Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Wireless ANC/BT Over-Ears for $230

Good until 9/25/22 at 11:59pm central time, or earlier if sold out, Woot is offering the new condition Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Wireless ANC/BT Over-Ears for $230 plus shipping with a 2-year B&W warranty. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price. This is in the “Carbon” color scheme.

On-topic action at the Sunday Meh daily deal as well, they offer 2-packs of Aukey Hybrid Active Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds for $25 plus shipping. LOL, the wires you see in the picture are from the background, not from the earphones. If you mouse-over or click the picture of the earphones, you see there are no wires. File that as a Meh self-own 🙂

And if you are into all things Elvis, one of the Sunday Kindle ebook daily deals at Amazon is the “Careless Love (Enhanced Edition): The Unmaking of Elvis Presley (Elvis series Book 2) Kindle Edition with Audio/Video” for $3. By Peter Guralnick. December 2014 from Little Brown and Company. Nearly 800 pages. Averages 4.7 out of 5 with nearly 1000 customer ratings.

BUT WAIT, there’s another Kindle ebook daily deal, it’s the “Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii” for $2 by MÃ¥ns Mosesson. 4.8 out of 5 with nearly 600 customer ratings, 423 pages, November 2021 from Sphere.

September 25, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Etymotic ER3 SE In-Ears for $80 (ends Sun 10am ET)

Good until Sunday 9/25/22 at 10am eastern (or earlier if sold out), Adorama is offering the new condition Etymotic ER3 SE in-ears for $80 as one of their deals of the day!

Etymotic is of course synonymous with the deep-insertion flange in-ears but they also include in the package the more conventional foam eartips. You also get filters (with removal tool included), and a storage pouch. The cable is removaable. They come standard with a 2-year Etymotic warranty…

September 24, 2022 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With:

Tin Audio T2 IEMs for $45 AC

To the IEMs we geaux, Amazon has the new condition Tin Audio T2 IEMs on sale for $50 BUT in parallel they also have a $5 off clip-on coupon, dropping the price to $45.

The coupon can be stored to your Amazon account, you don’t have to use it right away, but it will eventually expire…

September 23, 2022 Filed Under: in-ears Tagged With: ,

Pengo 4.7-inch USB-C to 3.5mm Dongle for $10

Forced by the smartphone manufacturer to join “The Dongle Lifestyle”? Good until 9/21/22 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) Adorama is offering, as part of their daily deals, the new condition Pengo 4.7″ USB Type-C to 3.5mm 192KHz Audio Adapter Cable for $10, with a 18-month Pengo limited warranty. This goes up to 192/24.

Note this is 4.7 inches long, not 4.7 feet!

September 20, 2022 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With: ,

Refurbished Massdrop x FOCAL Elex for $499 [CAUTION]

This is a deal but with a caution alert as well!

Massdrop is offering refurbished B-stock Massdrop x FOCAL ELEX wired open-back over-ears for $499 with free US shipping. You get a 30-day return window but NO warranty. This is an in-stock drop, so it will ship quickly.

CAUTION however, three of the four published customer reviews over there are complaining of “Ear Cup Death”. Two of the three within 2 days, one on day #28.

So if the price tempts you, research it further in the massdrop forums and other audiophile places. If you hate having to return a product because of problems (and return it in a timely manner because of the 30-day return window), or having to argue with customer service in case they stonewall, you may want to AVOID it!

September 19, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Refurbished Drop + NuForce MOVE truly-wireless for $20

And another refurbished B-stock option, this time it is the Drop + NuForce Move truly-wireless offered for $20 plus shipping. Or free US shipping for $125+ as we mentioned in our earlier update post…

This has a 30-day return window, but no warranty. They have a giant paragraph explaining their refurbished products…

September 19, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Massdrop updates: 10% Rewards on select Audiophile products [also: raises free US shipping threshold to $125+]

We have a couple of updates from the world of Massdrop!

First up, for a limited time, select Audiophile products earn 10% back in Massdrop Rewards/Points instead of their usual amount. You will see this on this individual product page of a participating products, it shows how many rewards you earn with it.

If you are not familiar with their rewards program, your purchases earn anywhere from 1% to 5% [Keyboard Club members] in rewards depending on the product type. Massdrop’s own “Studio” products earn 3%, while most others earn 1%. Exceptions and limited time promotions (like the one mentioned in the paragraph above apply).

You also earn 100 points for every product review you submit. You get 100 when you submit your own picture(s) on a product page. The 100 points is per product page, not per individual picture. Otherwise their product listings would become a stock photo website 😉

What you get for the rewards? Every 500 points get you $5 to spend at Massdrop as a discount.

The second item in this update is that free standard US shipping is now $125+, up from $100+. Another sign of the times and the rising costs and things like that.

