Good for Saturday April 19 in 2020, you can get the new condition Jabra Elite 65t truly wireless earphones for $100 in the titanium color scheme at the Best Buy website where it is one of their deals of the day…
Friday: Sennheiser Momentum Truly Wireless for $180, Samsung Galaxy S10e PAD, Etc
Lots of audio options are available in the April 17 in 2020 deals of the day at the Best Buy website. They are:
+ Sennheiser Momentum truly wireless for $180
+ Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 PRO truly wireless for $130
+ MEE Audio BTR bluetooth audio receiver for $25
+ on the smartphones with a headphone jack front, there are various offers on the new condition Samsung Galaxy S10e, with the lower prices on the carrier-versions. Some of them also get a $50 Best Buy e-gift-card. Per the listing this includes in the phone’s box “AKG tuned” earphones.
+ the $60 ION bluetooth speaker type thing is sold out
Tuesday: JLab JBuds Air TW for $40, Korg, Anker, Etc
A trio of retailers have headphone-related daily deals for Tuesday April 14 in 2020 as follows:
+ at Best Buy you can get the new condition JLab Jbuds Air truly wireless for $40
+ at NewEgg you can get the Anker Soundbuds Curve IPX7 bluetooth exercise earphones for $18 using promo code 93XPH74
+ at Woot Tech Favorites they have three potentially interesting audio-related items:
+ ISOtunes PRO bluetooth earphones for $56
+ Korg TM60BK Tuner and Metronome Combo with Clip on Microphone for $20
+ Saxholder Pro Instrument Holder for $25
Sennheiser HD 58X Open Over-Ears drop to $150 [MD]
IF you are 50-50 on whether to get the new Sennheiser HD 58X open-back over-ear headphones, there’s a small discount on them now at the Massdrop website tilting the scales to 52-48 🙂 You can get it for $150 with free US shipping and free US returns.
It comes with a 2-year warranty and it is an in-stock drop, which means it will ship within a couple of business days after purchase. You don’t have to wait for weeks and weeks for the order to ship. Of course given today’s #CoronaCrisis2020, actual delivery may take longer than pre-Corona…
Being a “modern incarnation”, it has a detachable cable, and it is individually serialized. It is made in Romania.
At checkout, you have optional options [LOL] for a combined purchase discount:
- Drop TRRS Balanced 2.5mm cable for +$45
- 3-year Drop warranty with Accidental Coverage (US market only) for +$20
- the Earpads and Objective 2 headphone-amp options are currently NOT available
- in the US, you can upgrade to faster shipping for +$5, or Overnight for +$15
Monday: Jaybird Tarah bluetooth earphones for $45 [also: Tascam, Anker]
Monday April 13 in 2020 comes in with a bluetooth earphone daily deal at the Best Buy website, it is the new condition Jaybird Tarah offered for $45 in the black-metallic-flash color scheme. The other two color schemes remain at the regular price of $100.
This averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 400+ customer reviews over there, and it’s a fairly small/lightweight necklace-style bluetooth earphone, so it’s not a surprise it has a six hour battery life. These are after all exercise-intended, with that little hook-thing that hooks on the inside of your ear like those Bose StayHear things… [I’m sure there’s a proper name for these but I can’t recall it at this very moment]…
UPDATE: one of the Newegg daily deals is the new condition Anker Soundcore Life 2 ANC/Bluetooth Over-Ears going for $40 when you enter the limited time promo code 93XPH73 in their shopping cart…
UPDATE #2 good until Friday 4/13/20 at 8am ET, the Musician’s Friend deal of hte day is the new condition Tascam TH-300X closed-back over-ear headphones for $40. These look familiar, they appear to have common ancestry with models sold under some other brands as well (CAD?)…
Friday: Insignia Earpods for $10, Corsair VOID, Sirius XM, Onkyo, Jabra Active Elite, Etc
Audio continues to be a theme and for the Friday 4/10/20 Best Buy daily deals with the following participating products:
+ Insignia (house brand) wired earpod-style earphones for $10
+ 4.3 out of 5 based on 820+ customer reviews
+ Corsair VOID PRO RGB SE Wireless Dolby 7.1 gaming headset in Yellowjackets color scheme for $55
+ ION Audio Sport XL 8″ 2-Way Tailgate Portable PA Speaker for $120
+ Sirius XM Onyx EZR Satellite Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit for $25
UPDATE: but that’s not all. Audio is also the name of the game for the Friday Newegg daily deals as follows:
+ Jabra Elite Active 75t Navy Voice Assistant truly-wireless with $20 promotional gift card for $200
+ 128GB Samsung Endurance PRO microSDXC for $28
+ Onkyo HT-S7800 5.1.2 Channel Network Dolby Atmos Home Theater System for $550
FREE to Stream (Thur at 12pm ET): “DIY Mastering” class [9 hours long]
If you are interested in the artful craft of music mastering of the DIY kind, starting on Thursday April 9 in 2020, Creative LIVE will be streaming for FREE the nine hour class by Jesse Cannon “DIY Mastering”. The class will repeat overnight until 12pm ET on Friday.
