[DEAD] AKG K67 DJ Tiesto Headphones for $25 w/free S&H

As of 8/4/16, the price increased to $35… The entry-point into the AKG DJ Tiesto line-up of headphones is on sale as well, the AKG K67 headphones go for $25 with free shipping, in new condition, with a limit of near infinity per customer by ProAudioStar on eBay [CORRECTED LINK ~ originally it had the K167 instead of the K67]

[DEAD] Audeze SINE On-Ears for $320 with coupon

This summer coupon expired, just like summer 2016… For a limited time only, coupon code code 0N2AUGUST gets you the Audeze SINE Closed On-Ears for $320 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com. The price before you enter the coupon is $450. Coupon expires 8/4/16 or earlier if sold out.

Ultrasone PRO 550 + Audio-Technica AT LP120-USB Turntable for $380

Bundle time again, the Ultrasone PRO 550 headphones are bundled with the Audio-Technica AT LP120-USB Turntable, together going for $380 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com.

PSA: Beware of Strange Things on the Sennheiser HD800 Listing

UPDATE 5:08pm ET: one of the two is back… this is now resolved, both of those iffy listings have been removed by Amazon…

Beware of strange things happening on the Sennheiser HD800 listing at Amazon Warehouse Deals. One “Just Launched” seller offers this for a lower price. This seller has 2400+ listings of electronics but has curious messages on the listings, to contact them before placing an order and that the items are brand new but Amazon “won’t let them” list the items as new… The other strangeness is a listing for $88, which is either a typo or a data harvesting attempt… So don’t fall for either one of these unless you are 100% certain they are legit…

[DEAD] Used Shure SRH1840 Open-Back for $326

As of 8/9/16 recheck, this sold out at this price… The open-back over-ear Shure SRH 1840 are currently available in “Used – Like New” condition for $315~ plus $11 flat shipping by seller “World Class Inc” (99%, 80K+ ratings) through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This is not Prime-eligible, it ships directly from the seller, so it is a higher risk transaction.

Sennheiser HD700 drops to $454 [or Used for $341]

The King Stannis of the Sennheiser audiophile line-up is on sale again, squeezed between the larger than life Robert and extrovert Renly, the HD700 is having trouble standing out, which keeps pushing its price down, currently going for $454 with free shipping, in new condition, with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.

As of the time of writing, there’s one “Used – Good” condition listing (cosmetic imperfection, damaged packaging) going for $341 at Amazon Warehouse Deals.

Refurbished Panasonic RP-BTD5-K Bluetooth On-Ears for $22 w/free S&H

This is a higher risk purchase since it is shipped by a fairly unknown marketplace sellers, but the purchase price is low enough to make the risk tradeoffable (it’s a new word!). The closed-back Panasonic RP-BTD5-K bluetooth on-ears are available in certified refurbished condition with a 90-day Panasonic warranty for $22 with free shipping for all by “alwaysAdeal” (99%, 4502 ratings) through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships from the seller directly, so it is not eligible for Prime 2-day shipping.

Free 2-month Pandora One subscription

If you are Pandora-curious (double pun intended!), you can open the box at Groupon Goods where, for a limited time, they are offering a free 2-month subscription to the Pandora One subscription service (no ads) for FREE! You can get one for yourself and three additional as gifts for others.

PS: after the 2-month trial, this automatically converts to the $5/month plan regular price, so be sure to cancel if you don’t like it or upgrade to the annual plan to save on the monthly fees if you like it.

PS2: note that Pandora One is a radio service, not a proper streaming service like Rhapsody (ha!) or Tidal or Spotify or Google Play Music All Access.

PS3: I still have nightmares, helplessly trying to sync the Rhapsody music subscription Windows Client with the Sandisk Clip Plus mp3 players 🙂

Repurposing Accessories: $2 Camera Bag shipped [for Earphone protection]

Sometimes a more affordable way for accessories is repurposing something that is made for some other use. One such case (pun intended) is taking small camera bags and using them to protect earphones, Which brings us to a limited time sale on eBay, Best Buy is offering this blue Lowepro Camera Bag for $2 with free shipping. Up to five per eBay member during this limited time offer.

PS: you have to Add to Cart or click on the Price “See Details” to see the $2 price. It’s part of the MAP song and dance unfortunately.

[DEAD] AKG K52 Closed Over-Ears for $30 w/free S&H

This particular offer expired but many of the Musician’s Friend daily deals are recurring every few weeks/months, especially now that the daily deal features three items instead of one per day…

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[DEAD] Tuesday’s Offers: Bluedio, Sony, JBL and MEE Exercise, Etc

These daily offerings expired…

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Monday: Monster Adidas Over-Ears for $59

The Monday daily deal at Meh.com, good until 11:59pm eastern on Monday are the new condition with a 1-year warranty Monster Adidas Over-Ears closed-back headphones going for $54 plus $5 flat shipping. They are available in five different color schemes. A vial of Monster Executives tears lamenting the loss of Beats is NOT included in the box ~ despite rumors to the contrary 😉

Still good: Sennheiser HD600 and $150 Gift Card for $400

If you are a regular Amazon shopper (or have no problem spending $150+ there in the future), the new condition Sennheiser HD600 bundled with a $150 Amazon plastic gift card continues to be offered for $400 at Amazon by Amazon. Given the face value of the gift card, it’s like getting the headphones for $250.

