Fri: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $119AC

Beyerdynamic is back at the NewEgg daily deals for Friday 2/25/22 as follows:

+ wired closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $119 after using the limited time promo code shown over there

+ Klipsch RP-260F Reference Premiere Floorstanding Speaker with Dual 6.5″ Cerametallic Cone Woofers – Each (Cherry) for $249

+ also WD and other storage options

Wedn: Sony MDR-XB-550-AP/B On-Ears for $20

One of the 2/23/22 Newegg daily deals is the new condition wired closed-back on-ear Sony “Extra Bass” MDR-XB-550-AP/B headphone going for $20. Note that this is sold and shipped by a marketplace seller (“Humpty Dumpty Deals”), not by NewEgg actual…

This has one customer review, and it is worth reading, regardless of your interest in this headphone, because it is from an audiophile. In typical audiophile fashion, after paragraphs and paragraphs of audiophile-speak complaints, the review ends with “For anything under thirty dollars, these are a tremendous value”. LOL 🙂

Tuesday: Panasonic Deep Bass, Sony Extra Bass, Klipsch TWS, Altec Whisper, Etc

Tuesday is a gift that keeps on giving! Woot is running a Tech Spring Cleaning sale until 11:59pm central time on February 22 in 2022 with 19 products including some audio-related gear:

  • Altec Lansing Whisper ANC/BT over-ears for $20
  • Sony MDR-XB-650-BT/B “Extra Bass” bluetooth on-ears for $60
  • Panasonic RB-M700B “Deep Bass” ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $60
  • Klipsch T5 (2nd gen) truly wireless for $90
  • JBL and Logitech bluetooth speakers
  • blues harmonica and Hofner Ignitior Pro Violin, folding pianos
  • H&K Spirit of Vintage 25W Nano Amp for $150

Tue: Ultrasone Signature DXP headphones + Panther DAC/amp + Manfrotto Tripod for $900

It’s a deal you don’t see everyday but B&H Photo is creative like that. Running until 2/22/22 at 11:59pm eastern time, they are offering this Ultrasone bundle for $900 with free US shipping:

  • Ultrasone Signature DXP closed-back headphones
  • Ultrasone Panther DSD DAC Amplifier
  • Manfrotto 504X Fluid Video Head & MVTTWINMC Carbon Fiber Tripod with Mid-Level Spreader

No, it’s NOT a tripod made for headphones or a DAC/amp 🙂

Sunday: random audio sale incl. refurb Bose 700 ANC/BT over-ears

Woot is running another variant of the Random Audio sale until Sunday 2/20/22 at 11:59pm central time or earlier if sold out…

A total of 27 audio products are participating, almost half of which are of the headphone kind, including:

+ refurb Bose 700 ANC/BT over-ears for $230 with 90-day refurbished warranty

+ truly-wireless from Nokia, Bose and Master & Dynamic and JBL among others

+ necklace style earphones from Bose and such

Monoprice Lightweight On-Ears for $14

If you are looking for a budget lightweight closed-back wired on-ear headphone, the Monoprice one (product code 13191) is on sale for $14 as part of a limited-time Monoprice headphone sale

I have this one and it is on the “TBR List”. It’s a bit like the spiritual successor of the AmazonBasics variant…

UPDATE: on the utilitarian front, good until 2/19/22 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) Woot is offering the new condition Apple Airpods (3rd gen) for $150 with a 1-year Apple warranty. One per customer…

Thur: Sony MDR-7506 studio headphones for $88

Surprise-surprise, there’s a Sony headhone in the Newegg daily deals running until 12/17/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, it is the new condition good old wired closed-back over-ear Sony MDR-7506 studio headphone going for $88 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by marketplace seller “6ave” through the NewEgg website…

Saturday: Lennon, Sony XB550-AP, Beats, Rosewill

We have a scattering of daily deals today (Saturday February 12 in 2022) but we start with an e-book! Cynthia Lennon’s John (Kindle ebook) is on sale for 99c at Amazon but you also get 10c back as a digital ebook credit for future eligible purchases. This averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 1300+ customer ratings as of the time of writing. It is 300+ pages, February 2012, Hodder & Stoughton (UK)…

Three headphones appear in the Saturday NewEgg dailies:

+ Sony MDR-XB-550-AP/B “Extra Bass” wired closed-back on-ears for $20
+ note these are sold and shipped by a marketplace seller, not NewEGG themselves

+ refurbished Beats Flex All-Day neckband bluetooth earphones for $29

+ Rosewill RW-TH-68-N ANC/BT closed on-ears for $33

Speaking of Beats, at the Woot daily deals they are offering “Grade A” refurbished Beats Solo PRO closed-back bluetooth on-ears for $130 with a 90-day Woot warranty…

Friday: Rosewill ANC/BT On-Ears for $33 w/FS

Among the NewEGG daily deals for Friday February 12 in 2022 you can find the new condition closed-back on-ear Rosewill RW-TH68N ANC/bluetooth headphones going for $33 with free US shipping.

