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The Fostex TH-x00 hype/party continues at members-only Massdrop, this time it is the Ebony edition of the headphones going for $500 with free shipping. Already over 300 units sold, with this particular offer limited to 1000 units. The offer ends at the end of July 2016.
HOWEVER the shipping estimate for these is mid November 2016. That is four months from blog-posting time. I repeat, shipping estimate is mid-November 2016! Patience is definitely a virtue in this case 🙂
These daily deals expired…
The Sennheiser HD650 Studio Bundle at amazon.com is back at $500, but it only makes sense if you want or need or can find use or sell/trade all three included items. These are new condition by Amazon actual, the Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, a pair of M-Audio AV32 speaker ($100 purchased separately) and the Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone ($129 purchases separately). If you don’t need either the Yeti or the M-Audio, then it’s a deal killer.
From the “How Low Can You Go” department, the Monoprice 8320 In-Ears are on sale for $3 per pair, in new condition, with a limit of 20 units per customer. However, shipping is not free, so you have to factor that in the price. They are lightweight, so if you buy up to three units, you pay $2 flat USPS First Class Mail shipping fee.
Or if you are planning to do the high-roller coupon offer, you can add them to the bundle and add one in everyone’s birthday/holiday gift sock 🙂
But if you just want one, you can get it for $4.98 with free shipping from the Monoprice eBay store.
PS: these are not earbuds. The official Monoprice picture shows the outer shell on the left hand side, which looks very much like an earbud. The actual in-ear part is shown on the right hand side of the official picture.
More eBay fishing, this time we go single figures, it is the new condition Koss KSC-21 clip-ons offered for $8.11 with free shipping by eBay seller “MyGoods” (99.1%, ships from Maryland). Limit five per customer.
Or if you are a Prime member, you can get it for $8.24 with a limit of 5 per customer by Amazon actual. Thankfully this is not an add-on item, so you can just get this and nothing else as a Prime member.
NOTE: the above should not be confused with the more famous Koss KSC-75 clip-ons that have their cult following and over 2200 customer reviews. In contrast, the KSC-21 only has 91 customer reviews.
While on the topic of eBay and Beyerdynamic, it is the Sonix Electronix eBay store that is offering the new condition Beyerdynamic DTX 350P closed-back on-ears for $25 with free shipping in the white color scheme and $29 with free shipping in the black color scheme. Quantities appear to be limited.
The sub-$50 open-back headphone options are nowhere near as numerous as closed-back these days with smartphones increasing the popularity of portable/mobile, but one of the sub-$50 options is currently on sale, $36 with free shipping from the BuyDig e-Bay store will get you the new condition BeyerDynamic DTX 910 Open-Back circumaural headphones with the usual limit of five units per buyer.
The dream of the 90s is alive at Monoprice! Good until either 7/21/16 or 7/24/16 (I’ve seen conflicting ifo), coupon code PROJECT gets 25% off orders between $300 – $1000. Think of the possibilities, getting every headphone and cable sold by Monoprice for one giant never-ending review 🙂 Joking aside, this is a great opportunity if you had been planning a big multi-dimensional Monoprice purchase, a combination of cables and accessories and some bigger items.
For example, if you bought their Headphone Desktop Amp (Product ID 11567), the coupon would drop it to $74, while their Stereo Hybrid Tube Amp with Bluetooth (Product ID 13194) would drop to $105. There’s also the good old Monoprice 8323 headphone going that would drop to $12 with the coupon (it goes for $16 with free shipping without the coupon).
NOTE: some items are not eligible. There are two ways to find out:
The coupon is limit two uses per customer during this period, so if you have a $1000+ purchase in mind, you can split it in two and use the coupon twice, factoring in the $300 minimum purchase amount.
This offer expired. The sale price for this bundle was $51…
More on eBay, this time it’s Bluetooth style with the Buydig eBay store offering the new condition Klipsch R6 Bluetooth earphones for $59 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. The bluetooth model also goes by the name R6BT, not to be confused with the regular non-bluetooth R6. The bluetooth have solid curved hook that goes over the ear, while the non-bluetooth are classic earphones in shape.
The AKG M220 studio headphones (inspired by the K240) have had a fairly limited availability (Massdrop, recently Amazon actual, and marketplace sellers), but enough units have circulated around the shop-o-sphere that they are now available in used condition, more specifically in “Used – Like New” condition, as a Store Demo, going for $49 with free shipping by Audio Watt Store with the order fulfilled by Amazon. The price is exactly $49 which means non-Prime members get free shipping too.