The gift card comes with a winter greeting card, but you can put the gift card in a different card/box, or if you are giving the gift card to a Game Of Thrones fan, write Winter Is Coming on the card 🙂

Roundabout way for 24% off Google Play Music Subscription Service

Now that the monthly Google Play Music subscription service can be paid with Gift Card balance (you no longer need to pay it with a credit card if you have a gift card balance that covers the monthly subscription fee), this deal became a lot better!

To take advantage of this, you have to be a member of the AMEX-powered Plenti rewards program. The offer is at RiteAid stores. You buy a $25 Google Play gift card (the plastic kind), and you get 600 points. 600 points are the equivalent of $6 in future purchases at RiteAid and other participating retailers. This is a limit two promotion for the week of 7/31/16 AM until 8/6/16 PM.

These offers return every few months at RiteAid, so you can use them to stock up in credit and have a regular discount on your monthly subscription fee. If you are on the $10/month plan, this offer gets you five months of service. If you are on the $15/month family plan, that’s three months with some change left.

[DEAD] Monday’s Offers: Phaz P2, Sony RF Headphones, Sol Republic, Polk Speakers, Accessories and More

These daily deal expired…

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Sunday Offers: Sabrent USB Sound Adapter, AGPtek Acrylic Stand, Etc

Among the items pre-planned to go live at the Amazon Lightning Deals for Sunday July 31st in 2016, we cabinet of curiosities:

+ starts 7:04am ET: Sabrent Aluminum USB External Stereo Sound Adapter (price before sale $8)

+ starts 12:39pm ET: AGPtek Acrylic Headphone Stand (price before sale $10)

+ starts 1:54pm ET: ECHOGEAR 6ft Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable (price before sale $7.50)

+ starts 9:39pm ET: 1 Pair Anleolife Replacement Earpad Mat For Steelseries Siberia V2

+ starts 9:49pm ET: Foxnovo Replacement Soft Foam Earpads for Logitech H800 Wireless Headphones

+ starts 10:09pm ET: CFZC 4GB Bluetooth MP3 Player with microSD slot (price before sale $28)

6pk of Koss Portable Replacement Cushions for $3.39 [no longer Add-On restriction]

The last time I posted about the 6pk of Koss Portable Replacement Cushions they were going for $2.83 but they are restricted to the Add-On program, so you couldn’t just buy them and nothing else.

We now have good news and bad news. The good news is that the Add-On restriction has been removed. The bad news is that the price increased to $3.39 (was $3.73). Limit five per customer. Free shipping for Prime members even if you just buy one 6-pack. These fit the PortaPros, KSC-75 clips, and a few more similarly sized/shaped models… Price updated here 7/31/16…

[DEAD] Koss ESP-950 Electrostatic Stereophone for $579 [limit 1]

This is dead… UPDATE 5:55pm ET: as of this update, it looks like Amazon yanked their own listing, and only marketplace sellers are offering it for $1000+ in new condition. Since the listing is yanked, in theory the sale may not be over, since Amazon’s own price did not go up, it just evaporated. But realistically, it should be considered dead…

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[DEAD] AKG K545 Closed-Back Over-Ears for $100 (ends Sat 3am ET)

This daily deal expired…

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Star Wars On-Ears (SMS Audio) for $37.50 in Chewbacca and Tie

On the officially licensed Star Wars front, the closed-back on-ear second-generation Star Wars themed headphones, made by SMS Audio, are down to $37.50 by marketplace sellers with the order fulfilled by Amazon (Prime eligible) in the Chewbacca and Tie Fighter color schemes. They come with a case and additional Star Wars material.

While Star Wars may evoke John Williams, these headphones are tuned for today’s top 40 type of music with a closed and bass-y type of sound.

Yamaha EPH-100SL In-Ears for $85

The Yamaha EPH-100SL In-Ears are one of the earphones that you may find in $100 recommendation lists, just like the Shure SE-215s, and those recommendation are probably what’s keeping their prices fairly steady. But as of the time of writing, the EPH-100SL are on sale for $85 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual (limit 5) and B&H Photo. It looks like a price-match maybe. You may have to login to your account at the retailer to see the price if you are not already logged in.

NOTE: Amazon is changing how it shows the discounts, it is moving away from showing dramatic discounts off the List Price, so what you see as the “discounted from price” may be something else. More on this development/experiment at New York Times and the Consumerist and eCommerceBytes.

UPDATE: speaking of Yamaha, they are running a limited promotion with Amazon, you get Amazon Gift Cards up to $300 with purchase of select Yamaha products (speakers, keyboards, guitars, etc). No headphones are part of this promotion though.

