Sunday: Jaybird Tarah for $30, 1-Year Prepaid TIDAL for $65 [not the high-res], Etc

Sunday is here and the Best Buy dailies have two audio-interest products. First up, the new condition Jaybird Tarah bluetooth earphones [necklace style] going for $30 [averages 4/5 on 600+ customer ratings as of the time of writing]…

Then for prepaid music listeners, you can get a 1-year prepaid TIDAL Premium music subscription for $65 for the first year [cannot append to an existing live subscription]. This comes out to a very nice $5.5~ per month. Note that this is the standard resolution service, similar to Spotify, Apple Muzak, etc. Their Hi-Res service costs more and it is not included in this offer…

Elsewhere, at the NewEgg Daily Shockers you can get the new condition bluetooth (with a battery block type thing) Pioneer SE-CL5=BT earphones for $15…

Samsung couldn’t just stand having simple names for their truly-wireless, so they have now “Galaxified” them. One of the Amazon deals of the day is the new condition Galaxy Buds+ Plus truly-wireless going for $140 with free US shipping. These come with a Fast Charge wireless chargepad with a cooling fan. One per customer at the sale price. As of the time of writing, they average 4.7 out of 5 based on 170+ customer ratings…

UPDATE: not daily deals, but I didn’t want to create a separate post for them, Woot is running another Staff Picks sale, running until 7/29/20 [or earlier if sold out ~ and they do sellout] and it includes two headphones:

+ JBL Live 400 bluetooth on-ears for $45
+ Sony MDR-NC7 ANC on-ears for $45
+ SOL REPUBLIC Jax 1-button wired earphones for $13
+ eMedia FD05107 Piano Keyboard Starter Pack For Dummies for $80
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PRO TIP: you can use a music keyboard as part of your headphone testing. I have been doing this ever since I got my previous music keyboard. Now that I upgraded from Casio to a higher Yamaha model, even more so 🙂

July 19, 2020 Filed Under: in-ears, truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Friday: Sennheiser Momentum truly wireless for $160

Some may have Friday on their minds, others may have Sennheiser. If the latter, good for Friday 7/17/20, one of the Best Buy deals du jour is the new condition Sennheiser Momentum truly-wireless set going for $160.

The congestion in the market at all price ranges, from CrapPods to AirPods, and the dominance of the Apple AirPods and its clones is putting some price pressure on the headphone-name-brands to bring their prices closer to earth ~ instead of some of those high-brow high-profit-margin prices 🙂

This of course opens up the whole audio company vs tech company debate, but that’s a story for another day…

July 16, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Sony WH-1000XM3 ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears for $220

Judging by the price and the 90-day Woot warranty, I suspect this is the international version, but if you don’t mind that, you can get the new condition Sony WH-1000X M3 bluetooth/ANC over-ears for $220 as one of the Woot deals of the day, with free shipping for Prime members. Limit two pairs per customer at the sale price. This is considered by many as topping *GASP* BOSE on ANC 🙂

Sale ends on Tuesday 7/14/20 at 11:59pm centauri time or earlier if sold out…

July 13, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG Semi-Open Studio headphones with bonus Clamp for $50

Until 7/13/20 at 10am eastern, you can haz a classic studio headphone with a universal headphone clamp, all together for $50 with free US shipping at Adorama where it is their current deal of the day…

The headphone is of course the good old AKG K240 semi-open over-ears and the bonus item is the H&A Clamp holder. Hard to argue against the combo price!

July 12, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Skullcandy HESH 3 bluetooth over-ears for $45

Embrace the BASS! Embrace Bluetooth!:) If there are any audiophiles still left reading this post, the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals for Thursday July 9 in 2020 is the new condition closed-back Skullcandy HESH3 bluetooth over-ears for $45.

