Archives for September 2021

Friday: 1More Truly Wireless for $30

1More takes the mantle from Beyer-Dee at the NewEGG daily deals for Friday 9/24/21 with their pod-style ESS-3001-T truly-wireless going for $30, sold and shipped by the official 1More e-store upon NewEgg’s. These are bluetooth 5, with AAC (and of course lowest-common-denominator SBC), IPX5, with a charging case included. They promise up to 4 hours on their own and up to 18 hours with the charging case refills…

If you are a Beyer-Dee fan, fear not! They return to the Saturday daily deals (per the teaser over there) with the DT 990 PRO (250 ohm). The sale price will be revealed on Saturday…

Wedn: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $124 AC

Back to back Beyer-Dayz at the NewEGG dailies, running until Wednesday 9/22/21 at 11:59pm pacific time you can get the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $124 after entering the $35 off limited time promo code shown over there…

Also part of the Wednesday offers is a 256GB Sandisk microSDXC for $32 and a 512GB Samsung for $87. Because the DAPs and PADs and phone/tabs and laptops and cameras too are hungry for more storage 😉

Tuesday: Beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO (Tesla) Open Over-Ears for $349 AC

Beyer is making a …dynamic return to the NewEGG daily deals running until Tuesday 9/21/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, you can get the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO (Tesla) for $349 after a $150 off limited time promo code shown over there… This is sold and shipped by NewEgg actual, not iffy marketplace sellers…

But that’s not all. The teaser for the Wednesday dailies shows that the DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) closed over-ears will be one of the dailies. The sale price will be revealed when it goes live over there…

Back to the Tuesday dailies, there’s two more items of potential related interest on offer:

+ AUKEY EP-T21S Move Compact II truly-wireless for $21

+ Klipsch Reference Theater Pack 5.1 Channel Surround Sound System for $289

Sunday: Beats Solo PRO, Klipsch R610F, Etc

Beats headlines the Sunday 9/19/21 Best Buy daily deals with their SOLO PRO closed-back on-ears with ANC/BT going for $180…

Audio action at the Sunday NewEGG dailies as well with the Corsair HS80 gaming headset for $140 after limited time promo code, and the KLIPSCH R-610F floor-standing speaker going for $179 after a whooping $210 limited time promo code shown over there…

Overstock Audio and Other Monoprice cables

If you are a fan of Monoprice cables, as of the time of writing they are running an Overstock sale that includes their 1.5ft premium 3.5mm 22AWG male-to-male cable for $1.79 and the Onyx 6-inch 3.5mm male to two 3.5mm female for $3.14…

There’s also DisplayPort, VGA, HDMI, and a giant 25ft extension HDMI cable and a 50ft RCA cable among others…

Unfortunately these are not “magic cables” because their prices are low 🙂

DK ebook: The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained for $2

If you are interested in Classical Music, or want to learn all about it, for a limited time, Amazon’s Kindle ebooks are having a sale on this 664-page DK ebook, “The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained” for $2. You can look inside (the Amazon “Look Inside” feature) and/or get a Kindle free sample to see how it is written/presented…

A few more ebooks of this series are also on sale

I do not know when these offers expire…

Tuesday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 (80 ohm) for $129 AC

Beyerdynamic makes its triumphant return to the NewEGG daily deals, running until 9/14/21 at 11:59pm pacific time (or earlier if sold out) they are offering the new condition wired closed-back over-ear DT 770 PRO (80 ohm) for $129 with free US shipping thanks to limited time promo code 93XRY53 entered at the NewEGG shopping cart during this limited-time promotion…

A LOT has been written about this model and its 880 and 990 cousins and the competition. The internet search button is your friend!

Monday: Samsung Galaxy Buds LIVE truly-wireless for $105

Good until Monday 9/13/21 at 11:59pm pacific time (or earlier if sold out) the four color schemes of the Samsung Galaxy Buds LIVE truly-wireless are on sale for $105 at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to three per color per customer…

As of the time of writing, these average around 4.5 out of 5 based on over 37,000 customer ratings over there…

PS: Beyerdynamic and Logitech headphones return in the Tuesday NewEGG daily deals. More on those tomorrow…

EU: Philips X2HR Open Over-Ears for 100 euro

For those shopping in the unUnited States of Europe, aka The European Onion, aka the European Union, Amazon Germany is having a limited time sale on the new condition open-back over-ear Philips X2HR/00 offered for 100 euro with free shipping in Germany and such…

At the same price, a dueling banjos sale, is the new condition Sennheiser HD 599 open-back over-ears…

Used Hifiman HE-400SE Open Planars for $131

Organic and manufacturer hype trains come and go in the world of audiophoolia, sometimes you get bang for the buck, sometimes you are just getting something to keep up with the Zeoses 😉

If you are planar-curious, but don’t want to drop big money, the new Hifiman HE 400 SE seems to be generating its own hype wave. Its new condition price at various sellers is $150 but if you are fond of paying even less, or helping “cycle” used headphones in the market, as of the time of writing, used prices start at $131 (“Used – Good” condition) at the Amazon website. Look for the USED options on the right-hand side of the desktop website…

If you have trouble locating the USED segment in Amazon’s ever-so-expanding product pages, this particular link automatically opens up popup-style the USED listing…

I haven’t yet jumped on this bandwagon but the price is definitely right on these. Stay tuned because I already have a backlog of headphonalia for blog-reviewing 🙂

PS: if you prefer new condition, you can get it for $150 at Amazon (links above) and at NewEgg (from the Hifiman NewEgg store)

Thursday: Mpow M12 TW for $15, Sennheiser HD 2.30i On-Ears for $18

Sennheiser picks up the baton at the NewEGG daily deals, good until Thursday 9/9/21 at 11:59pm pacific time you can have the new condition closed-back on-ear Sennheiser HD 2.30i for $18 with free US shipping after entering the limited time promo code CESE92D over there. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg actual…

The offer is only available on the white color scheme with the iOS button configuration. Keep in mind the buttons work, albeit partially, on other phones…

Also part of the Thursday dailies is the new condition Mpow M12 truly-wireless going for $15 with free US shipping. This one is sold and shipped by the Mpow Store at NewEgg. Despite the low price this is bluetooth 5.0 and the case charges via USB-C.

It also has the quick charge / quick use option, 10 minutes of charging gives you one hour of playback per the product page.

Wedn: Beyerdynamic Custom Game Interactive gaming headset for $155

Oooh we fell behind in posting, but until Wednesday 9/8/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, among the NewEGG daily deals you can get the new condition closed-back Beyerdynamic Custom Game Interactive gaming headset going for $155 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by NewEgg actual, with upto three per customer. This does not require a promo code 🙂