Sennheiser HD 206 for $40, RS 165 Wireless for $130

Woot is running another limited time Garage sale and under the Electronics section they have a couple of new condition Sennheiser headphones:

+ HD 206 closed over-ears for $40
+ RS 165 wireless (not bluetooth) for $130

The HD 206 come with a 2-year Sennheiser warranty and you can buy up to ten pairs, while the RS 165 come with a 90-day Woot warranty and you can buy up to three pairs.

The RS 165 is the latest generation of Sennheiser wireless headphones that does not use Kleer-branded technology… The previous generations, models ending in 0s, eg RS 160 and above used Kleer… The models below that, eg RS 120, did not use Kleer…

They also had the good old Panasonic RP-HJE-120 earphones for $5 per pair but they sold out.

Shipping is free for Prime members [you have to connect your Woot account with your Amazon Prime account ~ this is a one-time thing], or $6 flat for all purchases made during a single calendar day in the Central time zone [Woot is “Hello Central” (time zone in Texas]…

February 12, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Monday (EU): Anker headphone sale

Anker is one of the poster-children companies who made their names online, at big marketplaces like Amazon. So it’s not surprise that they are frequently featured in high profile Gold Box offerings. Which brings us to the Monday FEB-11-2019 Amazon Germany Gold Box with an Anker audio sale that includes one over-ear model (Soundcore Overhead for 50 euro), one truly-wireless model (Zolo Liberty for 39 euro) and two necklace-style bluetooth earphones (22 to 26 euro).

PS: “necklace” in contrast to the “neckband”. Necklace, between unlike wired-only earphones, the cable of necklace earphones sort of sits on your upper chest like a necklace. Assuming the earphones don’t keep on falling in and out [of love?] of your ears…

February 10, 2019 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

EU: Beyerdynamic DTX910 Open Over-Ears for 35 euro

On the budget side of open-back, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition Beyerdynamic DTX910 open-back over-ears for 35 euro with free shipping within Germany. It averages 3.9 out of 5 based on 83 customer reviews and it has 20 answered questions. It’s obviously not going to outperform the DT880/DT990 but it also costs 1/3rd of their price.

Speaking of which, a number of models of the DT 770-880-990 line continue to sell for around 120 euro at Amazon Germany. I suppose that’s one of the benefits of a company selling in its home country 🙂

February 10, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Sunday: NuForce BE Free8 Truly Wireless for $80

Good until Sunday FEB-10-2019 at 11:59pm eastern time, the new condition NuForce BE Free8 truly-wireless earphones are on sale for $80 with free shipping as one of the daily deals at New York’s finest B&H Photo… These support apt-X LL (no, not LL Cool J, but Low Latency) and AAC. But there’s only so much battery you can stuff in the “truly wireless” types, so their official playback estimate is four hours… On the other hand, wired headphones have (theoretically) unlimited playback time 🙂

February 9, 2019 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

EU: AmazonBasics In-Ears for 2 euro

On the budget side of things, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition AmazonBasics In-Ears for just 2.36 euro and you can buy as many as you like at this price. This is not a lightning deal, so the price does not have a ticking clock ~ but it can go up and down according to the whims of the Amazon AI system… This price is only available in the blue color scheme without a mic/remote. The black without mic/remote goes for 4+ euro, while the other options go for more.

These average 3.6 out of 5 based on 120+ customer reviews, so read up on them, but keep in mind, there’s only so much one can demand out of a 2 euro pair 🙂

There is a CATCH however ~ this is marked as an ADD-ON item, so you must place an order of 20+ euro on products that shipped or fulfilled by Amazon. Their shopping cart will let you know when you are good to go.

You can also reach the 20 euro minimum by buying nine pairs of these, it can be any combination of these and any other shipped/fulfilled products.

