Well-known audio companies have been slowly but steadily flocking to the “fashion headphones” segment of the market, which brings us to the KEF M400 On-Ears now down to $200 with free shipping in three of the four color-schemes available at amazon.com. These have only two reviews, and both complain about the jack acting up. They were posted in April/May 2016, so I don’t know if it got fixed or how many were impacted. #FidelioX2GlueGate2016
20% off six Gaming Headsets with Coupon
Amazon is celebrating TWITCH CON 2016 with a special coupon promotion on Gaming gear. Coupon code TWITCHCON20 gets you 20% off Amazon’s own price on the items shown over there. Coupon is good until October 7 at 11:59pm pacific. There are currently six gaming headsets participating (one is in-ear) with models from Logitech, HyperX, SteelSeries, Turtle Beach and ROCCAT. Page down on the promotion page and select “Headsets” from the tab to locate these.
The detailed terms and conditions can be found here. Only items sold and shipped by Amazon actual (not marketplace sellers) are eligible for this promotion (which is often how these promotions run).
Sennheiser HD7 DJ for $90 w/free S&H after $15 MIR
For a limited time only, Adorama.com is offering the new condition closed-back Sennheiser HD7 DJ Headphones for $90 after a $15 mail-in rebate (MIR). Free shipping. They fold, they have detachable cables and earpads, and come with a carrying case. Even without the MIR, the price is pretty good.
UPDATE: price corrected, it is $90 after MIR, not $95 after MIR.
Sennheiser Urbanite XL Wireless (BT) for $185
This looks like a price-match of sorts, the Sennheiser Urbanite XL Wireless (Bluetooth), in new condition, are currently going for $185 with free shipping at Target and Best Buy and Amazon by Amazon actual (limit 5) where they average 4.0 out of 5.0 based on nearly 150 customer reviews and with 70 questions peer-answered.
Judging by the new condition prices, it looks like the Momentums are doing better than the Urbanites?
PS: the lowest used priced at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) start at $139~ in “Used – Good” by AWD actual.
Refurbished Harman Kardon Soho-A On-Ears for $40 w/free s&h
They are back in the spotlight sale rotation again, it’s a front page deal by seller A4C (aka All 4 Cellular), they are offering the refurbished Harman Kardon Soho-A On-Ears for $40 with free shipping. Refurbished items come with a 90-day replacement warranty from A4C, not the manufacturer.
NOTE: when shopping there, pay attention to the individual listing. They sell a mix of new condition, refurbished, and use products. Everything there gets free shipping, even the $3 generic earbuds 🙂
[DEAD] In-Stock Now: Focal Elear for $1000
As of 9/27/16 at 3:22pm ET re-check, this listing sold out…
Used Master & Dynamic MW60 Bluetooth Over-Ears for $322
The wireless (Bluetooth 4.1 with Apt-X) Master & Dynamic MW60 headphones go $500 to $550 in new condition, but if you are comfortable with used, there is a “Used – Good” condition option (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) going for $322~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual (AWD). AWD makes no claims of a manufacturer warranty but they offer a 30-day warranty, so when you buy something from them, make sure you are going to have enough time to put it through the paces to make sure it’s a lemony-lemony lemon cake 🙂
Monoprice Bluetooth On Ears (11536) for $20 w/free S&H
Good until Sunday night, at the Monoprice website, you can get the Monoprice Bluetooth On-Ears (model 11536) for $20 with free standard shipping (which is not common over there). These average 89% based on 94 customer reviews.
Now shipping: Sennheiser HD 4.30i and 4.30G for $100
The IFA headphones are slowly starting to roll out, on the Sennheiser front, their closed-back over-ear folding Sennheiser HD 4.30 (April 30?) in both the iOS (4.30i) version and the Android (4.30G) version are in-stock by a variety of sellers through Amazon.com for their starting price of $100 with free shipping. These are the early adopter prices, for those curious/anxious to try them out. I have no clue where the prices of these will settle after a few weeks/months, so if you don’t have to have them, it doesn’t hurt to wait.
[DEAD] Saturday: Blue Microphones Mo-Fi for $280
This particular offer ended, but the Mo-Fis are recurring “daily deals” offers across the interwebs…
Open-Box HifiMan HE1000 for $1980
I am doing a mini-sweep of Amazon Warehouse Deals, which partially explains the randomness of some of the posts. We go planar flagship now, the HifiMan HE-1000 are available in open-box condition from authorized dealer Electronics Expo (EE) thru Amazon Warehouse Deals for $1980~. They ship directly from EE, so they are not eligible for Prime shipping. Their listing says all accessories and warranty are included.