If you like it after watching it, you can purchase it for $19.
A total of 26 lessons are part of the class, and there are a number of digital and audiophile related topics covered.
Lesson #3 “Dynamics and Loudness” is streaming for FREE all the time, so you can watch it regardless of the free-streaming promotion. TRIGGER WARNING: he makes some audiophile-controversial comments about the Loudness Wars. You have been warned ^_^
PS: the teacher of this class has also written a couple of music, the most recent being the 2020-updated “Get More Fans: the DIY Guide to the New Music Business” (722 pages even)…
UPDATE: I have watched the whole class, lots of interesting things if you are not familiar with the DIY mastering process. There was discussion of speakers and headphones. The three headphones the instructor uses (secondary to the speakers) are the Sennheiser HD 280 closed-back over-ears, the good old Sennheiser HD 202, and #TriggerWarning, the Ultrasone PRO 900.
Thursday: Insignia pod-style bluetooth earphones for $20
Two bluetooth earphones are on sale for Thursday 4/9/20 at the Best Buy deals of the day as follows:
+ Insignia (house brand) for $20; these are more pod-style, not in-ears, not earbuds
+ average 4.2 out of 5 based on nearly 500 customer reviews
+ Taotronics TT-BH069BB ANC for $30
+ average 3 out of 5 based on 21 customer reviews
+ also of audio interest, SiriusXM Onyx Plus Satellite Radio Receiver with Home Kit for $45, a couple of remote controls, and an ION Audio projector type of thing for $150.
Speaking of audio related, the Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am eastern every day) is the new condition H&A Professional USB Microphone For Podcasting and Studio Recording (with Stand, model HAUPM) going for $50 with free US shipping…
UPDATE: part of the NewEgg daily deals for this day is the new condition Philips UpBeat SHB-2505WT/00 truly wireless going for $38 with free US shipping, sold by NewEgg actual, with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price.
Drop + MrSpeakers Ether CX Closed V-Planar Over-Ears for $750
Massdrop is back with another Xclusive offering, this time around their co-operation is with Mr Speakers (aka Dan Clark Audio), and for $750 with free US shipping you can get the new condition closed-back over-ear DROP + MRSPEAKERS ETHER CX headphones which are not just planar but “accordion” V-planars!
They come with a 2-year warranty and being an “in-stock drop”, it ships within a couple of business days after purchase. It’s not one of those long-shipping offers…
Optionally in the shopping cart you can buy it together Drop + THX AAAâ„¢ 789 Linear Amplifier for a $25 off combined purchase discount, making the THX a +$375 on your order total (instead of +$400 if purchased separately)…
Wedn: FujiLabs Sonique SQ306 II In-Ears for $10
Good until 4/8/20 at 11:59pm pacific time, the Fuji Labs NewEgg online store is offering the new condition FujiLabs Sonique SQ306 II In-Ears for $10 with free US shipping. This is available in two color schemes. They have earhooks of sorts. Limit up to five per customer at the sale price.
They average 5 out of 5 based on nine customer reviews and they have three answers…
Sony WH-CH400 bluetooth on-ears for $30
If you are looking for simple name-brand bluetooth closed-back on-ears, select colors of the new condition Sony wH-CH400 headphones are on sale for $30 at B&H Photo, an authorized Sony dealer…
Or if you prefer to live more dangerously, you can get it for around $18 with free US shipping in various “other” conditions from various eBay sellers…
It has 30mm drivers, supports bluetooth 4.2 with NFC, supports SBC and AAC only [well, it’s a budget thing after all], with micro-USB charging…
Focal Listen Chic bluetooth over-ears for $169
Do you like purple headphones? If so, you can get a pretty, pretty, pretty good deal on the new condition FOCAL Listen Chic bluetooth over-ears, they are on sale for $169 with free US shipping at B&H Photo… The other three colors go for $299…
This is not a daily deal, so I do not know when the price will change…
Optionally you can purchase the headphone together with an AURAY headphone stand with a 20% off discount on the price of the AURAY (not the headphone)…
They come with a 2-year warranty, a carrying case, detachable cable (for 3.5mm listening) and charging cable. The bluetooth is version 4.1 with apt-X support.