It’s refurbished time now, the AKG K171 Mark II are available in refurbished condition for $54 with free shipping by Audio Watt Store with the order fulfilled by Amazon. The listing does not provide details on the refurbishing process.
Only the most dedicated of the Beyerdynamic fans can keep track of all the variations of the DT770/880/990 series off the top of their heads. I’m not there yet 🙂 But if you are a fan of the Limited Edition (straight cable; all-black color scheme) of the open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT-990 PRO (250 ohm) headphones, they are currently on sale, in new condition, for $130 with free shipping by Focus Camera on eBay as one of the many eBay daily deals over there.
PS: Easy mnemonic if you can’t remember which models are closed, semi-closed, and open. The bigger the actual model number, the more open they get. The 770 is closed, the 880 is semi-open, and the 990 is open.
This sale ended… And now it’s bundle time, it is the AUDEZE LCD-X Planar headphones (anodized alumin(i)um, lambskin leather), bundled with the Centrance HIFI-M8 XL4 DAC/Amp, together going for $1699 with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com until 7/18/16.
From the AKG-Homage department, the closed-back over-ear Samson SR950 (not to be confused with the semi-open SR850) are on sale again for $30 with free shipping at Adorama.com where this offer is good until 7/18/16 (or earlier if they sell out).
UPDATE 7/13/16 at 4:52pm ET: I don’t know if it’s a feature or a bug, but Amazon’s product pages are changing the default standard prices as prices drop, creating confusion. For example, the Custom Street were going for $150 yesterday, but now looking at the price at the product page you’d think that $111.38 is their normal price. I’ll monitor the situation to see if there’s a method to the madness or computers-gone-wild. The $149 in white is also offered by Amazon actual, so it’s not a case of different sellers having the featured spot. Here’s a screenshot right now versus the screenshot at the bottom of this post from Tuesday morning:
UPDATE 7/13/16 at 10:52am ET: We have one “survivor” from yesterday’s madness, it looks like the Prime Day deal put pressure on the regular price, so the Beyerdynamic Custom Street On-Ears in the black color scheme are going for $109 with free shipping for Everyone. The $99 Prime Day Deal expired. These started at $150 for non-Prime members early on Tuesday and kept dropping until they settled on $109…
The post below is the Prime Day adventure for …posterity?
Prime Day 2016 was a wild and fun adventure, but it’s over. If nothing else, it was good Larry Brown approved practice for Black Friday. There was one factoid about the headphones sales, the official Amazon twitter account tweeted this earlier in the day, during the Prime Day sales. And by earlier I mean the wee hours of the morning, 4:35am Amazon (pacific) time:
PRIME DAY FACT: In three hours Prime Members bought 18,048 pairs of headphones ? #PrimeDay
— Amazon (@amazon) July 12, 2016
All the offers below expired…
The Amazon Warehouse Deals coupon also expired…
The six hour deal window closed on this too… This is a lightning deal that is part of the Prime Deals and it ends by 3:15pm Eastern (or earlier if sold out), it is the Sony MDRZX770BT Bluetooth Over/On-Ears for $48 with free shipping for Prime members. It averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 139 customer reviews.
PS: when I say “Over/On-Ears”, it means I can’t quickly figure out if they are Over-Ear or On-Ear. It is total Prime madness today, so I only give it 3 nanoseconds 🙂
This Prime offer expired too… Just like the Beyerdynamic Customs, this too is an “Add to Cart” type of deal. The price you see on the product page for the B&O PLAY by Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H7 bluetooth over-ears is $400+, but when you add them to the shopping cart, the price drops to $299. This offer is available on all three color schemes.
One of the many Brainwavz items participating in Prime Day 2016 (use your browser’s search feature to search for “Brainwavz” there to see them all scheduled) is the Brainwavz Hybrid Memory Foam Earpad Black PU/Velour offered for $15 with free shipping for Prime members. Offer ends 5:34pm ET or earlier if sold out. It is 28% claimed as of 12:49pm ET. Two more Brainwavz ear pads are going live at 6:29pm ET.