Sennheiser HD600 with iFi Nano-iDSD DAC for $400

This bundle is reanimated again, it is the new condition Sennheiser HD600 with the iFi Nano-iDSD DAC, together bundled for $400 with free shipping at Adorama.com as a limited time promotion.

Alternately, for the same price, you can get the HD600 bundled with a $150 gift card at Adorama.com or Amazon.com.

Share Google Play paid music apps with other people or Google accounts

If you buy a lot of music-related Google Play apps and want to share them with your family members and/or if you have more than one Google account (eg work, personal, hobby), you may be able to share paid Android apps among them without having to rebuy them. This because Google just launched the Family Library feature through Google Play. You can connect up to six Google accounts to it.

Paid music apps (eg Poweramp, PlayerPro, MusicFolder Player, etc; not subscription services) follow the terms and restrictions of apps, so whether you can share it depends on when you bought it. Purchases made after July 2 are eligible, while earlier purchases are at the discretion of the developer (it will be shown on the app’s details page). While you can share apps, in-app purchases cannot be shared, so how useful this is depends on how your favorite apps are structured.

In terms of Google’s actual music service, it cannot be shared through this feature, however, Google has a Music Family Plan for a reasonable $15 per month.

PS: I haven’t tested this feature yet, but I added it to my Todo list. So expect a post on this by 2030 🙂

1More Triple Driver In-Ears for $70 or $74

Costco too is jumping on the Chinese headphone bandwagon, they are offering the 1More Triple Driver In-Ears for $70 with free shipping and the 1More Dual-Driver In-Ears for $45 with free shipping. The sale ends 8/7/16. Non-Costco members can also purchase them but have to pay a 5% surcharge.

TFZ Series 5 IEMs for $64 [MD]

More droppings are unlocked, the TFZ Series 5 IEMs are at the lowest price during this offer at Massdrop, they are going for $60 plus $4~ flat shipping. The offer ends in about six days from today and it is expected to ship late August 2016.

Monoprice 8323 Closed Over-Ears for $13.59 w/free S&H

Coupon code SCORCHER takes 15% off most of the items at the Monoprice.com including the frequently recommended in its price range (under $20 now) Monoprice 8323 Closed Over-Ears for $13.59 with free shipping. These have a detachable single-entry cable. The coupon ends Friday night 7/29/16.

Screenshot of the shopping cart with the coupon below. You can see the coupon exclusions by clicking on the “Details” in the coupon section of the shopping cart (see left red arrow below):

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[DEAD] Friday’s Offers: VSonic VDS5S In-Ears, Noontec Zoro HD On-Ears, Tweedz, Mengo Earbuds, Mpow Bluetooth 2-in-1 RX/TX, Etc

These offers expired…

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[DEAD] Thursday: 20% off at A4C with coupon

This coupon expired but A4C has occasional site-wide coupons…

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[DEAD] Noontec ZORO HD On Ears for $44.50 [ends 5:15pm ET]

This lightning deal expired…

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[DEAD] Used Grado SR60e Open On-Ears for $67

As of 7/31/16 recheck, this got scooped up… The entry-point in the Grado line-up are the $79 SR60e on-ears at authorized dealers, but if you want to save some, you can get them in “Used – Like New” condition (damaged original *cough* pizza box *cough* packaging) for $67~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual.

[DEAD] Sonix Electronix Flash Sale (120+ options; ends Fri PM)

This flash sale expired, but Sonix has occasional promotions of this kind every few weeks…

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[DEAD] Vsonic VSD5S In-Ears (2016 pkg) for $68 [ends 5:50pm ET]

This lightning deal expired…

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Westone Beta In-Ears for $40 w/free S&H

Staying with eBay, this time it is the Buydig.com eBay store (ships from New Jersey) offering the new condition Westone Beta In-Ears for $40 with free shipping. Limit up to fifty units per customer. Over 670 of them got sold so far per the eBay listing. These are new condition with USA warranty.

Sennheiser Momentum In-Ears: Open-Box for $55, New for $71

If you are interested in the Sennheiser Momentum in-ears in new condition, the black/chrome color scheme is currently on sale for $71 with free shipping with either the iOS or Android button remote at Aamzon by Amazon actual.

If you are okay with open-box gear and want the black/red iOS version, you can get it in open-box condition for $54 with free shipping from authorized dealer VM Innovations on eBay.

Parrot Zik 2.0 for $200 in blue or orange

On the technobabble segment of the headphone market, the second generation of the Parrot Zik (aka Zik 2.0) are on sale for $200 in new condition in the blue and orange color schemes by a marketplace seller with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so they are Prime-eligible. These have many techobabble buzzwords, bluetooth, touch controls, ANC, custom app, etc.

They average 3.6 out of 5 based on 330+ customer reviews, and when you look at the distribution chart of their ratings, they have quite a few negatives, the 5-star to 1-star ratio is not even 2:1. So be sure to read up on reviews and trade-offs and features and such.