I must admit, the green and blue color schemes look nicer than the purple, but not $130 nicer for sure 🙂
PS: if you don’t want them purple Listen Chics, please feel free to send them to me. I will unbox and review them eventually 🙂
Monday: Sennheiser CX 2.00i In-Ears for $18
If you are a fan of the budget stubby Sennheiser earphones (I guess one could theoretically call them in-ears) you have until 11:59pm eastern time on Monday 4/6/20 to get them for $18 with free US shipping at B&H Photo where it’s one of their daily deals. This is available in three options with Apple and Samsung remote options available (select correct listing tabs for that)…
UPDATE: speaking of daily deals for this day, the BestBuy dailies offer the JAM Tune neckband bluetooth earphones for $25…
UPDATE #2: Amazon Germany’s dailies go in the ear as well, they have Samsung truly wireless in their Gold Box…
Sunday: Insignia Closed Over-Ear Bluetooths for $20 [also: Marshall, Crown Audio]
Good until Sunday 4/5/20 night, Best Buy offers as one of their deals du jour their new condition Insignia bluetooth over-ears for $20. If you miss the daily deal, it currently goes for $18 as open-box. Insignia is their house brand…
This is a closed-back over-ear bluetooth product with an average of 4.5 out of 5 based on 2000+ customer reviews over there. It also plays music via 3.5mm. Its full name is NS-CAHBTOE01 and comes with a 1-year warranty.
When you open the PDF “Quick Start” guide shown over there, you will learn that this is a bluetooth 4.1.
UPDATE: a couple of other audio products are also offered at the Best Buy daily deals today:
+ Marshall Kilburn II Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $150
+ Insignia Tabletop FM/HD Radio for $40
And at B&H Photo, also part of their Sunday deals du jour you can get for $170 after an automatically-applied in-cart coupon the new condition Crown Audio XLi 1500 Stereo Power Amplifier…
UPDATE #2 for a limited time (does not an expiration time), Amazon is offering the digital download edition of “PreSonus Studio One 4 Artist Recording Software Suite” for $70…
Sennheiser PC-37X gaming headset down to $100
If you are a fan of gaming and Sennheiser and Massdrop too, there is a sale on the new condition Sennheiser PC-37X gaming headset for $100 with free US shipping and free US returns. And it comes with a 2-year warranty. If you want more, you can optionally purchase an extended 3-year warranty for +$15.
Good news, this is an “in-stock drop”, so it will ship a couple of business days after purchase. It is not the “classic” Massdrop drop…
Saturday: JBL Live truly wireless for $50
It’s the truly wireless party train at Best Buy, as one of their Saturday April 4 (2020) deals du jour is the new condition JBL Live truly wireless going for $50.
But that’s not all for Saturday ~ if you want to feed your DAPs or PADs or tablets and such, Newegg.com is offering the 256GB Samsung microSD memory card for $40, and you can buy up to three of them at the sale price. These are sold by Newegg actual, not iffy marketplace sellers 🙂
Shure’s $50 Bluetooth Upgrade Mail-In offer ends 4/30/20
If you don’t hate mail-in rebate with the passion of one million burning suns, and if you are into the Shure ecosystem, their Bluetooth cable upgrade offer expires on April 30 in 2020.
Now before I continue, I should point out that I do not know whether this is or will be impacted by the Corona delays, so keep that in mind.
Anyway, the offer is this: if you have an existing Shure in-ear with the Bluetooth 4.1 cable, AND you purchase a Shure in-ear with a bluetooth 5.0 cable, then you can submit a mail-in rebate (details on what to send and where at the aforelinked page) and after 8-10 weeks you will receive a $50 mail-in rebate.
This offer includes the previously mentioned Shure SE-215 SI Wireless which go for $79.
PS: if you have the Shure SE-112 which does not have a detachable cable, you’d have to send the whole thing. For the other older SE in-ears with a detachable cable, you only send the bluetooth cable, you keep the in-ears and everything else that came with it.
