Two weeks ago these were going for $65, but further down they dropped, it’s the Koss Pro DJ 200 headphones dropping to a balanced price of $50.50 at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of five units per customer. The headphones average 4.6 out 5 on 70 customer reviews.
Yamaha HPH-M82BL Square On-Ears drop to $56
Square earcups is the defining feature of the Yamaha HPH-M82BL closed-back on-ears, and four of their six colors are currently on sale for around $56 each, in new condition, at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of five per color per customer. They have an MFi 3-button remote and average 3.6 out of 5 on 12 reviews.
In-stock now: Sennheiser PXC 550 Bluetooth ANCs
Another new headphone is now steadily in-stock and ready to ship, it is another Sennheiser PXC series model, the 550, with Bluetooth 4.2 and Active Noise Cancelling (they call it NoiseGard) with a new condition price of $400 and a used price of $320. These prices are for the early adopters.
AKG K181 DJ UE On-Ears for $63 [MD]
This headphone is just one purchase short of fully unlocking and it should easily do so with 15 days left in the offer, it is the new condition AKG K181 DJ UE closed-back on-ears going for $55 plus $8~ flat shipping with a late September 2016 release estimate.
Speaking of AKG DJ headphones, the K167 TIESTO DJ, in new condition, goes for $55~ with free shipping with a limit of three units per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.
And while we are talking Massdrop, another offer fully unlocked, it’s “just” cables, no, not the magical kind, but the utilitarian kind, the MEE Audio MMCX Cables going for $25 plus $3.50 flat shipping. Earphones NOT included. This offer has eight more days to go and ships in late September 2016.
Speaking of magical audio improvements, did you know that there’s now magical “file copying technology” that improves sound quality? Yes, the soul of the music is recaptured and reconstructed in the buffers in otherwise bit-by-bit identical music files. Because it’s the soul of the music! /sarcasm
[DEAD] Yamaha HPH-MT120BL for $85
As of 8/27/16 2pm ET price-recheck, it jumped to $80+… Another Yamaha new condition headphone is on sale, this time it is the closed-back over-ear Yamaha HPH-MT120BL studio monitors going for $85 with free shipping with a limit of three per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.
In-Stock Now: Focal Utopia Reference for $4000 [ONE left]
UPDATE Thursday 10:47pm ET ~ as of this recheck, there is one left…
ORIGINAL
Flagship headphone action on the Focal front now, their new Utopia Reference headphone is in-stock and ready to ship for $3999 with free shipping by AudioLab thru Amazon. This ships directly from AudioLAB, so it is not Prime eligible. Two units are available as of the time of writing.
Screenshot of the Amazon product page below:
Considering the flagshipness of this, it is probably a good idea to select the fastest shipping option possible. You don’t want a flagship headphone floating around in delivery trucks for too long 🙂
In-Stock Now: Focal Listen Closed Over-Ears for $250
Another new headphone is now in-stock and ready to ship to your ears for $249 with free shipping by various authorized dealers with the orders fulfilled by Amazon along with AudioLab’s eBay store (two units available).
AKG K240 II Studio headphones for $65
Headphones are often among the featured items at the eBay Deals, and among them, Pro Audio Star (99.2%, Brooklyn) is offering the new condition AKG K240 II semi-open over-ears for $65 with free shipping with a limit of fifty units per customer. This is the Made In China model.
Friday: Monoprice Desktop DAC/Amp for $79 after coupon
For Friday August 25 in 2016, coupon code 2CRAZY gets you 20% off Monoprice-branded products at the Monoprice site, including their Monoprice Desktop Headphone Amp, Product ID 11567, for $79~ after coupon. Since this is 20% off an item, not a $20 off $100+, you don’t need to add a filler item (its regular price is just under $99).
The coupon is also good for other Monoprice-branded products including their recommendation list participant 8323 Closed-Back Over-Ears with detachable cable. Price before coupon is $16.
[DEAD] Friday’s Offers: Brainwavz Omega, Aluminum Stand, Etc
These two daily deals expired…
[DEAD] Refurbished Sony MDR-Z7 for $320
As of 8/25/16 1:20pm ET re-check, the refurbished option sold out…
If you missed it during the previous sale, it looks like it is back, the manufacturer refurbished closed-back over-ear Sony MDR-Z7 are going for $320 with free shipping by Secondpity through Amazon Warehouse Deals. They ship directly from Secondipity, so they are not prime-eligible.
Used HIFIMAN HE400S for $228
The Hifiman HE400S planar-magnetics go for $300 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you prefer used, you can get them in “Used – Very Good” condition by Kraft Audio and Audio Advisor, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so they are Prime-eligible. The $200 listing is a high risk purchase, so avoid it.
