there

Meanwhile among the Monday Woot daily deals you can get the new condition Apple AirPods PRO truly-wireless for $190 with free shipping for Prime members. One per customer. It comes with a 1-year Apple warranty…

March 1, 2021 Filed Under: headphones, truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,