TEAC UD-301 Balanced DAC/amp for $319

Price-checking is always a good idea, Massdrop (MD) does not always have the lowest prices. Case in point, the TEAC UD-301 Balanced DAC/amp just launched at MD with the lowest possible price under the offer $350 shipped, but it’s handily defeated at the moment by Amazon actual offering it for $319 with free shipping. It is possible that Amazon actual’s price is an automated price-match of the two marketplace sellers offering it for the same price, so I don’t know how long this will last.

Product details and specs at TEAC’s website. Click on the little tabs to see Specs, Images, Downloads, etc. Screenshot below since they are hard to spot while casually looking at that page. I’m not the only one with bad web design skills 🙂

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August 22, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Wooden Omega Headphone Stand for $24

The new condition Wooden Omega Headphone Stand is currently available for $24 by a handful of marketplace sellers with the order fulfilled by Amazon, so they are Prime eligible. The three listings you see for $17 with free shipping ship directly from mainland China and they are fairly new sellers, so that’s a higher risk. You can tell this by looking at the detailed listings. For most China sellers it says so in the detailed listing but not for all of them. For those not mentioning it, the shipping estimate is a dead giveaway, if it’s over a month, it means very show shipping from China.

To cut a long story short, fulfilled by Amazon saves you a lot of potential headaches. Shipment happens from Amazon’s warehouses, and if there’s a problem, you deal with Amazon’s customer service, not the marketplace sellers.

The stand averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 163 customer reviews and has a pretty solid “review intensity ratio”, around 15:1 (the percentage of 5-star reviews vs 1-star reviews).

A tall annotated screenshot with the shipment details marked is after the jump if you are not familiar with the detailed Amazon product listings. NOTE: it may be presented differently depending on what browser you use, what device/OS, size of your viewport (size of browsing window), and whether Amazon’s computers are doing any experiments with how they display listings…

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August 22, 2016 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Beyerdynamic DX 120 iE for $35 [MD] or $39 Now

Another earphones is now fully unlocked at the members-only shopping club Massdrop, it is the new condition Beyerdynamic DX 120 iE going for $32 plus $3~ flat shipping with about six days left to go in the offer (from blog posting date), and a mid-September 2016 shipping estimate… If you can’t wait that long, a few marketplace sellers have them for around $39.XX with the orders fulfilled by Amazon (Prime eligible)…

August 22, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

LZ A3 Triple Hybrid IEM for $134 [MD]

With around six days to go (from today’s posting date), the LZ A3 Triple Hybrid IEMs are now fully unlocked for $130 plus $4~ flat shipping. Two color choices are available at checkout, and pictures of everything that’s included are in the listing. They get a 1-year warranty from Massdrop. Shipping estimate is mid-to-late September 2016, so as with most MD offers, patience is a virtue, it’s like the opposite of Google Express and Prime shipping 🙂

August 22, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Tuesday’s Offers: JBL, Noontec, Monster, Wood earphones, Etc

These daily deals expired…

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August 22, 2016 Filed Under: headphones

[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).

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August 21, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

[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…

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August 21, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

[DEAD] Monday’s Offers: Senn PX95 Mini, MEE M6, Etc

Monday’s round of offers expired…

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August 21, 2016 Filed Under: headphones

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.

August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

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.

August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

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).

August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

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:

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August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

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.

August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Sunday’s Offers: Sennheiser, Noontec, Status, Stands, Etc

This round of offers expired…

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August 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones

Jaybird X2 Bluetooth Earbuds for $70 (six colors)

The Big Yellow (aka Best Buy) is celebrating fifty years of not being Circuit City (meow!), and one of their anniversary sale items are the Jaybird X2 Bluetooth Earbuds offered in new condition for $70 with free shipping. Six different color options are available. Free shipping or store pickup (where available).

August 19, 2016 Filed Under: earbuds Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Saturday’s Offers: Symphonized, Status, Munitio, RIF6, Sennheiser HD419, Etc

This daily deal expired…

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August 19, 2016 Filed Under: headphones

[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.

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

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.

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Logitech UE900S IEMs for $230

And now it’s time for some in-ears, authorized dealer PitBull Audio on eBay (99.7%, California) is offering the new condition Logitech UE900S IEMs for $230 with free shipping. They ship with USPS Priority Mail per the listing. That’s one advantage of IEMs, they are lightweight enough even for First Class Mail but I’m digressing. Limit 12 per customer or they have 12 units total in-stock (most likely the latter).

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

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.

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

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.

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

SteelSeries Siberia 800 Wireless Gaming Headset for $200

Another variation of a PC Accessories sale is running in the Amazon Gold Box, and one of the 25 participating items is the SteelSeries Siberia 800 Wireless Gaming Headset offered for $200 with free shipping with a limit of three units per customer. Offer ends by Friday 3am ET.

