Still Good: Sennheiser HD 600 with $150 Gift Card for $400

With Dads and Grads season, this is one option to consider, you could buy two gifts with one purchase 🙂 This offer continues, you get the new condition open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 650 along with a $150 plastic Amazon Gift Card, bundled together for $400 at Amazon by Amazon actual. The gift card envelope has a Winter theme, but you can always put the gift card in a different box or envelope 🙂

PRO TIP: in very rare occasions when buying bundles with gift cards, the gift card may arrive before the actual product ships. In such cases, you may be able to apply the value of the gift card towards the purchase price of the item. Unless Amazon changed the accounting of it and this can no longer happen. Assume this is not so, and consider it a pleasant surprise in the very rare occasion this may happen.

At the moment, the bundle mentioned above is the best value among the handful of Sennheiser Gift Card bundles. Other models participating are the HD650 (unfavorable offer, $500 w/$100 GC), HD 380 and 280. The HD25* bundle looks like it has been dis-bundled (new verb?).

May 27, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Westone Mini-Monitor Vault II Case for $19 [limit 5]

The Westone Mini-Monitor Vault II Case, in the “smoke” color scheme is currently on sale for $19, in new condition, with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. There are multiple models on the same Amazon product page, so make sure you are reading reviews and answered-questions about the correct model. I don’t know why Amazon does that, it creates more confusion than it does any good, but what do I know? I’m just a web monkey 🙂

May 27, 2016 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Beyerdynamic DTX 910 Open Over-Ears for $60

The open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DTX 910 headphones are available in new condition by a trio of marketplace sellers for $60 with free shipping, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so you get an extra layer of security since you are dealing with Amazon’s customer service and the shipment is from Amazon’s warehouses. These average 4.3 out of 5 but with only 9 customer reviews.

May 27, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Used Philips Fidelio M2L/27 for $171 [Lightning only!]

If you are a boldly-going iOS user and want to shave $100 off the new condition price, the
Philips Fidelio M2L/27 headphones, with a Lightning connector and built-in DAC are available in “Used – Very Good” condition (damaged original packaging) by $171~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) actual. The headphones average 3.6 out of 5 based on 26 customer reviews.

PS: there is a slightly lower price by a marketplace seller but it looks a lot more risky than getting them from AWD actual.

PS2: these ONLY work with devices that have Lightning audio out, eg latest Apple i-Devices.

May 27, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Chromecast Audio for $35 w/free S&H [was $30]

As of 5/30/16 recheck, the sale ended, they are now $35 with free shipping. $35 is the standard price for the 2015 Chromecasts, the free shipping is the plus.

Google’s Chromecast Audio is currently on sale for $30 $35 with free shipping, with a limit of five units per customer, by the newly launched official Google eBay store.

This is a promising versatile little audio device, perhaps its biggest issue is that it needs to be powered all the time. I am planning to do some posts (practical unboxing, tips, review, hacks, etc) on it in the next few weeks ~ other things equal, because I am behind on all the promised posts 🙂

May 26, 2016 Filed Under: digital audio players Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Refurbished black Audio Technica M50x for $90

This daily deal expired, but there are enough M50xs (plural) in circulation these type of offers will appear many and more items across the interwebs…

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May 26, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] CAD-MH300 for $25 with free shipping

This daily deal expired but this model is a recurring guest at MF’s daily deal. From what I recall, $25 shipped was the lowest price offered…

The CAD MH300 Closed-Back Studio Headphones are on sale for $25 with free shipping until Friday 5/27/16 at 8am eastern as the latest Musician’s Friend Deal of the Day.

May 26, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Beyerdynamic T5p (2nd Gen) and Fiio E12 amp and 64GB microSD for $999

Headphone bundles are expanding in creative ways these days, now with memory cards too 🙂 The second generation of the Beyerdynamic T5p Tesla headphones are bundled with the FiiO E12 Mont Blanc Portable Headphone Amplifier and a 64GB Lexar microSDXC memory card, all together going for $999 with free shipping by Beach Camera thru Amazon.