This is open to everyone, it is not a Prime-only offer like the AKG K612s…

PS: speaking of low-priced Add-On items, you can get the new condition five-meter Wentronic 3.5mm to 3.5mm audio cable for 2.40. It averages 3.4 out of 5 based on 34 customer reviews though…

February 9, 2019 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

EU: AKG K612 open over-ears for 90 euro

AKG is now touching three continents. An Austrian company, purchased by Harman Kardon, which in turn got purchased by Samsung. So it has local affiliations regardless. Which brings us to Amazon Germany, offering, for Prime members only at the moment, the new condition open-back over-ear AKG K612 PRO headphones for 90 euro.

Not a bad price if you happen to be looking for open under 100 euro from the EU. Note that there are plenty of models in this AKG line, so research them all if you are not already familiar with them…

February 9, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

EU: Sennheiser HD660S for 389 euro

The price is on a downward trend at the moment for the new condition Sennheiser HD 660 S open-back over-ear headphones, they are currently on sale for 389 euro from Amazon Germany actual.

This of course is competing with its other siblings, the good old HD600 and HD650 from traditional audio retailers, and the relatively new HD6XX from Massdrop. In the US, you can get two HD6XX headphones for the price of one HD660 S which is more expensive than Europe. In the EU on the other hand, Massdrop prices include customs/duties/taxes and shipping, bringing the prices closer together depending on location. Plus there’s the matter of warranty…

February 9, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Thur: Tascam TH-MX2 closed over-ears for $20

Good until Thursday at 11:59pm eastern time, B&H Photo is offering as part of their daily deals the new condition Tascam TH-MX2 closed-back over-ears for $20 with free US shipping. This is what they call mixing headphones. A leatherette bag is included and the cable is nearly 10 feet long ~ another sign this is not just pretending to be a studio headphone 🙂

February 6, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Thur: Insignia neckband BT/ANC earphones for $35

And at Best Buy, they too have a headphone-related daily deal for Thursday February 7 (one week to Valentine’s, get them a headphone or a DAP or a DAC/amp ~ they’ll last longer than flowers and chocolates!) is a clearance sale on their house brand Insignia neckband BT/ANC earphones for $35 with free shipping or free store-pickup where feasible.

February 6, 2019 Filed Under: neckband earphones Tagged With: ,

Sterling 8CH Rackmount Headphone amp for $80

Good until Thursday 8am eastern time, (or earlier if sold out), the Musician’s Friend Deal of the Day is offering the new condition Sterling Audio 8 Channel Rackmount Headphone Amplifier for $80 with free shipping and handling. They have eight channels with dual source inputs.

February 6, 2019 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Wedn: Beats Solo 3 bluetooth on-ears for $160

For Wednesday FEBR-06-2019, Best Buy is offering the new condition Beats Solo 3 headphones (bluetooth, W1, closed-back, on-ears) for $160 with free shipping or free store pickup, in the Matte Gold color scheme, with the vary memorable model name of MR3Y2LL/A.

They also come with a 3-month free trial to Apple’s music streaming service for NEW subscribers. You cannot append this to existing music subscriptions. With iPhone and iPad unit sales dropping, Apple has need of other revenue avenues, and recurring subscriptions are the very favorites du jour of accountants and Wall Street…

February 5, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Tue (EU): Jabra Move bluetooth on-ears for 30 euro [also budget mp3 players]

It’s partly budget audio day at the Amazon Germany Gold Box for Tuesday FEB-06-2019 where four different color schemes of the new condition Jabra Move bluetooth closed-back on-ear headphones are on sale for 30 euro each. Not a bad price for a basic no-frills BT on-ear set… It is interesting that (as far as I can recall) this has never dropped this low at Amazon USA. Jabra is an EU-based company after all…

The Jabra is the headliner for Tuesday so it’s easy to spot, but there’s more! Hidden behind the action camera item is a sale on various Victure brand items< that in addition to the action and hunting cameras, it features a variety of budget mp3 players with a clip-type thing going for 22 euro (8GB on-board, microSD slot, FM, bluetooth), and a more elongated model going for 26~ euro (similar specs). There’s also a couple of hybrid dictaphone / mp3 players in similar price ranges…