If you want to have a very portable collection of 128GB of music of your own choice and format, the 128GB Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive goes for $24 with the same limit of three per customer. This is small enough you can fit on the side of a laptop or connect to a phone/tablet with an OTG cable. It’s like your phone/tablet is wearing an earring 🙂

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Grace Design x Massdrop m9XX DAC/Amp for $500 [MD]

Contrary to Dave Matthews, the Grace is not gone! It is back and fully unlocked at Massdrop, the Grace Design x Massdrop m9XX DAC/Amp going for $500 with free shipping. This is running for the next eight days with a mid-September shipping estimate. If you are curious, they have included a 12-page user manual in PDF format.

August 18, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

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!

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[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…

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

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.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Heads Up: OPPO PM-3 going live at NewEgg FLASH on Saturday 8/20/16

The supply and demand curves are such for the OPPO PM-3 planar magnetic headphones that they are holding strong at their new condition price of $400. There may (or may not) be some hope for a discount, the NewEggFlash website is planning to have this as a limited time offer starting on August 20 at 12pm Eastern.

Here’s a screenshot of the teaser, with the yellow text appearing when you click on the picture over there:

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NewEgg Flash is sort of like NewEgg’s attempt at making a Groupon competitor. Amazon tried too with Local Deals before they dismantled it, and Living Social is living on the edge of the knife. But I’m digressing…

That’s enough time to do some research and due diligence for anyone that could potentially be interested in this headphone.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Bluecell Headphone Hanger Clip for $7.50

If you prefer to turn existing locations or furniture into headphone stands, the Bluecell Headphone Hanger Clip with a locking knob is now down to $7.50 by a variety of marketplace sellers competing on price with most of the orders fulfilled by Amazon. This averages 4.4 out of 5 with 101 customer reviews. The holder has a 3-inch extension. Check the pictures for a better look at it.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Refurbished Beats Solo 2 Bluetooth On-Ears for $120

The red color scheme of the Beats Solo 2 Bluetooth on-ear headphones are currently on sale in refurbished condition for $120 with free shipping at A4C.com (All4Cellular). The black color scheme goes for $130. Everything on their website gets free shipping, even the $5 items.

NOTE: refurbished items on their website come with a 90-day replacement warranty from the seller A4C, not the manufacturer. It covers replacements of defective products using their RMA process.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Sennheiser HD7 DJ headphones with Pioneer DDJ-SB2 2 Channel Controller for Serato DJ for $300

It’s bundle time, this offer is running until 8/22/16 and does not need a coupon or rebate. It is the Sennheiser HD7 DJ headphones bundled with the Pioneer DDJ-SB2 2-Channel Controller for Serato DJ, all together for $300 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Two Days Left: Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 for $400 [MD]

Can you resist the temptation? Two days are left in this round of Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 at Massdrop, going for $400 with free shipping. This is expected to ship in early September 2016. A total of 750 units are available through this offer and there are nowhere near to selling out, so you can use the next two days to read reviews and forums and shift budgets and switch to a noodle diet 🙂 These are woody closed-back over-ear dynamic transducer creatures.

August 17, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Used Schiit Magni Uber 2 Amp for $143

Schiit sells their products through Amazon (fulfilled by Amazon, so Prime eligible) for more than they do on their website, but their website charges shipping and handling based on destination, while Amazon is free shipping for all ($49+ or Prime). With that in mind, the Magni Uber 2 amp, in new condition, goes for $150 plus shipping ($11 to $15 lowest price on West/East coast zipcodes I tried) at the Schiit website and $180 through Amazon.

If you are comfortable with used, there is a “Used – Very Good” cosmetic imperfection, damaged original packaging for $143 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. If the price is too close to the new condition, you can keep an eye on the listing in case it drops further down in the future.

PS: if you are not familiar with their line-up, there’s a simple way to remember which one is the DAC and which one is the AMP. The MoDi is a DAC, while the mAgni is an Amp.

PS2: if you are curious about the company’s history, the two co-founders published a 383-page e-book with their story. The chapter titles (36 of them) when you “Look Inside” the book or get a Kindle sample will give you a good idea of what the book covers.

August 16, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

Used Fiio Q1 portable DAC/amp for $49

The Fiio Q1 portable DAC/amp (flask shaped) is currently available in “Used – Like New” condition for $49~ with free shipping by Electronics Expo through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships directly from Expo, so it is not Prime eligible. So many Fiios, so little time!

August 16, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

Used Fiio A3 amp for $46, refurbished for $50

The silver color scheme of the new Fiio A3 headphone amp is currently available in “Used – Very Good” condition (repackaged) for $46~ or for $50 in refurbished condition at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD). The former is offered by AWD actual, while the refurbished is offered by Beach Camera and ships directly from them (New Jersey). The new condition price is $60.

PS: be careful when looking at the listings, there’s a few of “just launched” sellers offering it for less.

August 16, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: , ,

Used Grado SR80e Open On-Ears for $74

I don’t know if it’s the same headphone playing hide and seek in their warehouse or computer servers, but the “Used – Good” condition of the open-back on-ear Grado SR80e is back again at Amazon Warehouse Deals for $74. This is described as having cosmetic imperfections and damaged original pizza box packaging. It’s been on and off so often, I am even recycling the jokes 🙂

August 16, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,