Now shipping: Sennheiser HD 660 S2

Hide your e-wallets! IF you cannot wait to get your head and hands and ears on this, the highly anticipated Sennheiser HD 660 S2 open-back over-ears wired headphone is here, at the early adopter price of $600 AND more importantly it is currently in-stock and shipping at its starting price of $600 at Amazon and at B&H Photo…

Why this and why at this price over the many other options out there? This question has been answered, is currently being answered, and will also be getting answered in the future, just check your favorite audio forums, blogs, YouTubes and social media!

February 23, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Sennheiser HD 560 S Open Over-Ears for $146

Speaking of the Sennheiser open-backs, let’s revisit them, if it’s the HD 560 S the one you want, it is currently going for $146 by a trio of sellers at the Amazon website, including Amazon herself and World Wide Stereo.

February 23, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sennheiser HD 650 Open Over-Ears for $299

IF of all the Sennheiser open-back headphones it is the HD 650 the one you want, in new condition, it is on sale for a limited time for $299 at Adorama as one of their daily deals…

Why this and not the other HD options from Sennheiser or from Hifiman or from any of the other makers? well, there many and more forum threads and comment sections discussing this ab eterno 🙂

February 23, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Wedn eBook: Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track for $2

It’s ebook time again! For Wednesday February 22 in 2023, one of the Amazon Kindle deals of the day is the “Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” eBook going for $2, by Benoit Clerc, October 2022, Mitchell Beazley (the publisher, or the publizher ;-), 648 pages, averaging 4.8 out of 5 based on 141 purple rain ratings.

February 22, 2023 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Monday: 2pk of JVC truly wireless, 3 options, $20 to $30 + S&H

JVC truly-wireless is the theme of the day at the Monday February 20 (2023) Meh deal of the day. A 2-pack of their truly-wireless can be had from $20 to $30 plus shipping.

Three options are available, each 2-pack is two of the same model. The options are the Gumy Mini, the “truly wireless” (no fancy name for these) and the Marshmallow (do not eat these!!!).

February 19, 2023 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

AKG K612 PRO Open Over-Ears for $129

It looks like we have a sale and a price-match at the same time! The AKG K612 PRO open-back over-ear headphones are currently a daily deal sale for $129 at Adorama but at the same time, it looks like they may have been price-matched at Amazon as well.

There are countless open-back options in the market these days, and countless forum posts and countless YouTube videos to help you decide 🙂

PS: speaking of AKG, for a limited time, a 25% off clip-on coupon drops the price of the good old new condition AKG K240 studio headphones from $79 to $59~ at B&H Photo…

February 18, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

FREE 3-month Pandora Premium (Groupon)

Thanks to Groupon, you can grab a FREE 3-month Pandora Premium music subscription thanks to this Groupon promotion. The Premium is their full service subscription tier, and the only one a true music fan should have!

I’m saying this because they also have a Plus tier that is ad-free but limited in what/how you can listen. Just say NO to this halfway subscriptions!

February 18, 2023 Filed Under: music apps Tagged With: ,

Hifiman Week at Massdrop

Massdrop is celebrating Hifiman this week, and they are running special promotions on select Hifiman headphones including:

+ HE-R7DX closed for $79
+ HE-X4 planar for $100
+ HE-4XX planar for $159
+ HE-5XX planar for $179
+ Dekoni pads for HE-series for $35

February 7, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Panasonic RP-HT21-M [mic/remote] Lightweight On-Ears for $8

An old has been resurrected because of the mic/button technology! And it’s currently on sale at Amazon. It is the mic/single-button version of the good old lightweight on-ear Panasonic RP-HT21, with an “M” appended to its name for the Mic/Remote, currently on sale for $8 at Amazon by Amazon actual with up to four per customer at the sale price.

According to Amazon’s product page, I bought the old non-mic/remote version of this about ten years ago. A blast from the past type of a featherweight headphone!

February 6, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Philips X3 Open Over-Ears for $150

If of all the open-back dynamic over-ear headphones it is the Philips X3 the one you want, you can get it, in new condition, for a limited time, for $150 at the Amazon website, sold by marketplace seller PhotoTech and the order fulfilled by Amazon (eligible for the Prime shipping benefits).