PS: since I mentioned it above, what is the Drop Keyboard Club (DKC)? It’s a paid annual membership discount program for keyboard lunatics fanatics. You pay $49 per year for the first two years (use coupon code JOINTHECLUB), and then it rises to $69 per year. This gets you monthly discounts (between $30 to $100) to spend on “mech keys gear”. They have a few other benefits as well.

So it looks like Keyboards have defeated Headphones at Massdrop, otherwise they’d have a “Drop Headphones Club” instead of a keyboards club 😉

September 19, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Monday: Tribit truly-wireless sale

For Monday September 19 in 2022, the headliner deal of the day at Amazon USA is a Tribit truly wireless sale featuring a total of 14 products. Not all of them are truly wireless earphones though.

Of particular interest is the Tribit Fly Buds 3 (100H) going for around $31 in the black color scheme.

I have this particular model and I’m planning an unboxing post and review in the future. Of potential playback time interest, in addition to the long charge held in the charging case (thus the 100H in the name), you can optionally wear one earbud at a time instead of two (either the left or the right, whichever one you take out of the case), essentially doubling playback time! I use these for YouTube viewing daily and charge the USB-C charging case just once a month! That’s insane!

The charging case also works as a powerbank (!!!) for other devices via USB Type A! Don’t get too excited though, today’s phones need a whole lot more than this for a full charge. But in case of emergency,and/or if you want to charge small DAPs (eg Sandisk Clips) this is a great.

A bit confusing, but in the same listing they have a newer 2022 model, in the white color scheme going for $33. This is marked as a “150H” product, promising even crazier battery life. This goes by the “normal” name of “Flybuds 3S”. This also goes to bluetooth 5.2, up from bluetooth 5.0 of the OG Flybuds 3. I don’t have the 3S model, so I can’t comment on how it works.

All the models are on the same listing, and all together, at Amazon they average 4.3 out of 5 based on 22652 customer ratings. Unfortunately Amazon does not provide review score averages per individual color/option. You can filter the reviews by color/option but you have to calculate the averages on your own. With thousands of reviews, that’s impossible 🙂

September 19, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Tascam TH-300X studio headphones for $40

It’s raining headphones daily deals! Now it’s the turn of the Musician’s Friend, their offer is a recurring one, it is the closed-back wired over-ear Tascam TH-300X studio headphones going for $40 with free US shipping. Offer ends by Monday 9/19/22 at 8am eastern time…

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

Sunday: Random Audio sale with Monolith Liquid, Etymotic ER4SR, Etc

Surprise-surprise, it’s the return of the Random Audio sale at the Woot website, this is edition #26 and runs until 9/18/22 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier for anything that may sell out beforehand):

+ Etymotic ER4SR in-ears for $140 with the 2-year Etymotic warranty

+ Monoprice’s Monolith Liquid Platinum Balanced DAC for $500

+ Master & Dynamic MW50+ bluetooth over-ears for $150

+ Lenovo $12 truly wireless

+ speakers from KEF, Jamo and Klipsch
+ various other audio gear things

BUT WAIT, there’s more! The main Woot deal of the day for Sunday is a Tech Stuff sale and it includes some headphones:

+ Skullcandy Crusher bluetooth over-ears for $60

+ Xbox X Razen X headset bundle for $270

+ Bose Soundlink Around Ear (over-ears, because BOSE has to be different) bluetooth headphones for $130

+ JBL truly wireless

+ refurbished Apple Airpods 2 with wired charging case for $90 with a 90-day Woot warranty

September 18, 2022 Filed Under: amps and dacs, audio gear, headphones, in-ears, truly wireless Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Sunday: Onikuma Gaming Headset with Mic for $10

If you have a thing for checking out unknown-brand gaming headsets, well, you are in luck, good for Sunday 9/18/22, one of the Newegg deals of their day is the wired new condition ONIKUMA Gaming Headset with Microphone (7.1 Surround Sound 50mm Drivers, 3.5mm Audio Jack, etc) going for $10. This is sold by the “Onikuma Official” store at the Newegg website, and the orders are shipped by Newegg itself (meaning they have them at a Newegg warehouse facility somewhere – or something like that).

September 18, 2022 Filed Under: headset Tagged With: ,

H&A Versa Professional Studio Headphones for $60

Good until Friday September 16 in 2022 at 10am eastern time [or before that if sold out], Adorama of House New York is offering the wire new condition closed-back over-ear H&A Versa ProfessionalStudio Headphones for $60. This is their house competitor to the good old Sony MDR-V6 / MDR-7506 type of headphone.

They come with two cables (coiled, straight) and a 1/4″ adapter along with a 1-year warranty.

September 15, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Thursday: BeyerDynamic DT990 PRO X for $249

The new Beyerdynamics are shyly making their way to the NewEGG daily deals! Good until 9/15/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, or earlier if sold out, you can have the new condition wired open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT900 PRO X headphones for $249 with free US shipping. This is sold and shipped by NewEGG actual…

September 15, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Thursday: Kenwood WS-A1 ANC truly-wireless for $39 + S&H

It’s a Kenwood but not for your kitchen! Running until 9/15/22 at 11:59pm (or earlier if sold out) the current Meh daily deal is the new condition Kenwood WS-A1 Active Noise Canceling Smart True Wireless Earbuds going for $39 plus shipping. Shipping is free for paying members of the Meh website (kinda like their version of Prime).