AKG K553 Closed Over-Ears for $120 [MD]
More droppings have dropped at the members-only online shipping club that is Massdrop, they are offering the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K553 for $120 with free shipping with about seven days to go on this offer. It comes with a 2-year warranty from AKG and will ship in mid-September 2016. This is a pre-release exclusive of sorts for MD, as part of their growing relationship with Harman’s AKG.
Samson SR-950 Closed Over-Ears for $30 w/free S&H
Another headphone offer has gone live at NewEgg FLASH (their flash sales, Groupon-competitor type of a website), it is the new condition closed-back over-ear Samson SR-950 headphones going for $30 with free shipping. These are the closed version of the semi-open SR-850. Limit 30 per customer. Sale ends on Monday 8/29/16 or so.
[DEAD] Wednesday’s Offers: Harman Soho, Bluedio, Banana Stands (!), Etc
This round of daily deals expired…
Philips X2/27 Open Over-Ears for $219
The open-back over-ear Philips Fidelio X2 are currently going for $219 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. Check the various forums and reviews if you are worried about the potential “Gibson issues” after the Woox to Gibson transition.
Speaking of reviews, this is a 10-headphone comparison review including the X2 at Amazon, long enough that a commenter there complained it was “a book” and was promptly shut down by “book readers” with a “0 out of 68” favorability rating on that particular comment.
Sennheiser HD800 S for $1604
The weight of the tears from the removal of the Sennheiser HD800 S from the Innerfidelity Wall of Fame perhaps weighed down its price, now down to $1604 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual.
PS: the tears part is purely dramatization, the discount looks like a computer-generated price-match of a couple of marketplace sellers offering it for the same price.
[DEAD] Tuesday’s Offers: JBL, Noontec, Monster, Wood earphones, Etc
These daily deals expired…
[DEAD] Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ears for $80 (iOS or Android)
As of a 8/22/16 1:32pm ET recheck, all three options sold out, and Amazon actual is not currently one of the available sellers (sometimes happens during doorbuster sales when they run out).
[DEAD] Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Over-Ears (Ivory Android only) for $150
As of a 8/22/16 1:35pm ET recheck, the price of this increased to $250+ from Amazon actual, so it did not get pulled from the listings like the on-ears…
[DEAD] Monday’s Offers: Senn PX95 Mini, MEE M6, Etc
Monday’s round of offers expired…
OPPO PM-3 Planar Magnetics for $345 to $360
The Oppo PM-3 offer that was teased by NewEgg Flash has now materialized, you can get the new condition OPPO PM-3 planar magnetics for $360 with free shipping by Shenzen Audio (they are the ones offering the Return Policy) through NewEgg FLASH.
But wait, there’s more! If you are willing to pay for this with a VISA card and you have not already used this promotion, coupon code VCOGOLD16 gets you $15 off an order of $200+ until 8/21/16 PM. Details on the VISA Checkout offer.
NewEGG FLASH is a flash sale site, so offers only run for a few days and then expire. This offer is good for the next six days. But many of the offers return every few weeks/months.
Sennheiser HD650 for $300 with coupon (or $285 after MIR)
If you are interested in the open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD650, coupon code 1LENSSAVIN (no G at the end) drops the price down to $300 at Adorama.com (authorized dealer)… If you don’t object to doing a mail-in rebate, there’s also a $15 mail-in rebate offer on it that drops it to $285 after MIR. You have to cup the original UPC code and serial number from the box, make photocopies and snail-mail the rebate form.
PS: the rebate offer ends 8/22/16, the coupon works until it stops working.
PS2: if you want to test whether the coupon is working, you can go to the Checkout page and skip everything to the Payment section. Look for the option there to enter a coupon and enter it in the coupon box (not the gift card box). You don’t have to enter your address and billing info if you just want to test whether the coupon is working.
Sennheiser HD600 for $250 after coupon (or $235 after MIR)
It’s not just the HD 650, coupon code 1LENSSAVIN (no G at the end) gets you the new condition open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD600 headphones for $250 from authorized dealer Adorama.com…
Optionally you can submit a $15 mail-in rebate and drop it to $235 after MIR. This is a mail-in rebate, so you have to cut off the barcode and serial number and make photocopies and snail-mail things and wait for the rebate to arrive a few weeks later. The rebate offer ends 8/22/16. The coupon is independent of the rebate.
Alternately, if you are a regular Amazon shopper, you can get the same effective price by buying the HD600 with $150 Amazon Gift Card bundled together for $400. On very rare occasions, the gift card may arrive before the headphones ship, and you may be able to apply it towards this purchase (unless they changed how the shopping cart deals with gift card bundles).