They play music wired or wirelessly. They come with an audio cable, a charging cable and a drawstring pouch/bag…

It does not say which bluetooth version, and from the looks of it the charging is micro-USB…

Shure Digital Recording Bundle (SRH-240A, USB Interface, Mic) for $109

Good until Saturday 2/12/22 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering this Shure P58-CN-240-MVI Shure Digital Recording Bundle for $109 that includes:

+ Shure SRH-240A closed over-ear headphones (old packaging)

+ Shure MOTIV MVI Single-Channel USB Audio Interface (Old Packaging, Silver)

+ Shure PGA58-XLR Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone with XLR-to-XLR Cable

Sunday: BeyerD Gaming, Presonus Studio Kit, Etc

As promised, NewEGG is having a back to back Beyerdynamic sale at their daily deals featuring the Custom Game Interactive gaming headset for $140… This is good until 2/6/22 at 11:59pm pacific…

Meanwhile at the Sunday B&H Photo daily deals you can have the Philips BASS+ truly-wireless for $20 with free US shipping…

But we are not done yet! The Musician’s Friend deal of the day (until Monday at 8am ET, or earlier if sold out) is the Presonus AudioBox 96 studio bundle for $150. This includes:

+ HD7 headphones
+ M7 microphone
+ Studio One Artist software
+ AudioBox USB 96 audio/MIDI interface with cable

UPDATE: The Beatles are coming! Among the Sunday kindle daily deals they offer the “The Beatles: The Biography” ebook by Bob Spitz for $5. This is 965 pages and as of the time of writing it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 722 customer ratings…

Saturday: JBL Club and Quantum [also DT 990 Premium (250 ohm) for $140]

But that’s not all for Saturday 2/5/22! There are two headphone-related daily deals at the Woot website:

+ Beyerdynamic DT 990 PREMIUM (250 ohm) open-back wired over-ears for $140 under “Clearance” (formerly “Sellout”)

+ a feast of JBL headphones under “Electronics”, prices $32 to $150
+ nine options, eight of which are over-ears of the CLUB and QUANTUM type
+ the ninth is a truly wirelessof the fitness kind

Sat: Beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO for $399 AC

Beyer makes its …dynamic return to the Newegg daily deals, running until 2/5/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, you can have the new condition wired closed-back over-ear DT 1770 PRO (Tesla technologie) for $399 after using the limited time promo code SSBP526 over there…

Wedn: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250) for $114 AC

If you are a fan of the wired closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamics, good until 2/2/22 at 11:59pm pacific, as one of the Newegg daily deals you can get the new condition DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $114 after the $45 off limited-time promo code shown over there…

Friday: Beyerdynamic Amiron Home for $309

If you think Beyer is Dynamic, good until Friday 1/28/22 at 11:59pm pacific, NewEGG actual is offering the new condition wired open-back over-ear Amiron Home headphones for $309 with free US shipping. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. No promo code needed in this case.

This is part of the “Tesla” line…

Tue: Beats Solo 3 for $135, Studio 3 for $175

Yes, I know, Beats and Bose, they break audiophile bones, and we have the risk of being considered “going mainstream”. But we follow the daily deals wherever they may lead us 🙂

And the Tuesday 1/25/22 daily deals at Amazon include the new condition Beats Studio 3 ANC/BT closed over-ears going for $175, and the new condition Beats Solo 3 closed bluetooth on-ears for $135.

On a more general level, they also have a Sandisk storage sale that includes two microSD cards (256GB, 512GB) and external HDDs for all your music storage needs.

No, they are not “audiophile” microSD cards 🙂

Monday: Sony WH-XB910-N ANC/BT over-ears for $128 [also: Airpods sale]

Good until Monday 1/24/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, Amazon is offering the new condition Sony WH-XB-910-N ANC/BT over-ears closed-back headphones for $128 with free US shipping in two color options. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price.

As of the time of writing these average 4.6 out of 5 based on 550+ customer ratings.