Why this and not one of the many other open-back headphones? Well, that’s why headphone forums exist 🙂

February 3, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monolith Liquid Spark Headphone Amp for $80 w/FS

For a limited time, the Monoprice website is offering the new condition Monolith Liquid Spark Headphone Amplifier by Alex Cavalli for $80 with FREE standard US shipping. Up to twenty per customer at the sale price. It averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 67 customer reviews and it has 110 answered questions over there.

PS: Alex Cavalli himself NOT included with purchase 😉

February 2, 2023 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

eBook: The Complete Classical Music Guide for $2

Good for Thursday 2/2/23, one of the Amazon Kindle ebook deals of the day is the “The Complete Classical Music Guide” by DK going for $2. This is 354 pages, published in August 2020 and averaging 4.7 out of 5 based on 166 customer ratings as of the time of writing.

You can use the “Look Inside” feature to get a better feel for the ebook and/on send a Kindle sample to your ereader or Kindle reader apps…

February 2, 2023 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Coupons: Free Shipping (USA) at Massdrop, also Free International Shipping on $50+

The Massdrop website is offering the coupon-gift of free shipping for one week only, until 1/29/23 at 11:59pm pacific time! There are two coupon offers.

For USA shoppers, coupon code NOMOREOUTAGES gets you free shipping regardless of purchase price. But if your order is over $125, you get faster free shipping.

For International shoppers, coupon code INSTOCKREADYTOSHIP gets you free shipping if your order total is $50+ AND if you order five items or fewer.

As usual, terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations, etc, etc, etc apply…

January 24, 2023 Filed Under: store sale Tagged With: ,

Hifiman B-stock sale: HE400SE for $79, Sundara $209, Etc

The official Hifiman online store is having a B-Stock Clearance sale that ships to USA, EU, UK, and Canada. As of the time of writing, they have these offers:

+ HE-400-SE for $79

+ HE-4XX for $89

+ Sundara for $209

+ Edition XS for $399

+ Ananda Non-Stealth for $429

+ Ananda Stealth for $509

FURTHER DOWN that page, they have sales on new condition products, including the wired DEVA for $159, the EF-400 for $529, the wired HE-R9 for $249, and the wireless HE-R9 for $439.

EVEN FURTHER DOWN over there, they have open-box deals, 28 of them as of the time of writing…

January 11, 2023 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Tascam TH-300X Studio Headphones for $29

Good until Friday 12/30/22 at 8am ET or earlier if sold out, the Musician’s Friend daily deal is a recurring offer on their website, the new condition closed-back wired over-ear Tascam TH-300X studio headphones going for $29.

They also go by other names ~ in case the design looks familiar. I believe I had a CAD variant of these once upon a time, but I recall little and less about them.

December 29, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monolith Planar Headphones sale

Santa is a …Monolith and it’s bringing a Monolith headphone sale at the Monoprice website that among others includes:

+ M565C planar closed over-ears for $160

+ M570 planar open over-ears for $180

+ M1060 planar open over-ears for $240

+ M1060C planar closed over-ear for $250

+ M1070 open or M1070C planar over-ears for $280 each

+ M1570 open or M1570C planar over-ears for $380 each

+ Monolith AMT headphone for $700

+ five DAC/amps of the Liquid, Cavalli and THX kind

+ speakers and subwoofers as well

+ this is a limited time sale
+ I do not know the expiration date

December 24, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Monday: refurb JBL Studio PRO wireless for $20 + S&H

A utilitarian bluetooth headphone of the USB-C charging kind is the Meh daily deal for Monday 12/19/22 in the eastern time zone!

It is the refurbished with a 90-day warranty JBL Studio PRO wireless going for $20 plus shipping. It is bluetooth 5 with USB-C charging but only supports the basic audio protocols (no apt-X/AAC). It promises over 50 of wireless playback time (if the stars align ~ as usual with these type of promises).

NOTE: nothing else is included apart from a USB-C charging cable.