As of the time of writing this averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 1450 customer ratings… Best Buy is also including a separate “Experts” review rating, but their “experts” are of the Tech Radar and Trusted Reviews kind. An ant spends more time reviewing a breadcrumb before it picks it up to take it back to the ant hill 😉 Silver linking they include rtings.com 🙂

July 8, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Wedn: Samsung Galaxy Buds, PB3 Neighbors

Wednesday’s daily deals have bluetooth action, and we start at Amazon Germany where three different colors of the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds are on sale for 73 euro per pair…

Then we move to Best Buy where the “Beats attack” continues with the new condition Powerbeats 3 Neighborhood Edition bluetooth (exercise hooks, necklace style) going for $70 in three color options. They come with a 1-year Apple warranty…

July 8, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless

Tascam TH-200X Closed Over-Ears for $30 w/FS

If you are looking for no-frills wired closed-back over-ear studio-ish headphones, good until Tuesday 7/7/20 at 8am eastern, the Musician’s Friend deal of the day are the new condition Tascam TH-200X headphones going for $30 with free US shipping. You also earn rewards if you are a member of their program, or you can redeem your rewards if you have enough in your account…

July 6, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monday TW: Skullcandy Sesh for $30, Indy EVO for $70

Monday is a Skullcandy truly-wireless day at Amazon USA, where competition is bringing down the prices even of name-brand TW earphones. Two of which are on sale for a limited time by Amazon actual, the new condition Skullcandy Sesh going for $30 in three color options, and you can buy as many as you want…

The other is the Indy Evo with “Airpod-y” pod-legs going for $70 per pair. As of the time of writing, two of the five colors can be ordered. The other three are out of stock and un-orderable…

Then we move to the Best Buy dailies where they have their house-brand Insignia ANC/bluetooth over-ears on sale for $45, and the Samsung 5.1.2-Channel 450W Soundbar with 8″ Wireless Subwoofer and Dolby Atmos (with Alexa) as the headliner of the day’s show on sale for $850…

July 6, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

AKG K702 open over-ears w/clamp for $150

It’s AKG time until 7/6/20 at 10am eastern at Adorama, where their deal du jour until such time is the new condition AKG K-702 open-back over-ears bundled with a H&A headphone clamp, together going for $150 with free US shipping…

And for Sunday 7/5/20 in the Best Buy time zone, their daily deals include the new condition Jaybird Tarah Pro bluetooth earphones [necklace style] for $90, but they also offer the V-Moda Crossfade 2 bluetooth over-ears for $200…

July 5, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , ,

Friday: 1-Year TIDAL subscription for $80 [and more]

Best Buy strikes again with their Friday 7/3/20 daily deals with a 1-year TIDAL digital music subscription offered for $80. That’s for the first year. Future years will automatically renew at the future full price of the subscription… Also part of today’s daily deals are the closed-back Insignia [house brand name] bluetooth over-ears going for $23…

Meanwhile at Woot Sellout they have the refurbished ChromeCast Ultra 4K going for $50 with a 90-day Woot warranty…

And for those shopping in the EU, Amazon Germany has a couple of bluetooth Sennheiser Momentum in-ears going from 79 to 95 euro. One is necklace-style [all the cable is loose, hangs in front of you like a …necklace], the other is neckband-style [part of the cable is solid].

July 2, 2020 Filed Under: music apps Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Sony WH-CH700N ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears for $110

Headphone action at the Best Buy deals du jour for Thursday July 2nd in 2020, it is the new condition closed-back over-ear bluetooth with ANC Sony WH-CH700N headphones going for $110 with free US shipping… Also part of the sales is the recurring MEE Audio BTR portable bluetooth receiver going for $20…

Speaking of the WH-CH700N, we have a text and pictures unboxing of it here. The PORG you see in the pictures is NOT included ^_^…

And for those shopping in the EU, among the Amazon Germany daily deals they have the Taotronics ANC/bluetooth closed over-ears going for around 41 euro…

July 2, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

NewEgg Semi-Annual sale: Sony XB-450, BeyerDynamics, Momentum, Shure, Etc

It’s that time of the year again, New Egg is having their Semi Annual Clearance sale and of headphone interest, they have three pages of headphones upon sale. I can’t obviously post them all, but here are some of them:

+ Sony XB-450-AP wired closed on-ears for $25

+ Beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO Tesla closed over-ears for $599 with $60 promotional NewEgg gift card as a bonus
+ DT 880 Premium (600 ohm) semi-open over-ears for $219 with $20 promotional NewEgg gift card as bonus
+ and other BeyerDs as well, too many to list all

+ Beyerdynamic Aventho bluetooth on-ears for $249 after promo code

+ Sennheiser Momentum truly wireless for $300 with a bonus of 6000 NewEgg Reward Points