Meanwhile at the Apple front, they are having an AirPods sale with the new AirPods PRO going for $180 and the Airpods (2nd generation) for $100…

H&A Versa Professional Field and Studio Monitor Headphones for $85 [Used Open Box for $59]

Good until Tuesday 1/18/2022 at 10am eastern, Adorama is offering their version of the “Sony MDR V6/7506 competitor”, their new condition H&A Versa Professional Field and Studio Monitor Headphones are on sale for $85 with free US shipping…

OR you can get them in USED open-box condition for $59…

Ultrasone 840 Closed Over-Ears for $180 + S&H

A garage sale at Woot (these run for a few days, they are not daily deals) includes the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Ultrasone 840 headphones for $180 plus flat shipping with a 90-day Woot warranty… This is marked as discontinued at some retailers…

Tuesday: Joby + Ultrasone (2 options, $180 to $200)

If you happen to want both a Joby tripod and an Ultrasone headphone, there are two bundles of those at the B&H Photo daily deals running until 1/11/22 at 11:59pm eastern time:

+ Joby + Ultrasone 880 over-ears for $180 after in-cart combo coupon

+ Joby + Ultrasone IQ in-ears for $200 after in-cart combo coupon

2pk of Tascam TH-200X studio headphones for $40

Why not buy pairs of headphones in …pairs? Running until Tuesday at 8am ET, the Musician’s Friend deal of the day is two pairs of Tascam TH-200X closed-back over-ear studio headphones going for $40 with free US shipping. That’s $20 per pair of headphones!

Meanwhile under the “Clearance” section of the Monday 1/10/22 Woot daily deals there’s the Skullcandy Crusher bluetooth over-ears offered for $85 plus shipping (or free S&H for Prime members)…

Ultrasone 840 Closed Over-Ears with Joby Tripod (!!!) for $150

And it’s back to the unusual deals at B&H Photo, for $150 until 1/8/21 at 11:59pm ET you can get this Ultrasone x Tripod combo! The bundle consists of two products:

+ Ultrasone Performance 840 closed-back over-ears
+ Joby RangePod Smart Tripod

NO, the tripod is NOT a headphone stand.

NO, the tripod is NOT a burn-in accessory! [or is it???]

Monday: Beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO for $419 AC

It’s the first appearance of Beyerdynamic in the 2022 NewEGG daily deals, running until 1/3/22 at 11:59pm pacific, you can have the new condition wired DT 1770 PRO closed-back over-ears of the Tesla kind going for $419 after entering the limited time promo code SSBNZ326 shown over there.

Staying at NewEGG’s dailies, they have the ASUS TUF Gaming H3 headset going for $32 after using the limited time promo code shown over there…

MEANWHiLE the teaser for Tuesday at NewEGG shows the BeyerDynamic Custom Interactive gaming headset. The sale price will be revealed on Tuesday. It’s usually the same price every time a headphone is featured as a daily deal, but it’s not always the case.

IF there are any audiophiles in the room with you, hide the screen before you read this next sentence! One of the Monday Woot daily deals is a refurbished Beats sale, featuring “Grade A” refurbished bluetooth earphones from $32 (necklace-style Flex) to $135 (PowerBeats PRO) with the Studio Buds sandwiched in-between at $75.

Speaking of truly-wireless, Amazon is currently offering the new condition TOZO T6 for $27. They also have optional combined purchase discounts via coupons. As of the time of writing these average 4.4 out of 5 based on a whooping 171,000 customer ratings (!!!).

Thursday: Sennheiser HD 458BT ANC/BT Over-Ears for $80, Etc

Best Buy strikes back with their Thursday daily deals where one of the “Bonus” deals of the day is the new condition closed-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 458BT ANC/bluetooth headphones in the black/red “exclusive” color scheme going for $80 with free US shipping and extended returns.

Thankfully this is USB-C and bluetooth 5.0, with AAC and apt-X and also supports apt-X Low Latency for those who like to watch videos. It includes a carry case, and it averages 4.1 out of 5 based on nearly 400 customer reviews over there.

Staying at the Best Buy dailies linked above, they have the Jabra Elite 85t truly wireless for $140.

Another day, another budget truly-wireless at the NewEgg dailies, they have the MPOW M12 going for around $12 with free US shipping. And they are USB-C 🙂

The above offers are good for Thursday December 23 in 2021…

Wedn: bluetooth BuddyPhones for $25, Anker, TWS, Etc

What about the children? We have to save their children! Or at least their hearing! One of the Wednesday 12/22/21 daily deals at Amazon is a sale on the bluetooth BuddyPhones by ONANOFF, a “made for Amazon” product, on sale for $25 with free US shipping and returns, in three kid-inspired color schemes. As of the time of writing they average 4.5 out of 5 based on nearly 5,500 ratings.

Next up, at the Best Buy dailies they offer the Anker Soundcore Life Dot 2S truly wireless for $40.

