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Our previous post covered the Massdrop Doorbusters, now let us take a look at their Black Friday blackout sale that features 210 products site-wide!
Among the headphoolia-related products:
+ Dekoni x Hifiman Cobalt closed-back for $300
+ Moondrop Voyager Bluetooth neckband for $89
+ DROP + XDUOO TA-84 OTL TUBE AMP/DAC for $349
+ Noble Kadence IEMs for $999
+ yes, the keyboards have won 🙂
Black Friday daily Doorbusters have arrived at the Massdrop website and swimming in the sea of mechanical keyboards we have some HEADPHONES:
+ open-back over-ear wired Sennheiser HD 58x Jubilee for $129
+ Drop + Hifiman HE4XX planar magnetics for $149
+ Drop + EPOS H3X gaming headset for $45
+ site-wide bonus rewards depending on the purchase amount, eg $250+ gets $25 rewards, $500+ gets $50, $750+ gets $100
+ this is not a percentage, it is a tier/threshold type of thing
+ new doorbusters added daily at 9am pacific until Cyber Monday
Monday, the last day of February 2022 has headphone action at multiple places:
+ Adorama daily deals: H&A closed-back studio headphones for $25
+ Amazon Bose sale has Sport TW Earbuds for $160, QC45 ANC/BT over-ears for $280, 700 ANC/BT over-ears for $329
+ their model name is Earbuds but they are not actual earbuds
+ one of the Woot daily deals is the Sennheiser GSX 1000 external sound card for $130
+ Best Buy: Jaybird Vista 2 TW for $120 in three color options and Skullcandy Ink’D+ neckband-style bluetooth earphones for $30
+ who on earth puts both an apostrophe and a plus in a model name these days?
And a heads-up, the Tuesday 3/1/22 NewEgg dailies will have the return of the Beyerdynamic over-ears. Price and details on Tuesday!
They may look like open-back headphones but that’s just the styling. They are actually closed! And they are on offer right now at Massdrop.
“They” are the new condition wired closed-back over-ear 1More Tripler Driver [not to be confused with their more famous in-ear Triple Driver model] for $150 with free US shipping.
This is only available in the gold color scheme. Bling-bling baby!
All sales are final on this offer. No mention of warranty in the listing. This is expected to ship mid-October 2021.
Lots of options in headphones among the daily deals running until Wednesday 7/7/21 at 11:59pm! Here we gooooo:
+ Ultrasone Edition M Black Pearl on-ears bundled with a Manfrotto professional tripod, together for $750 among the B&H Photo daily deals
+ the return of the Beyerdynamic DT 990 (open over-ears) for $134 after promo code among the NewEgg daily deals
+ also there, the Logitech G733 Circumaural LIGHTSPEED Wireless RGB Gaming Headset for $108 after promo code
+ and the big surprise is the Meh daily deal that includes multiple headphone options from $75 to $190:
++ Bose QC35 II ANC/bluetooth over-ears
++ Beats Solo PRO ANC/bluetooth on-ears
++ Sony WH-CH700 ANC/bluetooth over-ears for which, by the way, we have here a text and pictures unboxing post
February 2021 is saying goodbye with even more headphone deals of the day. These are good until 11:59pm of each retailer’s local time…
We start with a couple of offers at the NewEgg daily deals as follows:
+ Jabra Elite 25 neckband bluetooth earphones for $25
+ refurbished Sony “Extra Bass” XB-650-BT (bluetooth closed-back) for $45
Then we head on over to the Woot website where we find the reconditioned JBL LIVE 500BT bluetooth closed over-ears for $40 with a 1-year JBL warranty…
Last but not least we head on over to the Best Buy dailies where we find the new condition Plantronics BackBeat Fit 350 necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $40…
As teased yesterday, the Saturday February 13 in 2021 daily deals at the NewEGG webSITE include the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO with Tesla technology going for $479 with free US shipping after entering promo code 93XQH86 over there. Up to two pairs per customer. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg proper…
Speaking of NewEgg, their teasers for Sunday mentioned the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm). The sale price will be revealed over there on Sunday 2/14/21 at 12:01am pacific time…
In other daily deal action, the leader of the pack at Amazon USA for Saturday 2/13/21 is the new condition Yamaha RX-V685 7.2-Channel AV Receiver with MusicCast offered for $430 with free US shipping. Up to three per customer at the sale price. Sold and shipped by Amazon proper…
Beyerdynamic is back at the Saturday 11/7/20 NewEgg daily deals it is the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO (250 ohm) going for $124 with free US shipping after you enter the promo code shown over there…
Then we have two headphone offers at the Best Buy dailies as follows:
+ Sennheiser HD458 BT bluetoohth/ANC closed-back over-ears for $100
+ Skullcandy Sesh Evo truly wireless for $25
And at Woot, one of their 11/7/20 daily deals is a Big Audio Sale (no relation to Big Audio Dynamite) that includes gear from Onkyo, Klipsch, Optoma and Jamo. A total of 18 items are in-stock as of the time of writing, while five have sold out. There’s a mix of speakers, subwoofers, mini systems, and truly wireless Optoma NuForce bluetooth earphones…