+ Shure SRH-840 closed over-ears for $150; and more Shures

+ imported [from the looks of it] Sony WH-1000X Mark III bluetooth/ANC closed over-ears for $260 from RedTagCamera

+ various refurbished Klipschs and Jabras

+ also various Denon, JBL, Pioneer, Fuji Labs galore, truly-wireless of course, and more

June 28, 2020 Filed Under: headphones

Sunday: JBL, Yamaha, TCL, 1-Year Tidal, Etc

Sunday brings us some audio-related action in the major online retailer daily deals…

We start with New York’s B&H Photo where two name-brand audio products are on sale:

+ JBL EON612 Two-Way 12″ 1000W Powered Portable PA Speaker with Bluetooth Control for $250 after automatically-applied in-cart coupon

+ Yamaha PX3 Stereo Power Amplifier (300W at 8 Ohms) for $300 after automatically-applied in-cart coupon

A day without a headphone at the NewEgg dailies is rare, today they have the new condition JBL LIVE 650-BT-NC, which as the code-names suggest is bluetooth with active noise-cancelling, going for $100 after entering the promo code shown over there…

It’s music subscription time at the Best Buy deals du jour, where $100 gets you a 1-year subscription to TIDAL. This will automatically renew at the $120/year rate for the following year(s) ~ unless you cancel it…

But that’s not all. There’s also some headphone action. TCL is making its big power play these days, and into headphones they have also dived into, and their MTR-0100-BT neckband-style bluetooth earphones go for $18. But apparently they haven’t invested in a humanly-readable product naming scheme 🙂

And for the Europeanly-inclined, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition LETSCOM truly wireless, the Airpod-style with the hanging legs, for 21 euro…

June 28, 2020 Filed Under: audio gear

$30 Thursday: Pioneer BT On-Ears, Jaybird Tarah In-Ears

You can get a …bird of sorts for $30 during Thursday 6/25/20 at the Best Buy daily deals, the new condition Jaybird Tarah bluetooth earphones, necklace-style…

Pioneer continues to make appearances at the NewEgg daily deals, this time around it is the new condition closed-back on-ear SE-MJ-553-BT bluetooth headphones for $26 with free US shipping…

And continuing until tonight are the previously mentioned B&H MEGA deal zone offerings…

June 25, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Various audio offers at B&H Mega DealZone

New York’s B&H Photo has daily daily-deals. Every few months they have a big event where most of their daily deals return, but all together as a big MEGA DEAL-ZONE. So if you missed any of these offers when they were the deal of the day, this is your chance at them once again…

Among the audio/headphone products [click on the “Pro Audio” tab over there for an audio-focus or use the “Brands” filter]:

These are listed below sorted by price:

+ NuForce BE Sport3 bluetooth earphones for $10

+ Audio Technica ATH-CKR55-BT bluetooth earphones for $15

+ Sennheiser CX 2.00 earphones for $18 in iOS or Android

+ NuForce BeFREE 8 truly-wireless for $25

+ Samson SR-850B semi-open over-ears for $25
+ check our text and pictures unboxing
+ hard to argue with the price; potential deal killer the long-ass (2.5 meter) cable

+ Senal SMH-1000 closed over-ear studio headphones for $45

+ JBL Free X truly-wireless for $55

+ Audio Technica ATH-DR5-BT neckback bluetooth earphones for $100

+ Pioneer XDP-02U DAP for $150

+ Fiio X5 Mark III DAP for $180

+ Sandisk memory cards to feed the DAPs and PADs

June 23, 2020 Filed Under: audio gear

Sunday: Astell & Kern SR-15 DAP for $399

It’s DAP-DAP time, good until 11:59pm eastern on Sunday June 21 in 2020, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Astell & Kern SR15 digital audio player for $399 with free US shipping. This of course has advanced features, it’s not “just” a digital audio player. Check the specs over there and your favorite online reviews and forums for more details…

Meanwhile at Woot Sellout, its daily deal is the new condition Jabra Elite 65t Active Alexa-enabled truly-wireless set going for $80 but with a 90-day Woot warranty…

Neckband-style bluetooth is among the Best Buy daily deals, it is the new condition JVC Marshmallow HA FX39BT [DO NOT EAT THIS!] going for $25… Also there, they have the Sonance – MAG5.1 Premium 6-1/2″ In-Wall / In-Ceiling Speaker System (paintable) going for $1900. If you are not sure how to paint it, the Rolling Stones have a recommendation!