This ships from Beach Camera’s facilities, but thanks to a recent expansion of the Prime program, Prime members still get free 2-day shipping on this particular offer, even if it doesn’t ship from an Amazon facility. You can tell this by looking at the details in the product page, highlighted in the screenshot below:

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PS: if you are puzzled as to where to put the memory card, well, it won’t go into the headphones and it won’t go into the Fiio amp, but it can go anywhere microSD* cards are accepted 🙂

PS2: if you are not interested in the Fiio amp, an alternative is to get the headphones only (no Fiio, no Lexar) in Open Box condition from authorized dealers with full warranty, currently going for $888 at Amazon Warehouse Deals from either OneCall (West Coast) or Electronics Expo (East Coast).

PS3: you only see the “Prime” logo/option if you are a Prime members logged on to a Prime account.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs, headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Beyerdynamic DTX350m Closed On-Ears for $40 w/free S&H

The folding closed-back on-ear Beyerdynamic DTX350m are currently on sale for $40 with free shipping in black at Focus Camera and in white by Focus Camera thru Amazon. Both options ship from Focus Camera.

PS: this is the mobile version, thus the “m”. Not to be confused with the DX350p which is the portable version, thus the “p”. At least they didn’t call it HD25-1ii Iiim Iip 😉

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Belkin Unpowered Headphone Splitter (1 in, 5 out) for $8.46

The Belkin Rockstar Multi Headphone Splitter, an unpowered unit with one input and five outputs is currently on sale in two of its seven color schemes (black-white or white-green) for $8.46 at Amazon by Amazon actual. It averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 500+ customer reviews. Keep in mind this is unpowered so what you connect affects sound properties per the laws of physics. The input cable is hard-wired. The outputs are up to you to fill up as you please. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members, otherwise it’s a $49+ order.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

M-Audio MicroDAC (USB DAC) for $53

The M-Audio Micro DAC, which is a USB DAC, is on sale for $53 with free shipping, with a limit of three per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. It takes USB Audio and has two 1/8″ physical outputs, digital and headphone-out. Its list price was $99 from what I recall, but somehow the Amazon listing switched it to $53~.

PS: the Micro refers to its size, not Micro-USB input. It has standard USB input.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Syba SD-DAC63093 Portable Dual Output amp for $30

The Syba SD-DAC63093 portable dual output (two 3.5mm outputs) is currently on sale for $30 with a limit of five per customer at Aamzon by Amazon actual.

Note that physically this looks like the M-Audio Bass Traveler Portable amp which has a regular price of $29. I do not know if they have the same insides.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Sennheiser HD 7 DJ headphones for $110 [updated]

The Sennheiser HD7 DJ headphone (closed over-ear) are now going for $110 (was $115 last week) with free shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com. This offer is good until 5/27/16 (or earlier if they sell out).

Price updated here 5/25/16.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Ultrasone PRO 900i Closed Over-Ears for $270

If you are a fan of the S-Logic technology, Adorama has a limited time flash sale on the Ultrasone PRO 900i headphones for $270 with free shipping. No coupon needed for this sale. These are closed-back folding headphones.

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

DarkVoice 336SE OTL Headphone Amp for $223 (MD)

Another offer at members-only Massdrop is fully unlocked (lowest price possible under this particular offer). It is the DarkVoice 336SE OTL Headphone Amp going for $220 plus $13~ flat shipping. Shipping estimate is late June 2016 (given some of the dates, I guess I have to included the year /S). This offer expires in about eight days from blog-posting date (they don’t have a specific time, so I don’t have an exact estimate).

May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Monoprice Desktop Headphone Amp (Product ID 11567) for $80 with Coupon and Filler Item

This coupon expired, but Monoprice has occasional $20/$100+ type of coupons, so there’s hope for the future 🙂

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May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Monoprice Stereo Hybrid Tube Amp with Bluetooth (PID 13194) for $130 with coupon

This coupon expired… When a similar promotion returns, a new post will be posted with the details…

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May 25, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: , ,

[DEAD] Thursday Lightning Deals, Earbuds (mostly) from JLab, Sol, Soundpeats

This block of limited time offers expired…

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May 25, 2016 Filed Under: earbuds Tagged With: , , , ,

Fiio E6 tiny headphone amp settles at $23.60

Doing a little bit of a high and low, after an almost four figure item in the previous post, we now go to the other end of the price spectrum, the previous generation Fiio E6 portable little headphone amp has settled down to around $23.60 by various sellers with the orders fulfilled by Amazon. There is not a lot of room for big discounts on this one as it is. Its price drop is a result of the recently rebooted and renamed Fiio line-up with new entry-point Fiio A1 taking over the previous E6 price-point of $28.