TCL has been [trying to] make a powerplay in the US consumer electronics market and they have also entered the highly contested ANC/bluetooth combo over-ear headphone market and one of their models, the ELIT400NC is the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals for Sunday 8/30/20 offered for $70 in the midnight blue color scheme… As of the time of writing this averages 3.8 out of 5 based on 150+ customer reviews… This runs Bluetooth version 4.2, not the most recent 5.x
From one of the upstart brands we go to one of the big Japanese headphone brand, Audio Technica, their ATH-DSR5BT neckband bluetooth earphones are on sale for $90 with free US shipping at B&H Photo as one of their deals of the day. This too runs Bluetooth 4.2…
Not a bluetooth but among the Sunday NewEGG daily deals there’s the green/white Pioneer SE-MJ-503-G closed-back on-ears going for the very modest price of $10 with free US shipping. This is another historically highly-contested segment with entries as old as the Sony ZX-series and attempts at it by many relative newcomers (AmazonBasics, Monoprice, etc) to the world of audio…
Happy Monday July 20 in 2020 because it’s raining headphones at the daily deals today!
At Best Buy, the headliner is the new condition closed-back on-ear bluetooth Beats Solo 3 going for $150. Just make sure your head-fi friends don’t see it while you are live-streaming or when you pictures of your other gear 😉
Two different offers have headphones at the Woot.com. Under the main Woot there’s a JBL sale that includes the new condition Free X truly-wireless for $40, while under Electronics there’s the new condition JBL Tune 600-BT-NC, which as the name suggests it is a bluetooth and ANC combo. It is of the on-ear kind though. And only dressed in blue…
Those shopping in the EU, Amazon Germany is offering as their headliner deal du jour the new condition Anker SoundCore Liberty 2 PRO truly wireless for 100 euro. Anker really needs to clean up their headphone naming scheme 🙂
For Tuesday 5/26/20, headphones are the theme at two of the retailers offering “deals du jour”.
We start at Newegg where they offer the refurbished Klipsch neckband bluetooth earphones for $40 with free shipping and the refurbished Anker Soundcore Liberty Air truly wireless for $39 after promo code 93XPK28 entered in their shopping cart…
And at Best Buy it’s a {PRODUCT RED) offer, the new condition closed-back bluetooth on-ears that go by the name of Beats Solo 3 offered for $180…
With Apple about to launch their “AirPod Over-Ears”, things are going to heat up once again for the most hated “mainstream” headphone brand at the audiophile message boards. It’s now BOSE vs BEATS vs Apple!
Massdrop is back with another Xclusive offering, this time around their co-operation is with Mr Speakers (aka Dan Clark Audio), and for $750 with free US shipping you can get the new condition closed-back over-ear DROP + MRSPEAKERS ETHER CX headphones which are not just planar but “accordion” V-planars!
They come with a 2-year warranty and being an “in-stock drop”, it ships within a couple of business days after purchase. It’s not one of those long-shipping offers…
Optionally in the shopping cart you can buy it together Drop + THX AAAâ„¢ 789 Linear Amplifier for a $25 off combined purchase discount, making the THX a +$375 on your order total (instead of +$400 if purchased separately)…
It’s PADs and Cards day at the Amazon Gold Box until 11:59pm PT on 3/16/20! You can get the new condition US warranty Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (yes, it has a 3.5mm headphone jack ~ unlike the Note 10 models ~ except for the Note 10 Lite which uses older hardware but has a headphone jack) PAD (phone as DAP) for $600 with free US shipping… Or jump to the 512GB on-board storage model (think of how many FLACs you can put there!!!) for $750, that’s $150 more to for an extra 384GB…
And on the cards front, to feed your PADs and DAPs and such, you can get the new condition 400GB Sandisk Ultra micro SD for $53 with free USA shippings…
The daily deals for Tuesday February 4 in 2020 have decided to take a audio-related twist with a couple of retailers offering them:
+ NuForce BE Free 5 truly wireless for $20 at B&H Photo in two color schemes
+ a couple of things at Best Buy:
++ 50% off select Corsair wired and wireless gaming headsets
++ MEE Audio BTR bluetooth receiver for $25
+ Klipsch R-28-PF powered floor-standing speakers (pair) for $449 at the Adorama daily deal
The new condition Fiio Q1 Mark II DSD DAC/amp seems to be parked at the $100 price point, but if you want to save some and take on some risk, you can get it for $80 in “renewed” condition [another euphemism for refurbished] from a marketplace seller through Amazon. This is part of Amazon’s “Renewed” program which includes a 90-day “Amazon Renewed” warranty. In this case this is sold and shipped by the marketplace seller (i-Tech Mall) who averages 97% based on 1690 ratings in the last 12 months.