And NewEGG does not want to left out of the headphone deals, they have the JBL LIVE 500BT bluetooth over-ears going for $60 after promo code, and the JBL STAGE A190 Home Audio Speaker (Black, Single) for $200 after promo code… The promo codes are shown at the aforelinked pages while these promotions are running…

June 21, 2020 Filed Under: digital audio players Tagged With:

Wedn: Polsen, Jabra, Definitive Tech, Etc

Headphones are indeed back at the daily deals for Wednesday 6/17/20 as follows:

At the B&H deals du jour it’s the closed-back Polsen HPS-A40 headphone that has a 3-level bass adjustment [I know, you cynics will say, “bad”, “worse” and “OMG it’s really bad”] for $50 with free US shipping… Optionally you can purchase this together with an AURAY headphone stand and get a 20% off discount on the price of the AURAY stand…

Best Buy is back in the truly-wireless universe with the new condition JLabs JBuds Air Executive truly-wireless going for $55 and as of the time of writing, they average 4 based on 640+ customer reviews over there…

Speaking of Best Buy, their aforelinked daily deals include a sale on a couple of Definitive Technology Soundbar systems with wireless subwoofers ($700 to $1075)…

Truly wireless is also the name of the game today at the NewEGG deals where the new condition Jabra Elite 65t goes for $100 with free US shipping…

June 17, 2020 Filed Under: headphones, truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Monday Truly Wireless: Skullcandy Indy, JLab Jbuds Air, Anker

No truly-wireless in yesterday’s daily deals, but they strike back today with two offers at the Best Buy daily deals, it’s the Skullcandy Indy going for $60 and the JLab Jbuds Air Sport going for $70… These for Monday June 15 in 2020 that is…

BUT the NewEGG daily deals save the day with a budget closed-back over-ear, the new condition red Pioneer SE-MS5T-R going for $31 with free US shipping…

Also at NewEgg, there’s the Anker Soundcore Liberty Neo (2019 update) truly wireless for $30 with free US shipping…

June 14, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Sunday: lots of headphones on sale at Amazon Germany

EU shoppers, get your wallets ready! Amazon Germany is having a headphone sale as part of their Sunday daily deals. A total of 22 options are participating, a mix of different types. I’m breaking them down by type:

+ Pioneer S9 bluetooth over-ears for 115 euro
+ Pioneer SE-S3-BT bluetooth on-ears for 44 in different colors
+ Pioneer foldable basic on-ears for 12 euro in different colors
+ Pioneer SE-M521 closed over-ears for 21 euro (with AKG-style headband)

+ Philips BH-305-BK/00 closed on-ears for 60 euro
+ Philips SH-402-BK/00 bluetooth over/on-ears for 40
+ Philips SHK-2000-PK/OO kids headphones with volume control for 14 euro

+ Philips truly wireless for 61 euro

+ Pioneer SE-CH9-T(K) wired in-ears for 70 euro
+ Panasonic RP-TCM-130-E wired in-ears for 10 euro in different colors
+ Pioneer basic wired in-ears for 12 euro in different colros

+ Libratone neckband-style bluetooth earphones for 119 euro

+ Philips UN-102-BK/00 bluetooth necklace-style earphones for 12 euro

+ Pioneer SE-E5T (23 euro) and SE-E7T (53 euro) bluetooth exercise necklace-style earphones

+ Pioneer splashproof wired exercise earphones with earhooks for 13 euro

The sale ends at 11:59pm Amazon Germany time which is six hours ahead of eastern (New York time) if my Time Lord Calculator is correct 😉

June 13, 2020 Filed Under: headphones, in-ears Tagged With: , , , , ,

Friday: Skullcandy Crusher ANC/BT for $200, B&W Speakers, Etc

The headphone parade continues for Friday 6/12/20 as well at the Best Buy deals du jour with the new condition Skullcandy Crusher ANC/bluetooth over-ear combo headphone that goes for $200. The battle for this popular consumer headphone rages on at all price points!

