Some of the many colors of the Beats Studio 2.0 closed-back over-ear headphones with active noise cancellation are on sale for $100 with free shipping at the Walmart website. There is no mention of warranty and a customer question as to that is unanswered. Returns have to be done in store (that ridiculous “Cannot return by mail” box). No wonder they had to buy Jet.com, their website is a mess and has bizarrelly-written things like that shipping warning 🙂
Sony MDR-1A for $180 manufacturer-refurbished OR $190 new but no Sony warranty
If you are interested in the Sony MDR-1A closed-back over-ears and want to pay under $200, there are two options. If you want Sony USA’s blessings, you can get them manufacturer refurbished with a 90-day warranty for $180 with free shipping by Secondipity through Amazon Warehouse Deals.
On the other hand, if you don’t want Sony’s blessings, but prefer them new condition, you can get the International Versions in new condition but without a Sony USA warranty from various marketplace sellers with some of the orders fulfilled by Amazon (Prime eligible) for $190 with free shipping in either the silver MDR-1A or the black MDR-1A.
Used Fiio X3-II DAP for $134
The Fiio X3-II DAP goes for $169 in new condition but if you want to save some more, you can get it as low as $134 (“Used – Like New”, Titanium color scheme) at Amazon Warehouse Deals. This link shows you the lowest price per color. To see the detailed listings per color, click on the “See all offers for this product” next to the color’s name.
APPJ 1601A Wi-Fi Tube Amplifier for $184 [MD]
Another day another offer unlocking at Massdrop, this time it is a double stack, the APPJ 1601A Wi-Fi Tube Amplifier going for $175 plus $9~ flat shipping. The offer is good for the next seven days and will ship in late September 2016. This is a multi-feature device but NOTE this is NOT a dedicated headphone amp.
6pk Koss Portable Replacement Cushions for $3
If you are planning a present or near-future order at Amazon of $25+, the 6pk of Koss Portable Replacement Cushions (good for multiple models including PortaPros and KSC-75) is down to $3 per 6pk at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of five sets per customer. The catch is that they are an Add-On item, so you must place a $25+ qualifying order, otherwise the shopping cart will refuse to let you buy them.
Star Wars Closed On-Ears (SMS Audio) for $37 to $40
Star Wars fever is building up again as the new movie is getting closer, but the prices of their officially licensed headphones with 50 Cent’s SMS Audio continue to drop in price, you can get their closed-back on-ears as low as $37 (Chewbacca) or $37.50 (Tie Fighter) or $39 (Stormtrooper) or $40 (Rebels, Empire, Boba Fett, etc). These prices are fulfilled by Amazon from various sellers.
Chromecast Audio drops to $30 again
A new week is here with another round of manufacturer-initiated discounts, and among them it is the new condition Chromecast Audio going for $30 with free shipping at the official Google eBay store (limit 5) and free shipping for Rewards members at Staples.com.
In parallel, there’s a promotion running until 9/15/16 that gets you two free months of Spotify Premium with Chromecast Audio purchase. Perhaps Google is building up goodwill towards competitors to discourage monopolistic complaints 🙂
If you are Chromecast-Audio-curious, here’s our text and pictures useful Unboxing. Fear not, there’s no audio and no video. It’s a non-disruptive unboxing 🙂
Little Dot MK II Tube Headphone Amp for $129 [MD]
Another day, another unlocked offer at members-only Massdrop, this time it is the Little Dot MKII Tube Headphone Amp going for $120 plus $9~ flat shipping. Additional tube choices are available when during the checkout process over there. There are seven days (from blog-posting date) left in the offer and the shipping estimate is late September 2016. It comes with a 1-year warranty from Massdrop itself.
Refurbished Audio-Technica T300 for $14 w/free S&H
I wonder how many Audio-Technica employees can recite the company’s headphone line-up because they have so many of them. One of the them is the closed-back ATH-T300 available in manufacturer refurbished condition with a 90 day warranty by Dealfisher thru AWD for $14 with free shipping for all. It is not Prime eligible, it ships directly from Dealfisher. (AWD = Amazon Warehouse Deals).