But if you prefer things shipped by Amazon, you can get it in “Used – Very Good” condition [minor cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging] for $85~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual…
From the looks of it, these look like Superlux / Samson cousins but I haven’t looked it up in the forums, so if you are interested, check to be certain.
The price is certainly right, especially if you are a Prime member, you can get the “Used – Very Good” (damaged original packaging) Pure Resonance Audio MH10C closed-back over-ears for $12 after the in-cart Prime discount. But fear not, if you are not a Prime member, you can buy them for $15~. These are sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) actual…
OF the Saturday deals of the day at Woot, Woot Elecronics is offering the new condition Otium closed-back over-ear bluetooth with ANC headphones for $40 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat shipping for non-members. It comes with a 6-month warranty from Otium.
PS1: fear not Stormlight Archive fans, this is Otium, not Odium 🙂
PS2: with Prime Day(s) just around the corner (July 15-16) it may not be a bad idea to strategically start a free 30-day trial of Prime…
Meanwhile Amazon GErmany is having a Logitech sale for SAturday featuring two Astro gaming headsets and a utilitarian Logitech branded PC headset..
Massdrop is now digging into the ART (no, not the Sigma ART lenses) Audio Technica headphones. For the next four days and change they are offering the new condition AT A2000Z closed-back over-ears for $450 with free USA shipping. It will ship in late July 2019 by Massdrop. There’s no mention of warranty in the listing.
It has that AT “auto adjusting” headband mechanism. It is definitely a “deep cut” type of a headphone for the audiophile types. It certainly won’t steal any sales away from the Beats and Bose and Sonys…
Of the Monday daily deals, B&H Photo of New York is offering the new condition Westone W40 in-ears for $230 with free US shipping. These come with MMCX and MFi cables as well.
Of the other Monday daily deals, Woot is offering the new condition JBL Reflect Fit neckband bluetooth earphones for $40 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat shipping. They come with a 1-year JBL warranty.
Rock and roll is king claims some fans, and the makers of TFZ claim that their IEMs are king. So much so that they named them so 🙂 Silliness aside, running at Massdrop for the next three days and change [as of the time of writing] is a sale on the TFZ King II in-ears for $85 with a choice of four different color schemes. Or for $105 you can buy the King LTD in-ears which are available in three different color schemes.
These will ship in early April, just after the 2019 NCAA basketball Final Four, and they ship from Massdrop. There’s no mention of warranty in the listing.
If you prefer instant gratification, some of the models are available for $100 with Prime shipping at amazon.com… Or if you are not in a hurry and you know how things work, you can try your luck at Ali Express…
Beats and Bose, they break my bones lament some audiophiles in the forums, but if you are not part of the Bose lament, Woot is having a refurbished BOSE headphone sale as part of their Sunday FEB-24-2019 daily deals which run until 11:59pm central time [or earlier for any model that sells out ahead of time].
All the models mentioned below are sold refurbished and come with a “90 Day Certified PreLoved Warranty”. That’s the name shown at Woot, cut and pasted here, it’s not a smart-aleck “translation” on my part 🙂 The warranty link over there points to the warranty’s website…
+ QC35 ANC/BT Over-Ears for $237
+ QC15 ANC Over-Ears for $135
+ QC2 ANC for $85
+ QC30 neckband ANC + bluetooth earphones for $190
+ QC20i ANC earphones for $165
+ Soundsport wired earphones (no ANC, no BT) for $100
On the budget side of things, at Amazon USA, if you prefer a non-fully-solid headband, they are offering the new condition Panasonic RP-HT161-K closed-back over-ear lighter-ish [weight-wise] headphones for $13 and you can buy as many as you like. Note that these have a 6.5 foot cable. It has the XBS logo on it, so keep that in mind [XBS = Extra Bass System].