Also there at Best Buy there’s a sale on select Bowers & Wilkens [no relation to Dominique Wilkins?] speakers with eight options and prices ranging from $560 to $800. Already one of the eight options has sold out…

And now to the single-figure budget side of things, one of the Woot deals du jour is the new condition TIMMKOO wired in-ears going for $9.99 with up to ten pairs per customer at the sale price and a 90-day Woot warranty…

The NewEGG daily basket continues to have headphones although this one may be a bit of a rotten egg based on the nine customer reviews over there. It is the Philips SHB-2505-BK/00 UpBeat truly wireless for $33…

June 12, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Thur: Bower & Wilkins PX-7 ANC Over-Ears for $325

Best Buy strikes again with their June 11 (2020) deals of the day as they have the new condition Bowers and Wilkins PX-7 ANC closed-back over-ear headphones on sale for $325 and the refurbished Samsung Galaxy Buds (truly wireless) for $60… And if you need to store or transport your music or feed your DAPs and PADs, they have a Sandisk and WD sale with hard drives, flash drives, microSD and full-size SD cards and more!

NewEgg continues to put headphone-eggs in their daily deals basket, this time around they have the white Pioneer SE-MJ-722-TW closed-back on-ears going for #21.50 with free US shipping…

On the other side of the Atlantic ocean, Amazon Germany offers the new condition Arbily truly wireless for 32 euro…

June 10, 2020 Filed Under: headphones, truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Wedn: B&W PX5 On-Ears, Bose QC II, Sony XB, Thorens, Etc

Two headphones plus gaming headsets are among a loaded day at the Best Buy daily offerings for Wednesday June in 2020:

+ Bowers & Wilkins PX-5 ANC/bluetooth on-ears for $220
+ Bose Quiet Comfort II ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $299
+ discount and free mouse with Razer Nari Ultimate gaming headset

Under the “Electronics” daily deal at the Woot website they have the new condition closed-back bluetooth on-ear Sony XB-650-BT going for $45 with a 1-year Sony warranty. It is only available in black. It has NFC. Note that this is part of their “Extra Bass” line, so opera, classical, audiophile jazz, etc you may not like the “transformation” of the music with these 🙂

NewEGG seems to have an unwritten rule of one headphone offer per day at their daily deals and Wednesday’s offer is the new condition Pioneer SE-MJ-553-BT-R closed-back on-ear bluetooths in the red color scheme going for $26 with free US shipping…

Last but not least, for the vinyl junkies or player collectors, one of the B&H Photo daily deals is the new condition Thorens TD 201 manual 2-speed turntable with built-in amp going for $250. It is available in two color options [device color, not sound coloration color!]…

SHOCK! did you notice something today? All these offers and not a single “truly wireless” earphone. There is hope for the audio world after all 🙂

June 10, 2020 Filed Under: audio gear, headphones Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

EU: Philips X2 HR/00 Open Over-Ears for 120 euro

For the European-ly inclined, for a limited time [not a gold box lightning deal] Amazon Germany actual is offering the new condition open-back over-ear Philips X2 HR/00 headphones for 120 euro, with a limit of two pairs per customer…

With the X2 prices going down and the good old SHP-9500* prices going up, the X2 may not be a bad idea. As of the time of writing, they average 4.6 out of 5 based on 1080+ customer ratings over there.

June 7, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Sennheiser Momentum truly wireless for $160

Last but not least in the 6/8/20 BestBuy deals du jour is the new condition Sennheiser Momentum truly-wireless set going for $160 with free US shipping and/or store/curbside/whatever pickup is available based on region and availability…

Also there, they have the Jaybird Tarah necklace-style bluetooth earphones going for $45…

June 7, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , ,

Sunday: Plantronics BackBeat FIT 6100 bluetooth over-ears for $70

One of the deals of the day at the Best Buy website is the new condition closed-back over-ear Plantronics BackBeat FIT 6100 bluetooth headphones for $70 with free US shipping and/or free store pickup…

Meanwhile at the Amazon Germany gold box there’s the new condition Jabra Elite 65t truly-wireless earphones for 90 euro…

And some action at the NewEgg dailies as follows:

+ Anker SoundCore Spirit X bluetooth sport earphones for $14 with promo code 93XPK79

+ Voxoa VXH330 square-pad bluetooth closed-back for $30

+ JBL LIVE500 bluetooth over-ears for $60 after promo code 93XPK74

June 7, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , , ,

Sat: Pioneer SE-MJ-503-W Closed On-Ears for $12

Budget closed-back on-ears is another congested field with various name brand options and one of them is the new condition Pioneer SE-MJ-503-W (white color scheme) going for $12 during Saturday 6/6/20 in the pacific time zone at NewEGG as one of their daily deals.