Then at the NewEgg dailies, they have a TWS truly-wireless set for just $11…

And we complete the circle back at Amazon where they are offering select Sony “Extra Bass” bluetooth speakers on sale, $48 (SRS-XB13) to $148 (SRS-XB43), in various colorful colors of course…

Monday: Apple AirPods MAX ANC/BT Over-Ears for $456

It’s Appletini time at the Monday 12/20/21 Best Buy daily deals where you can get the new condition Apple AirPods Max (the closed-back over-ear BT/ANC headphones) for the very specific price of $456…

Meanwhile at the B&H Photo dailies they are offering the Audio Technica ATH-SPORT 90BT Sonic Sport, consumer line-up, necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $39…

Tascam TH-300X studio headphones for $40

The current Musician’s Friend daily deals is the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Tascam TH-300X studio headphones going for $40 with free US shipping… This is a bit of a recurring offer in their daily deals…

Friday: Sony WH-CH710N ANC/BT Over-Ears for $78

Sony is back at the Best Buy daily deals, running until 12/17/21 at 11:59pm, or earlier if sold out, you can have the new condition closed-back over-ear ANC/BT combo that is the WH-CH710N for $78 with free US shipping or store pickup…

OR if you prefer used, a marketplace seller is offering it in “renewed” (refurbished) condition for $50, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon

I haven’t seen or touched this particular model, but we have here a text-n-pictures unboxing of the predecessor model, the WH-CH700N. Note that the pictured PORG shown at our unboxing post is NOT included 🙂

Wedn: Samson SR-850 Semi-Open Over-Ears for $25

One of the contenders for bang for the buck over-ear headphones is currently on sale, making it even more bang for the buck! Running until Wednesday 12/15/21 at 11:59pm eastern time (or earlier if sold out), as one of their daily deals, B&H Photo of New York is offering the new condition wired semi-open over-ear Samson SR-850 headphones for $25 with free US shipping. This is in the blue color scheme. It’s not all blue, do not panic – it has just a couple of stylish-blue body parts 🙂

Optionally you can purchase it together with other house-brand headphone accessories for a combined purchase discount ($5 to $10 off the total) by clicking on the “Build a Bundle” link over there…

At B&H, it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 75 customer reviews. You can buy up to six pairs at the sale price. It comes with a 2-year manufacturer warranty and a 1/4″ adapter. No other accessories (hey, it’s $25!)

Note that the non-removable cable is a looooong one, 2.5 meters (just over 8 feet) per the specs page over there.

And as fate would have it, we have here a text and pictures unboxing of the older all-black version on this blog-type-thing.

I haven’t seen or touched or listened to the blue version, so I don’t know if there any other differences between them.

Tue: Sony WH-1000X M4 ANC/BT Over-Ears for $248

Sony’s latest entry in the big ANC/BT Over-Ears battle is the WH-1000X M4, and this particular model, in various color options, is on sale for $248 with free US shipping for a limited time at Amazon’s USA website with up to three pairs per color per customer…

As of the time of writing, these average 4.7 out of 5 with nearly 25,000 global ratings posted. Note that ratings includes both the written review scores and the no-text star-ratings…

EU: Philips X2 Open Over-Ears for 98 euro

Good for the next two days (or so), Amazon Germany itself is offering the new condition wired open-back over-ear Philips X2 headphones for 98 euro, with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. This model is sandwiched between the X1 and X3, offering trade-offs of price and value and such…

This is decidedly more expensive at Amazon USA where it goes for $150…

Friday Massdrop Deals: $29 Koss Gaming Headset, $19 Cable, Ether CX, Etc

Every Friday is a Black Friday at Massdrop and for this Friday, December 10 in 2021, they are having a Friday sale that include five headphone-related products, along with three keyboards:

  • DROP + KOSS GMR-54X-ISO GAMING HEADSET for $29
  • Drop + MrSpeakers Ether CX closed-back for $749
  • Massdrop x MEE Audio Pinnacle PX IEMs for $39
  • Drop 2-pin IEM cables for $19
  • Massdrop x NuForce Stride bluetooth IEMs for $39

Tue: Ultrasone Panther DSD DAC/amp + Ultrasone 880 Closed Over-Ears + Manfrotto 504X Tripod for $800

This is a deal you don’t see every day 🙂 Running until 12/7/21 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering this Ultrasone x Manfrotto combo for $800. For this you get:

  • Ultrasone Panther DSD DAC/amp
  • Ultrasone Performance 880 closed-back over-ear headphones
  • Manfrotto 504X Fluid Video Head & MVTTWINGA Aluminum Tripod with Ground Spreader

You can always sell/trade the parts of the combo you don’t want/need…

Monday: BeyerD DT 770 PRO (80 ohm) for $124AC

And we are baaack to the BeyerDees at the NewEGG deals du jour, running until 12/6/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, you can haz the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (80 ohm) for $124 after a limited time $25 off promo code 93XSE23 entered in the NewEgg shopping cart.

The usual terms, up to three per customer, this is indeed sold and shipped by NewEgg proper, not by iffy marketplace sellers…

Friday: BeyerD DT 1990 PRO Open Over-Ears for $439AC

Back at the Newegg dailies, running until 12/3/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, you can have the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO (Tesla) for $439 after the limited time $160 off coupon code 93XSD86 over there…

Meanwhile the teasers for the Saturday deals include the 1More truly-wireless. The sale price will go live over there on Saturday, there’s no teaser on the sale price…