Shure SE-215 SI with Bluetooth 5.0 Cable and free water bottle (!!!) for $79
In the Fall of 2019, Shure (re)launched a new set of SE-series Sound Isolating earphones, and hearing (pun intended) the call for bluetooth earphones, they have launched the Wireless Noise-Isolating SE-215 in-ears in four different color schemes
These are currently going for $79 with free US shipping at B&H Photo which, for a limited time, includes a free gift, a Shure-branded water bottle (which you can also purchase separately for $10 each). Contrary to rumors heard in some forums, the water bottle is strictly for drinking water, and not for altering the sound signature of the bluetooth signal. Because when passing through water, treble spikes become more mellow 😉
Anyway, the important thing of these in-ears of bluetooth interest is that they come with a detachable bluetooth 5.0 cable with supports most the major CODECs (but not LDAC).
Accessories include eartips, a carrying case, clip, micro-USB cable and a 2-year warranty.
NOTE: that these “with Bluetooth 5.0 cable” models do not come with a wired cable. You have to use your own from previous compatible MMCX models or purchase one if you wish to use them both wired and wireless…
EU: Shure SRH-440 Closed Over-Ears for 69 euro [limit 2]
For those in the European Union, a formerly frequently recommended “under 100” is on sale at Amazon Germany, it is the new condition closed-back over-ear Shure SRH-440 studio headphones going for 70 euro with free shipping in GermanyxAustria, with up to two pairs per customer at the sale price. There it averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 840+ customer reviews…
LG V40 ThinQ PAD for $330 [ends Sat PM]
It’s PAD time! Good until Saturday 4/4/20 at 11:59pm eastern, B&H Photo is offering the new condition unlocked LG V40 ThinQ smartphone for $330 with free US shipping…
This is now two flagships behind (the latest flagship is the V60 which is about to roll out), so it has the Snapdragon 845 processor, with 6GB of RAM, 64GB of on-board storage and a microSD slot (up to a theoretical 2TB, to fill up with music). It also has the newer Bluetooth 5.0, IP68, Quick Charge 3.0, USB Type C, etc.
And of course on main audio interest is the 32-bit Quad DAC…
Harman Kardon Soho closed bluetooth on-ears for $60
For a limited time, the official Harman Audio store on NewEgg is offering the new condition closed-back wireless on-ear HK Solo headphones for $60 with free US shipping. No coupon code, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout during this limited time promotion…
UPDATE: part of the same sale, their sister company’s NewEgg Audio store is offering the new condition JBL E25BT bluetooth in-ears for $18 with free US shipping…
Thursday: FREE 3-Month Trial of Amazon’s Music Subscription
The leading Amazon deal of the day for Thursday 4/2/20 is a FREE 3-month trial of Amazon’s music subscription service. Note that this will automatically convert to a paying subscription at the end of the three months, so if you don’t want to pay, make sure you leave a note in your calendar to cancel. Cancelling is easy, you can do it online with a few clicks…
Personally I’m more inclined to support the smaller / more-independent companies, so a few months ago I moved from Google’s subscription (I was in with the inaugural $8/month plan) to Spotify.
PS: until Microsoft buys Spotify and turns it into Zune-Groove 🙂
Thursday: Apple AirPods Charging Case for $70
The first generation of the Apple AirPods Charging Case is on sale in new condition for $70 with free US shipping at the Best Buy website until 11:59pm on Thursday 4/2/20 or earlier if sold out. You also get a free 4-month Apple Music music-subscription (for new subscribers only; you cannot append it to an existing music-subscription)…
NOTE: this is ONLY the CHARGING CASE – the actual Airpods are NOT INCLUDED!