I haven’t heard this particular model, but a couple of Sonys [one ZX-1?? and ZX-3??) I’ve used, I found them “tuned for coffee shops”. They were serviceable there, but when you listened to them in a quiet place they sounded horrid…

On the other hand, the AmazonBasics-Monoprice I found to be quite serviceable even in rather quiet places. A bit on the “tastefully bassy” side of things. An unboxing and review of the Monoprice is in my ever-growing to-do list 🙂

I do not know if the Pioneer shares any ancestry with the AmazonBasics-Monoprice…

UPDATE: two headphones among the Saturday Best Buy offers as well:

+ Insignia bluetooth earphones (pod style) for $15

+ JBL (a child with many parents, Samsung, Harman, AKG) LIVE 800 bluetooth over-ears for $80

June 5, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Thursday: JBL, Anker, Klipsch, Philips, Culture V1

UPDATE: the Musician’s Friend deal of the day good until Friday at 8am ET is the new condition Culture V1 ANC + bluetooth over-ears for $80 with free US shipping… Not to be confused with the Culture book series by Iain Banks 🙂

The streak of headphones in high profile retailer daily deals continue for Thursday 6/4/20 as well with this lot:

+ among the NewEGG offers they have the new condition Philips SHB-5950-BK/27 neckband bluetooth earphones for $16.50, although the reviews are in the 3 out of 5 range…
+ also at NewEgg, a pair of Klipsch CB-5 Bookshelf speakers for $70, and a CC-5 Center Speaker for $60

+ among the Best Buy offers is the JBL LIVE 400BT closed-back bluetooth on-ears for $60

+ and at Amazon Germany it’s the Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 PRO truly-wireless for 100 euro
+ Anker really needs to optimize their model naming scheme ~ too many words and the thing that changes gets lost in the railroad!

June 4, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , , , ,

Wedn: JAM, PowerBeats PRO, Pioneer, Etc

Headphones are all the rage these days in the daily deals of various prominent internet retailers! We start with Best Buy where they have two offers:

+ Geek Stink Breath [TM: Green Day] certified refurbished PowerBeats PRO truly-wireless (with earhooks for exercise and such) for $140

+ JAM Live Fast necklace style bluetooth earphones with earhooks for $13
+ by “necklace style” I mean they have a regular soft cable;
+ as opposed to “neckband style”, whose cable is partially hardened/stiff to sit behind the neck

NewEGG.com too has a bluetooth earphone, it’s the Pioneer SE-CL-5-BT-W (white color scheme) for $15… And if you are building a budget PC, NewEGG has the AMD Ryzen 3-3200G 4-core processor for $88…

June 3, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Tuesday: Samsung Galaxy Buds, refurb Jabra Elite 65t, Etc

Truly wireless is the name of the game for now, until Apple releases the over-ear “Air Pods” and all of sudden the unwashed mashes will “discover” over-ear headphones. Hopefully a percentage of those will actually explore more audiophile over-ear headphones 🙂

At Best Buy, 6/2/20 is Samsung day with all kinds of Samsung products, including their Galaxy Buds truly-wireless going for $100.

At NewEGG there are a couple of options, starting at 3am ET as usual:

+ Pioneer SEC-7B-TB neckband bluetooth earphones for $23

+ refurbished Jabra Elite Active 65t sporty truly-wireless for $50

June 1, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Monday: Sennheiser HD 2.30i Closed On-Ears for $35

Hen-Heiser fans, your time has come. Starting at 3am ET on Monday 6/1/20 and lasting for 24 hours [or earlier if sold out], one of the NewEgg deals du jour is the new condition closed-back Sennheiser HD 2.30i on-ears wired headphones going for $35 with free US shipping.

The listing has two color schemes and iPhone (i) and Android (G) button options. I don’t know which combination(s) will be on sale. It will be revealed over there when it goes live…

May 31, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Tuesday: Beats Product RED, refurb Klipsch, etc

For Tuesday 5/26/20, headphones are the theme at two of the retailers offering “deals du jour”.