B&O PLAY H6 Over-Ear headphones (2nd Gen) for $280
The black color scheme of the second generation B&O PLAY H6 Over-Ear headphones is on sale, going for $280 instead of its usual price of $300 at Amazon by Amazon actual with a 1-3 weeks shipping estimate.
NOTE: a “Just Launched” seller also has it for the same price, which may have automatically triggered Amazon’s own price to drop as a computer price-match. Make sure you are buying from Amazon actual, not from the marketplace seller.
PS: if you are not familiar with how things look at the Amazon website, this is a screenshot of the part of the product page you should always look at:
Free JBL Coach Bluetooth On-Ears and $50 Gift Card WITH Huawei Honor 8 Dual Unlocked Phone for $400 [PRE-ORDER]
The JBL Coach Bluetooth On-Ear headphones (model E40BTVSCOACH) are included for FREE along with a $50 NewEgg Promotional Gift Card when you place a pre-order of the coming-soon Huaweii Honor 8 Dual unlocked no-contract smartphone for $400 at NewEgg, in either the black color scheme or the whjite color scheme. Release estimate is late August for the white and mid-September for the black.
[DEAD] Sunday’s Offers: Sennheiser, Noontec, Status, Stands, Etc
This round of offers expired…
[DEAD] Saturday’s Offers: Symphonized, Status, Munitio, RIF6, Sennheiser HD419, Etc
This daily deal expired…
[DEAD] Refurbished AUDEZE EL-8 Open Planars w/1yr warranty for $350
This limited time offer expired… Planar action again, and if you are comfortable with refurbished, you can save some, the AUDEZE EL-8 Open-Back Over-Ear Planar-Magnetics are available in refurbished condition with a 1-year warranty for $350 with free shipping at Adorama.com until 8/23/16 or earlier if they run out.
Fostex TH-900 Mark II for $999
Fostex the people! The Fostex TH-900 Mark II Premium 1.5 Tesla headphones are currently on sale in new condition for $999 with free shipping and handling by Adorama.com until 8/22/16 or earlier if sold out. These are closed-back over-ears.
Sony XB950BT Extra Bass Bluetooths for $98
At the intersection of bassheads and techies, one of the headphones one may find are the closed-back Sony XB950BT over-ears. The “Extra Bass” in their name makes certain classical music fans don’t buy them accidentally 😉 They have Bluetooth with NFC but no ANC. NFC is handy if you are planning to frequently switch between different bluetooth sources (eg two phones) and don’t want to deal with the soap opera of different bluetooth devices “fighting” for an active connection.
All that brings us to these headphones being on sale for $98 with free shipping, in your choice of black, red or blue, at authorized dealers Abt Electronics and BuyDig on eBay (limit 5; over 400 units sold).
These are popular, if customer reviews and questions are an indicator, they have over 1000 of the former and over 600 answered of the latter at amazon.com with an average of 4.3 out of 5 and a decent “review intensity ratio”. That’s the 5-stars vs the 1-stars, it’s about a 10:1 (69% of reviews versus 7% of reviews), which is a good sign.
Sennheiser RS 120 Wireless (RF) for $60
If you are looking for RF wireless headphones (not bluetooth), the new condition Sennheiser RS120 with a 2-year warranty is on sale for $60 with free shipping and free returns at Groupon Goods. The free returns are handy because there are a couple of potential issues with this, the way the AC input connects to Base is wonky and the audio times-out quickly when there’s silence. The Base has to be connected to AC, while the headphones need two AAA batteries (either the included set or your own). The headphones only work with the Base, you can’t use them as a normal 3.5mm input headphone.
Bose QuietComfort 15 ANC for $240 or $252
If of the various Bose over-ear headphones with their Active Noise Cancelling technology it’s the older Quiet Comfort 15 model the one you want, you can get them at Costco with free shipping. Members get them for $240 while non-members have to pay a 5% surcharge, making them $252.
PS: Costco has a shockingly limited variety of headphones on their website, despite the explosion of headphones as a consumer electronics category. Interesting!
[DEAD] Audeze SINE On-Ears (Lightning) for $400
This sale expired too… The Audeze SINE on-ears with a Lightning cable is currently on sale for a limited time for $400 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com until 8/22/16. No coupon/rebate needed. These are planar-magnetic on-ears, closed back.
PS: more on the whole Lightning/USB-C thing in the next few days…
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b for $80 (ANC)
On the Active Noise Cancelling front, the new condition Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b are currently offered for $80 with free shipping with a limit of five units per customer by Focus Camera on eBay with a limit of five units per customer. The ANC system is powered by one AAA battery which is a plus/minus depending on your disposition on these and whether you like to use rechargeable AAAs.
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