The E6 averages 4 out of 5 based on 1300+ customer reviews and has over 250 questions answered by the internet hive wisdom over there. The one I bought three years ago (almost to the day) is still alive and kicking.

PS: it’s almost time I did another Amazon Warehouse Deals immersion. When that happens, you will notice it by the waves of used/refurbished posts (assuming of course I can find prices worth mentioning).

May 24, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Open Box 128GB Sony Walkman NWZX2BLK Android DAP w/1yr warranty for $900 [refurbished for $807 w/90-day]

There is definitely a resurgence in digital audio players slowly bubbling below the surface of mainstream tech gadget hype. There are many and more options, with prices not shy of the four figure mark. One such model is the 128GB Sony Walkman NWZX2BLK Android DAP going for $1200 in new condition at authorized dealers.

But if you want to save some, you can get it in open-box condition from authorized dealers that offer the 1-year warranty for $900 by RazorDog Audio on eBay (used for less than 5 hours says the listing) and OneCall on eBay (also a customer return with full warranty) and by OneCall through Amazon Warehouse Deals (OneCall is the online storefront of real world Huppin’s of Eastern Washington, aka GonzagaLand).

Another option is manufacturer refurbished condition for $807 with free shipping by Secondipity thru eBay. This comes with a 90 day warranty as a refurbished product.

May 24, 2016 Filed Under: digital audio players Tagged With: , ,

Audio Technica ATH-A700x Closed-Back for $80

In parallel to the just mentioned open-back AD700x there is also a sale on the new condition closed-back over-ear Audio Technica ATH-A700x, going for $80 with free shipping with a limit of 13 per customer {or 13 units left} by Woot with the order fulfilled by Amazon so it is eligible for 2-day Prime shipping for members. These average 4.2 out of 5 based on 199 customer reviews.

May 24, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Apple Earpods with Free S&H: $10 in Retail [updated]

As of 5/27/16, the bulk packaging option is sold-out The white Apple Earpods are available for $6.49 with free shipping in bulk packaging at A4C (formerly known as All4Cellular). They don’t have the plastic case. This particular listing averages 4.9 out of 5 based on 34 customer reviews over there.

If you prefer to get them in the retail packaging, the one with the Apple Storage box, they go for $10 with free shipping. They also have a volume discount, if you buy 30+, you pay $8.42 per unit.

Everything at A4C gets free shipping regardless of how low the price is. These ship from New York.

May 24, 2016 Filed Under: earbuds Tagged With:

[DEAD] Ends Wednesday 5pm ET: Audio-Technica ATH-CKX9BK SonicFuel In-Ears for $40

This 4-hour sale expired…

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May 24, 2016 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

[DEAD] Refurbished Open-Back Audio Technica ATH-AD700X for $59

As of 5/27/16 re-check, these are out of stock, cannot be ordered and their price increased to $100…

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May 24, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

[DEAD] JBL Synchros S700 Over-Ears for $100

The magic number was 200 units, and now this offer is over, the eBay listing is closed and dead as a doornail as of a 5.28.16 recheck…

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May 24, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sennheiser HD 650 and Fiio E18 Kunlun and BlueMic Ultimate USB Mic for $510

Last week’s Sennheiser HD650 triple bundle sold-out/disappeared quickly, but Adorama.com has another Sennheiser HD650 triple bundle. You pay $510 with free shipping, and for that you get three new condition products, the open-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, the Fiio E18 Kunlun Android Phone USB DAC & AMP, and the Blue Microphones Ultimate USB Mic (Blackout Edition). Offer is good until 5/29/16 or earlier if it sells out.