We start at Newegg where they offer the refurbished Klipsch neckband bluetooth earphones for $40 with free shipping and the refurbished Anker Soundcore Liberty Air truly wireless for $39 after promo code 93XPK28 entered in their shopping cart…

And at Best Buy it’s a {PRODUCT RED) offer, the new condition closed-back bluetooth on-ears that go by the name of Beats Solo 3 offered for $180…

With Apple about to launch their “AirPod Over-Ears”, things are going to heat up once again for the most hated “mainstream” headphone brand at the audiophile message boards. It’s now BOSE vs BEATS vs Apple!

May 26, 2020 Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: , , ,

Memorial Day: refurb Jabra 65t and AirPods, Etc

While the i-Hype is i-Building for the first Apple-branded over-ear headphones, the little Airpods are the headliner Best Buy daily deal for 5/25/20. It’s the Geek Squared certified-refurbished AirPods with wireless case going for $140. This Geek-refurbished version averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 249 customer reviews as of the time of writing…

Meanwhile at the NewEgg.com dailies they have two offerings:

+ Anker Soundcore Liberty NEO (2019 Upgraded edition) truly-wireless for $33

+ refurbished Jabra Elite 65t Titanium truly-wireless for $100

+ Klipsch Energy Power12 SUB for $119

May 24, 2020 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , , , ,

Sunday: Fuji Labs HD-2000 Closed Bluetooth Over-Ears for $30

The Fuji Labs headphones return to the Sunday 5/24/20 NewEgg.co dailies with their new condition closed-back over-ear HD-2000 (aka AUFJ-W-HD2000-WH) going for $30 with free US shipping. This is sold and shipped by the Fuji Labs NewEgg online store.

This is a bluetooth 4.0 headphone with micro-USB connector and LiPo battery…

May 24, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sat: Jaybird Tarah, Skullcandy HESH3, Etc

Not one but two headphones are among the NewEgg.com daily deals for Saturday 5/23/20 as follows:

+ SkullCandy HESH3 wireless over-ears for $50

+ Fuji Labs Sonique II in-ears for $10

And at the Best Buy offers du jour, you can get the Jaybird Tarah necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $45…

May 23, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Friday: Sony Audio Sale at Best Buy, Etc

It’s all about Sony during Friday 5/22/20, as the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals are Sony audio products:

+ Sony WH-CH700N ANC + bluetooth closed over-ears for $100
+ as fate would have it, we have a text and pictures unboxing of it from two years ago
+ PS: the PORG you see in the unboxing is NOT included with the headphone ~ it is our blog pet 🙂

+ Sony SP-600N necklace-style bluetooth/ANC earphones for $70

+ Sony SRS-XB-22 portable bluetooth speaker for $70
+ XB of course being eXtra BASS; perfect for audiophile jazz listeners 😉

+ Sony SRS-XB-501G wireless speaker with Google Assistant for $150

+ also 7″ Sony Android Auto media thing and Sony Audio system and in-dash digital media receiver and Sony 1155W 2-channel Dolby Atmos 4K A/V hometheater; so much SONY today, too many to list here one by one!

Elsewhere, at Amazon Germany, the Huawei P40 smartphones [no GOOGLE PLAY!!!!] are bundled with the Huaweii truly-wireless earphones and a Huaweii smartwatch in great prices IF you don’t care for Google Play and Google Play Services. That’s a HUGE IF. I don’t think I would want to be chasing hacks to run Google Play apps in 2020. This may have been a fun thing to do in 2010, but these days, I just want things that work 🙂

You can feed your DAPs and PADs (phones as DAPs) at the NewEGG.com daily deals with these two microSD cards:
+ 400GB Sandisk ULTRA for $57
+ 128GB Team for $16
+ also: Philips SHB-5950-WT neckband-style earphones for $17 but reviewers NOT happy with it ~ averages 3 out of 5 based on 21 ratings as of the time of writing

If you are looking for an affordable headphone stand, the B&H daily deals [expire Saturday at 11:59pm ET] include their house-brand AURAY HPDS-B headphone stand for $12. It averages almost 5 out of 5 based on 35 customer reviews… While there, you will also find a couple of options for CAD (the brand name, not the Computer-Aided Design) USB microphones ranging from $50 to $80…

May 22, 2020 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,