February 4, 2019 Filed Under: digital audio players, headphones Tagged With: , ,

Feed your DAPs (EU): 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSD for 45 euro [or 200GB for 36 euro]

We have an EU edition of “Feed your DAPs” at Amazon Germany offering the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for 45 euro with free shipping to Germany. On the same listing, you can also see the 200GB version for 36 euro…

January 31, 2019 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Wedn (EU): Corsair Voidoid for 89 euro, Denon D1200 for 120

Audio gear return to the German Amazon first up with a Corsair sale that includes the Void Pro Gaming Headset (PC Dolby 7.1) going for 89 euro, and then there’s the return of the Polk and Denon sale that includes the new condition Denon AH-D1200 closed-back headphone for 120 euro… The other 16 items in the Denon/Polk sale are speakers and receivers of different sizes and prices…

PS: the Denon/Polk sale is in the Gold Box but it is not part of the daily deals, so I do not know when it will end. Those typically last for days, not a single day. But YMMV as always…

January 29, 2019 Filed Under: audio gear Tagged With:

Tascam TH-2000X Studio Headphones for $30 w/FS [ends Wedn 8am ET]

The Musician’s Friend deal of the day (with the catchy name of “Stupid”) runs a bit different from most other retailers offering daily deals in that they do not run for a calendar day but rather for a 24 hour window that spans two calendar days.

So the Tuesday daily deal is good until Wednesday JAN-30-2019 at 8am eastern (or earlier if sold out) and it just happens to be a budget studio headphone, it is the new condition closed-back over-ear Tascam TH-2090X going for $30 with free shipping.

This is not a bad price for this, it is a variant of a studio headphone that goes under different names. I had one of the variations of the variants (not sure which, I think the CAD) and for this price, it’s definitely not a bad deal…

January 29, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Thursday: Sennheiser HD8 DJ for $150, HyperX for $70

There are two headphone offers in the Thursday JAN-24-2018 daily deals as follows: At B&H Photo, they are offering the new condition closed-back over-ear Sennheiser HD 8 DJ headphones for $150 with free shipping, while at the Best Buy daily-deals they are offering a gaming headset, the HyperX Cloud II PRO (wired) for $70 with free shipping and/or free store pickup where it’s available and possible and such…

January 23, 2019 Filed Under: audio gear

Monday: Beats Solo 3 (US), Sony Audio sale (EU)

It’s the return of the Beats Solo 3 on-ears at the daily deals of Best Buy with select colors going for $160 each in new condition. These are closed back with bluetooth technology…

Meanwhile the Amazon Germany daily deals include a dedicated Sony Hifi/Audio sale that includes of headphone interest:

+ SCP700 necklace-style sport wireless earphones for 44 euro (IPX4, various colors)

+ truly wireless for 212 euro, WI-1000 neckband-style for 174 euro

+ Walkman NW-WS62 for 121 euro (this is a combo mp3 player and necklace-style earphones)

+ also on sale, digital radio with bluetooth, multi-room speakers, etc

January 21, 2019 Filed Under: audio gear

Sunday: Bluetooth Beanies for $18

Woot Electronics is back with a utilitarian winter-y headphone offer – beanies (yes, the ones you wear on your head to keep warm) with bluetooth headphones built-in. Wearables of the budget kind 🙂 They go for $18 per pair, in three color options. They come with a 90-day warranty from Woot actual. They are unisex and one-size-fits-all, as it is often the case with these type of winter-y beanies. They even come with bluetooth 4.1. A charging cable is included…

PS: things such as this that don’t fit into the “standard” headphones I file in the “Alternative Headphones” category.