In-stock again: Focal Utopia (one unit left)
Because I love the juxtaposition of high and low, we now have something on the totally other end of the spectrum from the previously mentioned $5 Koss On-Ears. It’s an availability alert, there is one unit available of the Focal Utopia Reference flagships going for $4000 with free shipping by “HiDEF Lifestyle” through Amazon.com. This ships directly from HiDef so it is not Prime eligible. They are an authorized dealer. It should go without saying, if you are buying this, you must needs pick the fastest delivery method available. You don’t want a $4000 flagship languishing in the slow-shipping lanes 🙂
Koss KPH7B Lightweight On-Ears for $5 [limit 5]
On the lightweight-to-featherweight front, the blue color scheme of the Koss KPH7B On-Ears is on sale for under $5 at Amazon by Amazon actual and it is currently NOT an Add-On item, so if you are a Prime member, even if you only buy one pair, you still get free 2-day shipping. Limit five per customer… Of the other colors, the lime-green has a similar price but it is designated an Add-On Item… As a group, all the colors together average 3.9 out of 5 based on nearly 800 customer reviews and have 60+ questions answered…
Little Dot I+ Headphone Amp for $99 [MD]
Another day, yet another offer is currently fully-unlocked at the members-only Massdrop shopping club (free to join though). It is the Little Dot I+ Headphone Amp going for $90 plus $9~ flat shipping. This has seven days to go (from today = blog-posting date) and it is estimated to ship in early November 2016, so patience is an audiophile virtue 🙂 It comes with a 1-year manufacturer warranty. This is a tuby amp-only, as it is visually hinted by the inputs and outputs. Optionally at checkout there are two options for tube upgrades for +$13 or +$28.
[DEAD] Refurbished AUDEZE EL-8 Closed Back Planars for $350
This sale ended as well… The closed-back AUDEZE EL-8 Planar-magnetic headphones are currently offered in refurbished condition with a 1-year manufacturer warranty for $350 with free shipping at Adorama.com, good until 9/28/16 or earlier if sold out.
[DEAD] Spend $1000+ in select Premium Audio products, Get $100 Amazon Store Credit for future use (267 options including 27 headphones)
This particular promotion expired 10/1/16…
EXPIRED PROMOTION
This Premium Audio offer is back at Amazon, if you make a purchase of $1000 or more on any combination of select Premium Audio products (267 options), you will receive a $100 Amazon store credit to use in future purchases. This only works if Amazon is the actual seller of the product (not marketplace sellers).
Thankfully you can verify your order qualifies before you make the purchase, because if you have eligible items, the Checkout page (the last step before you place an order) will have a box notifying of this. Screenshot below:
A total of 27 headphones are participating in this promotion including:
- Sennheiser HD 700, IE 800
- Beyerdynamic T1 (2nd G), T5p (2nd G), T90
- B&O Play H8
- Grado RS2e
- Sony MDR-Z7
- Master & Dynamic MH40, MH30
- Denon MM400
- Final Audio Design flagship, Sonorous IV
- Fostex TH-500RP
- Ultrasone Edition 10 Ltd, TIO, IQ
- Definite Tech Symphony 1
- Hifiman HE400i, HE560
REMEMBER: Amazon’s links in the Promotional page do not always point to Amazon’s own listing for the product. For this promotion, you have to make sure Amazon.com is the actual seller, not any of the many marketplace sellers over there.
This offer expires October 1st at 11:59pm pacific. Limit one per customer during this promotion. The $100 credit must be spent by August 2021 (yes, twenty-twenty-one)
[DEAD] B&W P5 for $243 [SOLD-OUT: Sennheiser HD 650 for $303] {UPDATED}
These lightning deals expired…
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $110 [from marketplace seller]
NewEgg Flash is their attempt at the social shopping thing (eg Groupon, LivingSocial, Woot, etc), the offers there typically last a week (or so), but many of them return every few weeks, others do not.
To cut a long story short, marketplace seller “ClassyU” is offering the new condition closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $110 with free shipping with a limit of 30 units per customer. The listing there says they come with a 2-year Beyerdynamic warranty. I am not familiar with the seller “ClassyU”, so I don’t know if they are an authorized dealer.
It’s also kinda sneaky of NewEggFlash not to prominently list the seller’s name. The only reason you discover this on the product page is when you page down towards the warranty. Because this and Jet’s “magical deliveries” it is a rather disturbing trend when you are buying more expensive items where authorized dealer status is important for warranty purposes.
Screenshot below:
However, people who pay more attention to details, will also notice that this is mentioned in the Shopping Cart, again this is good, but it should be prominent on the main product page, the mythical average consumer shouldn’t have to put on their Sherlock Holmes hats just to buy something…
[DEAD] Beyerdynamic Custom Street On-Ears for $67~ [ends 11pm ET]
This 6-hour lighting deal expired but it established a new low price for these headphones at $67~…
[DEAD] Thursday’s Offers headlined by Sennheiser HD650 and B&W P5
These daily deals expired…
AKG K553 PRO Closed Over-Ears for $120 [MD]
This is the first (in reverse chronological order that is) of a handful of Massdrop posts today, they are back, the closed-back over-ear AKG K553 PRO headphones are fully unlocked for $120 with free shipping. The offer is running for the next seven days (from blog-posting date), and will ship in mid-October 2016. It comes with a 2-year AKG warranty as MD and AKG have been increasing their co-operation in recent months.