Wedn: Thorens TD-201 w/BI-Preamp, refurb Samsung Galaxy Buds, MEE BTR, KLIM, Apple Lighting to 3.5mm, Etc
April Fool’s Day in 2020 greets us with a few audio-related daily deals at various retailers as follows:
We start with the biggest item, it is the new condition Thorens TD 201 Manual Two-Speed Turntable with Built-In Switchable Phono Preamp offered for $300 with free US shipping in two color schemes at B&H Photo…
At the Best Buy website they have plenty:
- refurbished Samsung Galaxy Buds truly wireless for $60 (Geek Stink Breath Certified)
- MEE Audio BTR bluetooth audio receiver for $25
- Insignia bluetooth speaker for $25
- and for music, 64GB PNY USB 2.0 flash drive for $9
At and Woot, they have a Tech Favorites sale with 17 items, a number of which are audio-related:
- KLIM Fusion in-ears w/mic-remote for $13
- ISOTunes exercise bluetooth earphones for $56
- Guning truly wireless for $25
- Monster bluetooth speaker for $25
- Apple Lighting to 3.5mm headphone adapter for $6 with 90-day Woot warranty
All of the above are only good for April 1st in 2020, and in the time zone of each particular retailer ~ or earlier if any of the individual products sells out…
PSB M4U 2 Closed Over-Ear ANC headphones for $80 [MD]
IF you want name-brand noise-cancelling headphones that take AAA batteries (instead of having a built-in rechargeable LiIon battery), then you are in luck because for the next five days and change (from blog-posting time here) Massdrop is offering the new condition PSB M4U 2 noise-cancellers (closed-back, over-ear) for $80 with free US shipping. They will ship in late April 2020 from Massdrop…
They have a generous accessories package given the price, an extra set of earpads, two cables, semi-hard case, and a few small things (two AAA batteries, cleaning cloth, carabiner, 1/8 to 1/4 adapter, airline adapter).
NOTE: these are ANC-only, no wireless/bluetooth!
PS: now just because they take AAA batteries, it doesn’t mean you have to use disposable batteries. You can also use rechargeable AAA batteries and depending on your usage patterns you can buy the low self discharge kind (last longer if left unused but not as high mAh) or the regular (higher mAh but deplete faster if left unused)…
Monday: NuForce BE Sport3 for $15, Jaybird Run XT Sport TW for $50
Two retailers have bluetooth earphone daily deals for Monday 3/30/20 running until 11:59pm local time (local of the retailer, eg B&H Photo is East Coast, Best Buy is midwest/central, Amazon is pacifica)…
At B&H Photo, you can get the new condition Nu Force BE Sport3 bluetooth earphones for $15 in the gun-metal color-scheme OR if you want to stock up or give away, you can get a 4-pack for $40 (making it $10 per pair)…
At Best Buy, you can get the new condition Jaybird Run XT Sport truly wireless earphones for $50…
I don’t have the “XT Sport” but we have here a text and pictures unboxing of the Jaybird Run truly wireless, the only truly wireless I truly have 🙂
Pictured below is the packaging of the Jaybird Run, not the “Run XT Sport” that is on sale…
SendyAudio Planar Magnetics for $479 [MD]
New arrival at Massdrop, it’s another planar magnetic headphone with zebra wood housing, tempting both the planar fanclub and the wood fanclub 😉 This new arrival is the new condition SendyAudio AVIA going for $479 with free US shipping.
There is no mention of warranty in the listing. They will ship in late April 2020. Various options are available in the shopping cart for cables and adapters, the options ranging from +$25 to +$199. There’s also an option for a stylish stand (the last picture in the product gallery, picture #15, just press LEFT on the default picture instead of going through all 15 of them) for +$60…
NOTE: as of the time of writing of this blog-post, three more purchases are NEEDED before this offering “unlocks”. There are more than five days left for this to happen…
Used Grado SR80e open-back for $87
The new condition open-back Grado SR80e headphones go for $100 at authorized dealers but if you are okay with used headphones, you can get them for $87~ in “Used – Good” condition at Amazon Warehouse Deals, or $91~ in “Used – Very Good” condition. You can find these in the USED options of the root Amazon listing…
Music Production Bundle course for $20
On the “Music e-Learnings” front, Stacksocial is currently running a Music Production Bundle offer for $20. This is all digital/online. For that you get nine courses composed of 740 individual lessons in over 60 hours of runtime. They include music basics (read music, music theory essentials), playing the piano, songwriting, singing, audio production, an Ableton Live 10. All but one of the courses come with lifetime access. The “Read Music” course includes only 1-year access…
Massdrop Warehouse Sale includes BGVP DM6 IEMs for $150, MiniMic for $12 [also: $25 off $200+ orders]
Massdrop is having a Warehouse Sale featuring two pages of products they offer. The sale price is the one you see reflected there BUT if your warehouse order total is $200+, you will get a $25 off automatic discount.
Of the items offered, there are two audio products, the new condition BGVP DM6 IEMs [touch-typing “BGVP” is hard!] going for $150 while the new condition Massdrop MiniMic goes for $12.