May 23, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs, headphones Tagged With: , , , ,

Audeze LCD-X with Centrance HIFI-M8 XL4 DAC Amp for $1699

Back to the bundles, this time it is the Audeze LCD-X (aluminum, lambskin) planar magnetics bundled with the Centrance HIFI-M8 XL4 DAC Amp, together for $1699 with free shipping at Adorama.com. Offer ends on 5/29/16 or earlier if sold out. The headphones go for that price on their own, so it’s like getting the $700 Centrace DAC/amp for free.

May 23, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs, headphones Tagged With: , , , ,

AKG M220 now sold by Amazon actual for $64 (but ships within 1-2 months)

If you are interested in the new AKG M220 but don’t want to wait for Massdrop and didn’t want to buy it from the Audio Watt store on Amazon with a price premium, there is a new option now, Amazon actual is now selling it themselves with a Massdrop-like price of $64~ with free shipping. The catch is however parallel to that of Massdrop, the estimate is “ships within 1-2 months” 🙂 It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 25 customer reviews.

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PS: the listing was created by marketplace sellers back before Amazon actual had the product, so that’s probably why the naming is goofy ~ Stylist? 🙂

May 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Refurbished OPPO HA-2 Portable Amp & DAC for $245

The OPPO HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier & DAC is available in refurbished condition for $239 plus $6~ flat shipping by Oppo through Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD). This ships from Oppo, so it is not eligible for Prime shipping. Per the listing, the warranty is the same as the new condition units. Here’s the relevant part screenshoted (verb) from the AWD listing:

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PS: the sellers names in the screenshot above are shown as logos. You may also see them as just text names. Amazon often experiments with things, so you may see one or the other. This likely depends on many factors, on the same computer, using different instances of the same browser, I get different views. Here’s the one with store names:

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May 23, 2016 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: , ,

Refurbished Sony MDR-Z7 for $320 [updated]

UPDATE 5/23/16: the price dropped to $320 and there are ten units available now. Screenshot updated at the bottom of the post with the new price…

Strategically this is an interesting cat and mouse situation if you want to optimize for lowest price possible. Amazon’s pricing computers seem to have algorithms that adjust prices based on quantity available, date/time, interest in a product, and who knows what other signals they use. If something drops in price once, it may drop again, but I cannot predict what will happen 🙂

The Sony MDR-Z7 over-ear closed-back headphones are currently available in manufacturer refurbished condition for $320 $350 with free shipping by Secondipity thru Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships from Secondipity, so it is not eligible for 2-day Prime shipping. Its new condition price is $700, so paying half for refurbished it’s a pretty reasonable trade off.

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May 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

[DEAD] Ends Tue 3pm ET: MEE audio Sport-Fi M6P In-Ears for $14

This lightning deal expired, but MEEs products are recurring in the lightning deals, so (other things equal) they will likely be there at future points in time (however, I don’t know when ahead of time)…

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May 23, 2016 Filed Under: earbuds Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] Monday only: Beats Solo 2 On-Ears for $80 {many colors}

This daily offer expired, but these are mass-market models, so I’m sure there will be more $80 sales in the next few weeks/months…

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May 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

V-MODA Extended Audio Cable for $12

If you like V-Moda’s cables, their Extended Audio Cable (one straight, one 45-degree) is on sale for $12 each, available in three different color schemes. Limit five per customer per color at Amazon.com. They average 4.8 out of 5 based on 24 customer reviews.

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

Wooden Omega Headphones Stand for $21

The wooden Omega Headphones Stand is available for around $21, with a trio of marketplace sellers competing on price, with these three offers fulfilled by Amazon, so if you are a Prime member, you get 2-day shipping. The stand averages 4.2 out of 5 based on 120+ customer reviews. Check them and questions answered to see if they fit your needs.

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

Refurbished Sony MDR-ZX770BT for $55

If you like the idea of certified refurbished headphones with a 90 day warranty and Bluetooth, the Sony MDR-ZX770BT are available in such condition for $55 with free shipping in either the black or blue color schemes by Secondipity, with the order fulfilled by Amazon, so you get fast Prime shipping if a member. The refurbished listing averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 68 customer reviews.

You can find about twice as many customer reviews at the new condition listing where ironically (?) it averages a lower 4.0 out of 5 🙂

May 22, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,