This Prime offer expired, however, the M6 earphones are frequent “visitors” to the Lightning Deals, so they’ll likely be back at some unspecified times in the future…
This Bose daily deal expired…
This offer expired too but the refried B&Ws with the 2year warranty are occasional visitors to Amazon’s lightning deals, so they’ll probably return in the future… This is not part of the Prime Day Deals, so everyone can buy it, it is the white/ivory color scheme of the closed-back on-ear Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones in recertified condition with a 2-year warranty (same as the new ones) for $99 with free shipping at Amazon. Limit five per customer.
This expired as well…
Since I spotted the accessories pattern, now I have to follow it, in a quantum self-fulfilling prophecy kind of way 🙂 I’m not sure that sentence will make sense when I read it tomorrow morning but here’s the AmoVee Acrylic Headphone Stand going for $10.24 as part of the Prime Day festivities. This is good until 2:19am ET on Wednesday or earlier if sold out. The price before the sale was $12.80 last night when I did the schedule post.
There are five different designs on the same listing, so you have to check its filtered review list, which is the vast majority of the posted reviews.
This deal met the hanger too… Perhaps there is a method to the madness of the Prime schedule, start the day with headphones, and then offer accessories for the just purchased headphones 🙂 About an hour ago, two Braiwavz earpads went live at $13 each, now we have the Brainwavz Truss Metal Under Desk Dual Headphone Hanger going for $11 for Prime members. The price before the sale was $16.50. It averages 4.8 out of 5 based on 130+ customer reviews. Offer ends by 1:30am ET on Wednesday.
This earpad duo of duos expired as well…
This Prime deal ended too… Ooops, I missed this one earlier on, also part of the Prime Madness, presumably good until 3am ET on Wednesday, it is the new condition Sennheiser PC 350 Special Edition 2015 going for $90 with free shipping. The price shown on the page is $127, and with the sale in smaller font “Your price at checkout is $89.99”.
This offer expired but this phone-as-DAP is frequently discounted, so if you missed it, chances are more offers will come for it in the future… From the “Phones as DAPs” department, the unlocked no-contract ZTE Axon PRO (the PRO part in the name is important as the non-PRO version is not as good) is on sale for $279 with free shipping at Amazon.com for Prime members in another “Add to Cart” promotion. The price before you add it to the shopping cart is $330.
Another one of the 6-hour Prime Day deals expired… Another one of the scheduled Prime Deals just went live, it is the new condition Sennheiser HD 218i On Ears going for $15 with free shipping since only Prime members are allowed to buy it. Offer ends by 4pm ET or earlier if sold out.
This daily deal expired… Good until Wednesday 11:59pm ET, or earlier if sold out, the Sony XBA-H1 Hybrid In-Ears are the B&H Photo daily deal going for $55 with free expedited shipping with a limit of five units per customer.
This lightning deal expired too… Another one of the scheduled Prime Deals has gone live, it is the Beyerdynamic DT-880 Pro Headphones (250 Ohm) going for $156 with free shipping. Offer ends by 5pm ET or earlier if sold out.
This six-hour time lord took this one too… One of the most famous perhaps headphones among the ones in the Prime Days schedule has a limited time offer that went live, it is the Shure SE-215 In-Ears in the Clear color-scheme bundled with a $20 Amazon Gift Card for $99 with free shipping. The typical price for the SE-215 without the gift card is $99 at authorized dealers in new condition. Offer ends by 3pm ET or earlier if sold out.
UPDATE 7/13/16: it looks like only the Tie Fighter remains at $40 as of this time, the rest are higher…
ORIGINAL: While I continue to update the Warehouse Deals mega-post, I also run into new condition discounts as I go through various headphones. If you are a Star Wars fans both the first generation and the second generation of the officially licensed closed-back on-ears by SMS Audio have now dropped to $40, in new condition, and Prime eligible. Everyone can buy them, they are not a Prime-only promotion. Keep in mind these are based on 50 Cent’s on-ears, they have a very closed sound with the usual bass emphasis. So probably not the best way to enjoy John Williams 🙂 They come with a variety of Star Wars related extras, so perhaps they are more of a Star Wars accessory than a headphone 🙂
We interrupt the Used Madness with an unrelated new condition offer, available to everyone, not just Prime members, it is the new condition Focal Spirit One S closed-back headphones offered for $177 (was $159) with free shipping by a marketplace seller (Amazing Deals Online) with the order fulfilled by Amazon, so it is Prime eligible.
Price updated in the post on 7/12/16 7pm ET.
This daily deal expired…
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