Remember you can get to $200+ with multiple units of the same item, you don’t have to buy one of each item…
Sennheiser HD 4.40BT Bluetooth Over-Ears for $70
If you are looking to spend under $100 for a pair of closed over-ear bluetooth headphones but don’t want to get the many non-audio brand ANC/bluetooth combo options, then for $70 you can get the new condition Sennheiser HD 4.40BT by Amazon actual with a maximum of two pairs per customer at the sale price. They average 4.2 out of 5 based on 5500+ ratings.
NOTE however that this is a Bluetooth 4.0 headphone (might be a deal killer for those with new BT 5.0 smartphones and such), and supports apt-X but not apt-X HD.
Note also that the recently revealed Sennheiser bluetooth headphones in the 4-series cost a lot more and have not been greeted as liberators by the early reviewers.
I haven’t seen these but I had their “cousins”, the HD 4.20S wired over-ears and from the pictures it looks like they use similar pads. Those HD 4.20S pads are probably the #1 feature of the headphones…
Here’s the HD 4.20S pad, around 1 inch thick!
PS: just like the previously mentioned HD 599 sale, the HD 4.40BT and 4.20S came out at IFA 2016…
Etymotic ER4 IEMs for $250 (SR or XR) [MD]
IF you are fond of the Etymotic ER4-SR or ER4-XR in-ears with those Etymotic customary multi-flanges, they are currently on offer for the next two days and change [from blog-posting time] at the Massdrop website for $250 with free US shipping per pair.
They will ship in late April 2020. You can select in the shopping cart which one you want (or you can get them both of course). They come with a 2-year warranty per the listing over there…
Master & Dynamic MH-40 Closed Over-Ears (Wired) for $130
If you like the Master & Dynamic aesthetics and/or their sound (let’s not forget that LOL), a number of the color schemes of their closed-back over-ear wired MH-40 are on sale for $130 with free US shipping at the Amazon website.
A total of a lucky 13 options are available over there but not all of them are on sale. Click on the color of interest to see whether it’s on sale. They average 4.1 out of 5 based on 330+ customer reviews and they have about 1/3rd of that in customer reviews…
EU: Sennheiser HD 599 Open Over-Ears [Ivory] for 130 euro
As we just mentioned in the previous post, the black color scheme of the Sennheiser HD 599 goes for $130 in the US market, but not the Ivory…
On the other hand, things are in the opposite direction in the European market. The black color scheme goes for 200 euro but the Ivory color scheme is on sale for 130 euro (short for “euro-dollars?) by Amazon Germany with a limit of two per customer at the sale price. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration time is unknown…
Together both colors average 4.5 out of 5 based on 1280+ customer ratings and they have 47 answered questions.
Funny how simple wired headphones have a lot fewer questions than wireless and headphones with mic/remote. I wonder why ^_^
Sennheiser HD 599 Open Over-Ears for $130 [limit 2]
You can score a very serviceable set of open-back over-ear headphones for less than half the price you’d pay for the fashionable trendy $300ish ANC/BT over-ears and get better sound too! As of the time of writing, the new condition open-back over-ear wired Sennheiser HD 599 is on sale for $130 with free US shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to two pairs per customer at the sale price.
This is the black color scheme [not the Ivory] that is marked as an “Amazon Exclusive”. It comes with a 2-year warranty, replaceable earpads, and thank the Old Gods and The New [and R’hllor too of course ~ even though it does not have any red on it] it has detachable cables and it comes with two of them…
They average (both color schemes grouped together) 4.6 out of 5 based on 1360+ customer ratings and they have about 10% of that in peer-answered questions. When you drill down on the customer reviews by option, 185 of the 434 reviews are for the black option. Unfortunately it does not automatically calculate the rating when you select the filters/sub-options, so short of going through the 185 customer reviews manually to average them…
The HD599 is the headliner of the new HD-5?? [I can’t put the standard “X” in there because now there’s the Massdrop HD-?XX partnership] that starts with the HD559, then the HD 579, and in-between these two open-back models, there’s also the HD 569 closed-back. These were introduced at IFA 2016, that’s 3.5 years ago as of the time of writing.
PS: if you are not familiar, in recent months Amazon has switched to (sometimes) showing customer rating scores instead of customer reviews. The ratings include the customer reviews but also anyone who gives the product a 1-5 star rating without actually writing a customer review. It’s obviously easier to rate than to review. Even the customarily idiotic one-sentence useless customer review you see on Amazon is “harder” to write than just click or touch a 1-to-5 star rating 🙂 But I’m digressing…
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