PS2: “Alternative to what?” as fans of indie music may say ^_^

January 20, 2019 Filed Under: alternative headphones Tagged With:

Monoprice Aluminum headphone stand for $16 w/free US shipping

If you like aluminum thin-omega shaped headphone stands, for a limited time, the Monoprice website is offering their model for $16 with free standard US shipping with no coupon code needed. Limit up to twenty units per customer at the sale price. This is available in the black color scheme and also the silver color scheme… It is averaging 4.8 out of 5 based on a lucky thirteen customer reviews at the Monoprice website…

January 10, 2019 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Thur: HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless Gaming Headset for $100

The headliner of the Thursday JAN-10-2019 daily deals at the BEst Buy website is the new condition HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless Gaming Headset offered for $100 with free shipping and/or free store pickup where possible…

But that’s not all, this has also been price-matched by Amazon actual with up to five units per customer at the sale price…

January 10, 2019 Filed Under: headset Tagged With: ,

Sunday: MEE Matrix3 bluetooth over-ears + BT transmitter for $60

Sunday is here and the Sunday JAN-6-2019 daily deals at the Best Buy website include a headphone, the MEE Electronics (reborn of smoke and salt as “MEE Audio”] Matrix 3 bluetooth closed-back over-ears for $60 with free shipping and free store pickup where available/possible. This is the bundle that includes the MEE dual bluetooth audio transmitter as well…

January 5, 2019 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Ends Sat PM: Beats urBeats 3 in-ears for $50

Good until Saturday JAN-5-2019 at 11:59pm ET, New Yauk’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition Beats urBeats 3 earphones for $50 with free US shipping. These are wired earphones, not bluetooths…

January 3, 2019 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

Wedn: 2pk Jabra Step bluetooth exercise earphones for $28

Happy New Year with a 2-pack of bluetooth exercise-y type of necklace-style earphones, it’s a 2-pack of Jabra Step going for $27 total, with free shipping for Prime members, or flat shipping for non-members as the Woot Electronics deal du jour running until Thursday JAN-3-2019 [we’d better practice writing 2019] at 1am central time. These are new condition with a 1-year Jabra warranty…

I had these a while back, from what I recall they were finicky, but at this price, if you are a flexible user, it’s not a bad price…

January 2, 2019 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: , ,

Mon (EU): Jaybird Freedom for 55, RUN T.W. for 119 euro

There’s Logitech gold box action in the US and also at the Amazon Germany edition for New Year’s Eve where two bluetooth earphones are on sale: the Freedom Special edition for 55 euro [these are necklace-style], and the Jaybird RUN truly-wireless for 119 euro ~ these we have a text and pictures unboxing blog-post at the content-side of this website…

December 31, 2018 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Sat: feed your DAP with a 512GB microSD?

Is your DAP or PAD or smartphone/tablet compatible with 512GB microSD memory cards? Do you like to load them up with music? If so, among the Saturday deals of the day at the Amazon USA Gold-Box there is a sale on over 15 PNY storage products. One of them is their 512GB memory card going for $240. As it is often the case, the highest storage option has a price premium to it… Also part of the sale are SD (full size) cards, along with many and more conventional and unconventional USB 3.x and 2.0 flash drives… Sales end at 11:59pm pacific on Sat 12/29/18 as usual..

December 29, 2018 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Tue: JBL Reflect Mini bluetooth earphones for $18 w/FS

Merry Christmas with bluetooth! Good until Tuesday at 11:59pm ET, in two color schemes, B&H Photo is offering the new condition JBL Reflect Mini bluetooth earphones for $18 with free US shipping. These are necklace style, with angled ear tips…

December 25, 2018 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

Sun: NuForce BE2 bluetooth earphones for $15

If you are looking for budget bluetooth earphones, good until Sunday 12/23/18 at 11:59pm eastern time, New York’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition NuForce BE2 bluetooth earphones for $15 in your choice of two different color schemes. These are necklace style, and come with two-flange eartips…

December 22, 2018 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

Feed your DAPs/PADs: 128GB Samsung microSD for $20

The time is right to feed your DAPs and smartphones and PADs and tablets and such! As of the time of writing, the 128GB SAmsung EVO Select microSDXC memory card is on sale for $20 per card, with up to five pairs per customer by Amazon actual. The other storage options are also available at good prices, but the 128GB wins on $/GB…

PS: “PADs” is a term we use here to describe “smartPhones used As Digital audio players”, thus PADs 🙂