In new condition it currently goes for twice the price at amazon.com where you can find over 2200 customer ratings with a 4.3 out of 5 average and 66 answered questions.

December 18, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Beats Solo 3 (W1) Wireless On-Ears for $99

Yes, I know, “Beats and Bose, they break my audiophile bones” but for a limited tine, Amazon proper is offering the new condition Beats Solo 3 bluetooth closed-back on-ears, with the Apple W1 chip, in the black and gold color-schemes, for $99, with up to four per customer. The other two colors go for more…

December 17, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sunday: Senal SMH-1200 Studio Headphones for $50

Good until Sunday December 11 in 2022 at 11:59pm eastern time, you can get the new condition wired Senal SMH-1200 closed-back over-ear studio headphones for $50, in your choice of three color schemes.

They come with two cables, a carry pouch, and a 3-year warranty.

December 11, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monday eBook: Rock-n-Roll 65-75 for $3

Good for Monday 12/5/22, one of the Kindle daily deals, is the So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?: An In-Depth Q&A Tour of the Revolutionary Decade 1965–1975 for $3 by Peter E. Meltzer, from Skyhorse Publishing (June 2017), 442 pages, and it averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 44 customer ratings.

December 5, 2022 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Saturday: Led Zeppelin – The Biography for $2

Good for Saturday 11/26/22, Amazon is offering in Kindle ebook format Led Zeppelin – The Biography by Bob Spitz for $2. It averages 4.7 out of 5 based on nearly 800 customer ratings. This is Penguin Press, November 2021, 687 pages. A few more and GRRM could have written it 😉

November 26, 2022 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Sennheiser BF sale includes HD 560S for $150

The Sennheiser sale at Amazon includes many well-known non-Massdrop Sennheiser headphones, from the consumer and Momentum but also the open-back tiers! Among them you can find the plushy earpad HD-400S for $50, the open-back HD 599 SE for $90, some bluetooths, some earphones and TWs and also *drum roll* the open-back HD 560S for $150…

You can also find the HD560S for $150 at other authorized dealers such as B&H Photo and also at Adorama…

November 24, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Headphones at Amazon’s Black Friday

Black Friday offers are coming in fast and furious, until I can find time to digest them all, here is a link to the Amazon headphone offers, there’s six pages of them, this is a mix of their BF offers along with their more traditional “Gold Box Lightning” deals.

It’s also a mix of name-brands and unknown brands. Well there’s “unknown” and unknown, and some non-designer brands have made a name for themselves at Amazon by offering bang for the buck type of products that the name-brand manufacturers cannot compete with.

November 24, 2022 Filed Under: store sale

Ends Thur 10am ET: Bose QC45 for $230 AC

In a flash sale that ends on Thursday 11/24/22 at 10am eastern (or earlier if sold out), B&H Photo of House New York is offering the new condition “white smoke” Bose QC45 ANC/BT Over-Ears for $230 after an automatic in-cart coupon. You don’t have to type a coupon code. While this offer is running, the coupon will be added when you “add to cart”.

PS: all apologies to the “Beats and Bose, They Break My Bones” crowd 😉

November 23, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Philips Open-Back Sales (multilpe options)

Partaking in the Black Friday festivities is Philips with some of their open-back headphones at the Amazon website. Prices are as of the time of writing of this blog-post, and as always (and as with everything in life), they are subject to change at any time and for any reason 🙂

+ three models on the same listing:
++ SHP-9500 for $63~
++ SHP-9600MB for $75
++ SHP-9600 for $85

+ Fidelio X2HR for $125
+ on the same listing, Fidelio L2 for $64

+ renewed Fidelio X3 for $105 by marketplace seller (not Amazon proper) for $105
+ customer reviews say this renewed option does NOT include the balanced cable

+ new condition Fidelio X3 from the usual suspects (“Phototech”) for $155
+ “USED – Like New” from “Phototech” direct for $100

This last one is not open-back, but I didn’t want to create a separate post for it, it’s the new condition Fidelio L3 ANC/BT over-ears going for $150.