Thinksound ON2 Headphones for $178 [MD]
Another offer at Massdrop got the mid-week bump and it is now fully unlocked, it is wooden earcup time with the Thinksound ON2 Headphones going for $170 plus $8~ flat shipping. The offer has four more days to go (from blog-posting date), and comes with a 2-year warranty from the manufacturer, and will ship in early October 2016. These have detachable cables (two are included).
[DEAD] Wednesday’s Offers: BeyerD Custom Street On-Ears, Symphonized, Etc
Wednesday’s offers expired but don’t miss the Thursday 9/22/16 offers headlined by the Sennheiser HD 650 and Bower & Wilkins P5 (wired)…
Monster DNA Rave On-Ears Limited Edition for $55 w/free S&H
It’s not just audiophile brands that do the “Limited Edition” thing, Monster is on that game too, and their official eBay store is offering the new condition Limited Edition Monster DNA Rave On-Ears for $55 with free shipping with a limit of 50 per customer. They are available in two colors, black/red or red. Over 175 units got sold so far from this offering.
[DEAD] Monday’s Offers: MEE Sport-Fi M6, refurb Beats Solo 2, Etc
These daily offerings expired…
Open Box Sennheiser Urbanite XL for $70
The VM Innovations eBay store has, as of the time of writing, four units available of the closed-back over-ear Sennheiser Urbanite XL in Open-Box Condition with a 1-year warranty for $70 with free shipping. This is the black color scheme with the iOS mic/remote.
Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ears (Bluetooth, ANC) for $256.50
It looks like a price-match discount of sorts, the new condition Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ears with Wireless (Bluetooth) and ANC (active noise cancellation) is going for $256.50 with free shipping at Target.com (online only) and Amazon by Amazon actual (limit 5), where it averages 3.8 out of 5 based on 37 customer reviews and has 26 questions answered by customers there.
Used Status Audio HD One for $20+
In the case of the Status Audio HD One folding closed-back over/on-ear headphones, going used gets them to you for less than half the price of new condition. There are available for three colors, and at the lowest condition, used prices start at $20 for “Used – Acceptable” at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD). This link shows the lowest price per color.
To see more per color, click on the “See all offers for this product” next to each color-scheme’s name. The lowest “Used – Good” price is $25, the lowest “Used – Very Good” is $30. Some of them are available from AWD actual, others are offered by Status Audio themselves with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so both options are Prime eligible.
These average 4.4 out of 5 based on 600+ customer reviews. They have detachable cables.
PS: I use the term “Over/On” if I can’t quickly or easily tell deterministically whether a headphone is actually over-ear or on-ear.
Used Creative Aurvana LIVE for $41
The Creative Aurvana LIVE (first generation) go for $51 in new condition, but if you are comfortable with used, you can shave $10 off the price and get it for around $41 in “Used – Very Good” condition (minor cosmetic imperfections, damaged packaging (maybe)) by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual.
The headphones average a 4.4 out of 5 based on 270+ customer reviews, and have a very solid “review intensity ratio” (5-stars vs 1-stars) of 21:1 (63% vs 3%).
CozyPhones Sleep Headphones with Travel Bag for $13
The gray color scheme of the CozyPhones Sleep Headphones with Travel Bag is currently on sale for $13 per, sold by manufacturer with the order fulfilled by Amazon so it is Prime eligible. Unlike the iPhone 7, these have 3.5mm technology 🙂 They average 4.0 out of 5.0 based on nearly 950 customer reviews.
[DEAD] Sunday Offers: Creative Sound Blaster, Headphone Stands, Etc
These offers expired…
Open-box Fostex TH-610 with full warranty for $529
The Fostex TH-610 goes for $600 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you want to save some, you can get it for $529 with free shipping in Store Demo condition with the full manufacturer warranty by Razor Dog Audio on eBay. There is only one unit available. Per the listing, this was a store demo with “less than 5 hours used”.
Used Audio-Technica ATH-WS1100iS for $157
The Audio-Technica ATH-WS1100iS currently goes for $230 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you prefer used, it is available in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) for $157~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual.
TEAC CT-H02 Closed Over-Ears for $14
If memory serves me well, these are a rebranded Tascam TH-02, it is the white-pink TEAC CT-H02 closed-back over-ear headphones currently going for $14, in new condition, by a marketplace seller with the order fulfilled by Amazon. Free 2-day shipping for Prime or with a $49+ order. They only have five customer reviews, but the Tascam TH-02 have 500+ customer reviews.
Sennheiser RS 175 RF Wireless drops to $190
The closed-back over-ear Sennheiser RS 175 RF Wireless headphones have dropped down to $190 with free shipping with a limit of five units per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual where they average 4.4 out of 5 based on nearly 400 customer reviews, and they have almost 200 questions answered by the interweb people. This includes one base/transmitter/stand, and one pair of headphones.
This is NOT bluetooth, and NOT using Kleer technology, but it is RF wireless using Sennheiser’s own technology.
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