December 21, 2018 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With: ,

Thur: Anker Space ANC/BT Over-Ears for $69

The Anker sale has “moved” from the Amazon Germany to the Amazon USA Gold Box and for Thursday they are offering a couple of their Soundcore sub-brand headphones as follows: the Space ANC/BT over-ears goes for $69, while the Spirit X bluetooth sports earphones go for $28…

December 20, 2018 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Wedn (EU): Libratone, Bose, storage, Etc

The Amazon Germany Gold Box for Wednesday too is loaded with audio-related offers and more…

+ Libratone Q Adapter bluetooth/ANC on-ears for 110 euro among others

+ Holy High truly wireless for 37 to 47

+ Bose QC20 in-ears for 129, QC25 ANC over-ears for 139 euro

+ storage sale including Samsung EVO microSD cards to feed your DAPs/PADs/phones/etc, and external hard drives and such

December 18, 2018 Filed Under: audio gear

Woot Garage: Bose Soundlink, Focal Spark bluetooths, Etc

The recently launched Woot Garage sale including some headphone action in the Electronics department including:

+ Bose SoundLink On-Ear Bluetooths for $145
+ Focal Spark bluetooth in-ears for $38
+ COWIN E7 ANC/BT over-ears for $50
+ the above are new condition with 1-year manufacturer warranty

Meanwhile the Sennheiser HD1 earphones for $45 sold out before I noticed the sale was running. Something I wish I was IBM’s Watson so I wouldn’t miss things :

December 18, 2018 Filed Under: audio gear

Wedn: JBL E65BTNC BT/ANC Over-Ears for $90

For a short time, running until 9am ET on Wednesday DEC-19 in 2018, B&H Photo of New York is offering the new condition JBL E65BTNC bluetooth and ANC over-ears (closed-back obviously) headphones for $90 with free shipping. This is bluetooth 4.1. It may feel like an avalanche of these BT/ANC combos, but that’s because of their utilitarian use (phones, tablets, laptops) and fashion/trendiness…

December 18, 2018 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Tue (EU): Sony, Denon, Polk Audio sale, Nuraphone, Etc

The Amazon Germany Gold Box loves audio gear deals and their Tuesday rounds of offerings is loaded with them:

+ Sony Audio Gear sale includes:
++ MDR-XB-950-N1 ANC/BT over-ears for 100 euro
++ MDR-RF-895-RK for 57 [NOTE: the newer model RF-995-RK is a total disaster]
++ WF-SP-700N truly wireless for 135
++ various speakers and car audio too; there’s also an Echo + Sony bundle

+ Denon and Pork audio sale including the closed-back Denon AH-D1200 going for 129 euro, along with various receivers and speakers

+ also on sale Medion audio gear, Anker bluetooth speakers, computer speakers from Belkin, Trust, DOSS; Nuraphone AI headphones for 320 euro, 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab A with LTE, Microsoft Surface and other techie sales

December 17, 2018 Filed Under: audio gear Tagged With: , ,

Mon: Sony XB-950N1 ANC/BT Over-ears for $115

More bluetooth action on the Monday daily deals, this time at the Best Buy website where they are offering the new condition Sony Extra Bass XB-950-N1 (bluetooth and ANC closed-back over-ears) going for $115 with free shipping or free store pickup when/where it’s possible or available…

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December 16, 2018 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Mon (EU): B&O Play bluetooths, Beats Solo 3, Etc

Amazon Europe strikes again as their Monday Gold Box deals offer a number of headphone items:

+ Bang & Olufsen audio sale including H4 bluetooth headphones for 179 euro, and bluetooth earphones for 179 too

+ Beats Solo 3 wireless on-ears for 165 euro

+ Anker audio sale including Soundcore Spirit X bluetooth earphones for 25, ZOLO Liberty truly wireless for 50, etc

+ also camera gear, Huawei smartphones, smart gear, beverages, lots of music boxed sets [with lots of classical too],

December 16, 2018 Filed Under: audio gear