[DEAD] Nobsound 6J9 Vacuum Tube Integrated Headphone Amp for $42.50 [ends 5:34pm ET]
This 4-hour lighting deal expired… Good until 5:34pm ET today (or earlier if sold out) is the Nobsound 6J9 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier Mini Audio HiFi Stereo Headphone Amp on sale for $42.50 as a lightning deal. It is sold by Douk Audio with the order fulfilled by Amazon so it is eligible for Prime shipping. The price before the sale was $50 last night. It averages 4.2 out of 5 on 93 reviews, and it is 50% claimed as of 2:48pm ET.
Koss Pro DJ 200 headphones for $50.50
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.
Used Sony XBAH1 Hybrid 2-Way In-Ears for $49
The Sony XBAH1 Hybrid 2-Way In-Ears are currently available in “Used – Very Good” condition for $49~ by Secondipity through Amazon Warehouse Deals. They ship directly from them so they are not eligible for Prime shipping.
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] Starts Saturday 1:34pm ET: Nobsound 6J9 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier Mini Audio HiFi Stereo Headphone Amp
These daily deals expired…
[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.
Thrifty Ideas: Back to School Doorbusters as Earphone Cases
And now something different, at the intersection of fun, funny and practical 🙂 We are in back to school season, and some of the doorbusters and coupon specials or clearance items you may find at some of the big chain stores (from Staples to Office Depot-Max to Target to Walmart to Big Lots to drug store and grocery chains and all in-between) can actually be re-purposed as earphones cases, and in the case of folding portable on-ears, as headphone cases too 🙂
All the things you see below have been repurposed as earphone cases. You can see them all in this Thrifty Office Supplies Doorbuster post. Fear not, the pictures are .PNG, they won’t eat up your bandwidth 🙂
These are our “raw materials”:
And this is one of the many examples of their repurposing:
See them all at the detailed post at the main website. I have to change the WordPress theme of that one, it looks kinda space-age-goofy 🙂
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).
Brainwavz IEMs grab bag for $22 [MD]
If you like “predictable surprises”, a new grab bag offer is running now at members-only Massdrop. It’s a grab bag of Brainwavz IEMs. Four different models are participating. You will randomly receive one of them if you pay $20 plus $2 flat shipping. Limit up to two per customer. The offer is running for the next 8 days and is limited to 1200 units sold. There are four prizes (three AKG Massdrop-excilsive over-ears and Sennheiser HD800) if certain quantity levels (total number of purchases) are reached during the promotion.
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.
Pelican 1012 Pick N’ Pluck Foam Set for 1010 Micro-Case for $3.17 [limit 10]
If you have or are planning to buy the Pelican 1010 Micro Cases (currently starting at $9.50 depending on color and seller), we have good news and bad news for the Pelican 1012 Pick N’ Pluck Foam Set (for the Pelican 1010 Micro-Cases or other similar cases). Its price has dropped down to $3.17, in new condition, at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of ten per customer. The bad news is that it is an Add-On item, so your order total must be $25+, otherwise their shopping cart will not let you buy it. You can get to $25+ by getting eight or more of these (based on current prices).
The foam set averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 29 customer reviews. Per the description, the foam is “die-cut into one inch squares”. I will pick one up the next time I place a $25+ order.
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.
Wedn: Jabra Rox for $50, Coach for $70
Among the Wednesday Best Buy daily deals there are two Jabra bluetooth earbuds. The Rox model goes for $50 while the Sport Coach goes for $70. They get free 2-day shipping or free store pickup if you prefer.
PS: in recent weeks Best Buy switched to a new benefit where Rewards members (at the entry-level tier, no minimum annual spent prerequisite) get free 2-day shipping on a number of items going for $35+ (but not everything; and only items shipped by Best Buy, not through the various other sellers there).
TFZ Series 1S IEMs for $37 [MD]
The TFZ Series 1S IEMs are currently fully unlocked for $33 plus $4~ flat shipping at members-only Massdrop, with seven days left in the offer and with a late September shipping estimate. Four different colors are available… Alternately you can get them for $40 with free shipping with a September 6-20 delivery estimate by ShenzenAudio through amazon.com. It ships directly from ShenzhenAudio, so it’s not Prime eligible…
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.
Used Schiit Valhalla 2 Amp for $311
And now a breezy stroll down Amazon Warehouse Deals, starting with the Schiit Valhalla 2 Headphone Amplifier going for $311 in “Used – Very Good” condition (minor cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) from Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. The new condition price at Amazon is $379, while at Schiit’s website is $349 plus mandatory shipping (unless you can pick up from SoCal).
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