November 23, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Sennheiser HD25 SE Closed On-Ears for $100

Sennheiser time at the Amazon Black Friday, a little bit of a deep cut type of a headphone. It is the new condition Sennheiser HD25 Special Edition going for $100. This is a closed-back wired on-ear headphone of course.

November 23, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Wedn: Shure SE-486 IEMs w/RMCE-UNI cable for $499

Good until Wednesday at 11/23/22 at 11:59pm eastern (or before that if they manage to sell out), B&H of House New York is offering the new condition Shure SE-486 in-ears for $499 with free US shipping in three color options with the RMCE-UNI cable (black, blue, clear) and one option without it (Clear)…

November 22, 2022 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

AirPods (2nd Gen) for $80 [limit 3]

This is currently the #1 trending product at the Amazon website, it is the new condition Apple AirPod (2nd generation) going for $80 with up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. Sold by Amazon actual! The kit with AppleCare goes for +$29.

November 22, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Lots of mainstream headphone at Amazon Gold Box

At the moment, it is a mainstream headphone brand party at the Amazon Gold Box. The sale includes Sony, JBL, Beats, Bose, PixelBuds and GalaxyBuds, Marshall, Logitech G headsets, budget top-selling brands, and lots more.

See them all at this headphone link…

November 22, 2022 Filed Under: headphones

Monolith headphones on sale

Monoprice is running another set of Black Friday sales and they include a large number of their Monolith audio products. And among those are many of their headphone and related products including:

+ M565C closed planars for $185

+ M1060 open or M1060C closed for $250 each

+ M1570 open or M1570C closed for $380 each

+ M1070 open for $320, M1070C closed for $280
+ yes, there’s a price delta here between open and closed

+ and many more, can’t list them all

November 22, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) for $200 [limit 3]

As part of the early Black Friday festivities, Amazon actual is offering the new condition AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) truly-wireless for $200 with free shipping, with up to three per customer at the sale price.

PS: the AppleCare bundle is not similarly discounted, it goes for $263.

November 21, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Monday: Shure SRH840 for $70, Klipsch, Bose

Monday November 21 in 2022 has an audio theme at the B&H Photo daily deals, with a trio of them:

+ Shure SRH-840 closed-back over-ears in new packaging for $70

+ Klipsch KD-400 2-Way Active Wireless Bookshelf Speakers for $149

+ Bose Soundbar 700 for $549 after coupon cart

November 20, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , , ,

Sunday: Ultrasone DXP Closed-Backs + Panther DSD DAC/Amp + Manfrotto Tripod for $850

Now that Massdrop is making Ultrasone great again with their launch, mayhaps this recurring bundle offer from B&H Photo will get extra looks? This is a daily deal, running until 11/20/22 at 11:59pm eastern or earlier if sold out. It’s another variant of the Ultrasone x Manfrotto bundle as follows, for $850:

+ Ultrasone Panther DSD DAC Amplifier

+ Ultrasone Signature DXP Closed-Back Stereo Headphones

+ Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Video Tripod Legs with Mid-Level Spreader (100/75mm Bowl)

+ Manfrotto 504X Fluid Video Head with Flat Base

As to why they keep bundling these? It shall remain a mystery ~ because the answer is probably more boring than the imagination – just like LOST 🙂

November 20, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Friday: Apple AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) for $198 [limit ONE]

The headliner Friday 11/19/22 daily deal at Woot is the new condition Apple AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) going for $198 plus flat shipping (free for Prime members). They come with a 1-year warranty. Or as they affectionately call them in Cupertino, they are the MQD83AM/A 🙂

Per the listing there, there is a strict limit of one per customer. The page says they reserve the right to review orders and cancel them if multiple orders go to the same address!

November 18, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Bose QC45 ANC/BT Over-Ears for $249 [Prime]

Yes, I know, Beats and Bose they break my audiophile bones but if you are interested in the Bose QC45 ANC/BT over-ears and you are a Prime member [or you don’t object to starting a 30-day free trial), you can get it, in new condition, for $249 at Amazon by Amazon. It is available in four color schemes.

While at Amazon, of music interest, for $3 you can get the “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer” by Janelle Monae in the Kindle ebook format.

November 17, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,