NOTE also that its reviews are mixed-in with an on-ear model that resides on the same root listing, so when reading both the customer reviews and the answered-questions, make sure they are referring to this model and not the other.
Free shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order of eligible items…
Creative (the artist formerly known as “Creative Labs”, they will always be “Creative Labs” to me) is having a continuing Green Monday sale and among the many items offered in the sale are their Aurvana In-Ear 2 Plus for $40. You have to expand the headphones section there to see them, or go directly to the product page
It’s Sennheiser action among the daily deals at B&H Photo for Tuesday, it’s the new condition PMX 684i neckband earphones (wired, not bluetooth) with iOS mic/remote and designed for exercise going for $20. You can buy as many as you like at the same price.
A very busy Cyber Monday has arrived at the Amazon Germany Gold Box with the following offers:
+ Sony headphones sale including XB-950N1 for $100, WH-H900N for 154, MDR-XB650BT for 47, RF-895RK for 57, WI-1000X neckband bluetooths for 178 euro
+ Anker Soundcore sale with a few bluetooth headphones and earphones and truly wireless too
+ JBL C45BT bluetooth on-ears for 49
+ Beatles music sale with 58 options in Vinyl and CDs
+ also laptops, smartphones, appliances, and lots more
The BOSE Quiet Comfort QC35 II ANC/BT closed-back over-ears go for $299 at the moment at various BOSE authorized dealers, but you can get some bonuses at some places. At Adorama and NewEGG you get 5% promotional rewards to spend there in the future… At Amazon you get 5% cashback if you pay with a Prime credit card (Chase or the store credit card)…
Being an audio-focused retailer, as the name gently suggests, World Wide Stereo has launched their Black Friday sales, including various headphones…
The official Sennheiser store is running its own Black Friday sale with the following offers:
+ HD1 Bluetooth closed-back over-ears for $200
+ comfortably numb edition; okay, the Pink Floyd edition for $250
+ HD1 Neckband bluetooth in-ears for $100
+ HD1 Necklace bluetooth in-ears for $100
+ HD 4.50 BTNC (bluetooth + ANC) for $150
+ the whole RS-series of wireless (non-bluetooth) headphones, eg for TV usage
+ also some gaming and flex models
Happy Thanksgiving with some headphone/audio related offers in the Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) Amazon GOLD Box in the USA:
+ Cowin headphone sale including E7 ANC over-ear for $50, E7 PRO for $60, E8 for $103
+ Western Digital and Sandisk sale
+ of DAP/PAD/phone interest, 400GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $80 or 128GB for $20 or 64GB for $11
+ of storage and archive interest, a variety of WD and G-Tech external hard drives from 1TB to 10TB
The new condition Fiio F9 PRO in-ears with their hybrid setup (one dynamic, two balanced armatures) currently go for $140 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you are fond of saving some, there is one unit available in “Used – Like New” condition [no signs of use says the listing] for $100 at Amazon Warehouse Deals, sold and shipped by marketplace seller “The Camera Box” (98%). This listing is NOT prime-eligible but you get free shipping from the marketplace seller.
In general, earphones and their packaging is lightweight and small, so any decent seller should be able to ship it reasonably fast.
Good until Monday at 11:59pm central time, Woot is offering the new condition AKG N20 in-ears for $50 or the N20LT (with Lightning cable connector) for $70. Shipping is free for Prime members, or $5 flat for everything you buy from Woot during a particular calendar day in the central time zone. They come with a 1-year AKG warranty. Up to ten per option per customer.
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It looks like marketplace sellers have triggered another price-match of Amazon’s own listing, and they are currently offering the new condition Sennheiser HD1 On-Ears [née Momentum] wireless (bluetooth) with ANC for $223 with free shipping with up to three pairs per customer. This is the black color scheme.
Start your engines! Your audio engines that is 😉 For the next four days and change from blog-posting time, you can get the new condition Audioengine D3 Portable DAC/Amp for $70 with free US shipping from Massdrop. These will ship in mid-May 2018 with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing. This goes for $100 elsewhere, eg amazon.com…
Touch of Modern is running a Yamazaki minimalist Japanese Goods sale until 4/11/18 at 12pm pacific, and among the items offered, surprise-surprise, is this Bautes Red Headphone Stand going for $11 plus shipping. Maximum ten per customer. These ship in 2-3 weeks with all sales final.
Speaking of Touch of Modern, they have a limited time sale on EDOX watches (price-check them if you are not familiar with their typical price-range; I know nothing about these).
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