Per the listings there, they have a 1-year manufacturer warranty, eartips, charging cable, and such…

September 15, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Apple AirPods (2019) with Wireless Charging Case for $120

Good until Thursday 9/15/22 at 10am eastern time [or before that if it sells out], Adorama of New York is offering the new condition Apple AirPods (2019) with Wireless Charging Case for $120. They are authorized Apple sellers.

September 14, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , ,

Ultrasone 840 Closed Over-Ears + Joby Tripod for $129

If you are interested in unusual headphone bundles or mayhaps your interests of headphones and photography/videography intersect ,good until Saturday September 10 in 2022 at 11:59pm eastern time (or before that if it sells out), B&H Photo is offering this Ultrasone x Joby bundle for $129. For that you get:

+ Ultrasone Performance Series 840 wired closed-back over-ears
+ with two cables and case

+ JOBY RangePod Smart Tripod (Black)

September 8, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Refurbished Sony LinkBuds TW (WF900/H) for $61 AC

If you are fond of refurbished truly-wireless, Secondipity through the NewEgg website the refurbished Sony LinkBuds (WF900/H) for $66.

And good until 9/7/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, coupon code SSBW732 drops it by $5, down to $61.

September 7, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , , ,

Sunday: Random Audio sale returns with 10 headphone options

“Random Audio” sale is back at the Woot daily deals running until 9/4/22 at 11:59pm central [or earlier if sold out] and at this incarnation of the sale they have ten headphone-related products including:

+ Panasonic RB-M300B “Deep Bass” bluetooth over-ears for $60

+ EPOS Audio GSP 601 Closed Acoustic Gaming Headset for $70
+ with 2-year EPOS/Sennheiser warranty

+ truly-wireless from Jabra, Skullcandy, Kliscph, Master and Dynamic and Audio Technica Quietpoint

+ Wage gaming headset for $7.50

+ Skullcandy Set, wired earphones for $10

+ other audio gear as well, including various speaker type things from KEF, Samsung, Pyle, JBL, Klipsch, Polk, and Monster
+ trigger warning for audiophile fans who hate “mainstream” brands 🙂

September 4, 2022 Filed Under: headphones, truly wireless

Monoprice Monolith M1570 Open Over-Ear Balanced Planars for $450

Headlining the Labor Day 2022 headphone sale at the Monoprice website is a new-ish planar-magnetic balanced headphone of their own Monolith brand, it’s the new condition wired open-back over-ear balanced planar M1570 going for $450 with free standard US shipping.

Note that per the notice at the Monoprice website they are expanding their warehouse which may cause delays in shipments…

August 31, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Apple Airpods sale (MAX for $370, Small for $115+)

If you are a fan of both Apple AirPods and WOOT, you are in luck because until 9/1/22 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) they are having an Apple AirPods Sale. Some are new condition, others are refurbished!

The MAX (ANC/BT closed-back over-ears) are refurbished going for $370 with a 90-day warranty.

Of the truly-wireless Airpods, the prices range from $115 to $135. Two of the three options are new condition. The new condition get a 1-year Apple warranty. The refurbished get a 90-day Woot warranty.

Last but not least, there are four accessories on sale (charging and cables and such)…

UPDATE: music e-books return to the 9/1/22 Kindle daily deals, this time for $2 you can have the “Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There” by Marc Myers. This is 314 pages, November 2021, Grove Press, and it averages 4.4 out of 5 on 107 ratings. It automatically gets a $0.20 “Great on Kindle” e-promotional credit for your future ebook purchases…

August 31, 2022 Filed Under: headphones, truly wireless Tagged With: , , , ,

Jabra Elite TW sale: 3 for $50, 7 for $125, 85t for $135

For a limited time, Amazon is having a Jabra truly-wireless sale featuring, in various color options, the following:

+ Elite 3 for $50

+ Elite 7 for $125

+ Elite 85t for $135

UPDATE #1: Speaking of Amazon, for a limited time, within the USA Gold Box they have sales on various smartphones, of potential interest as PADs (phones as DAPs) including Samsung flagships, OnePlus, Pixels, Motos, etc…

UPDATE #2: Amazon has a couple of music-related ebooks on sale as part of their Tuesday 8/30/22 Kindle daily deals:

+ “More Myself: A Journey” by Alicia Keys for $3 (with 30c future credit), March 2020, 257 pages, 4.8 out of 5 on 3668 ratings

+ “Billie Eilish” by Billie Eilish (self-titled book!) for $3, May 2021, 336 pages, 4.8 out of 5 on 4246 ratings

August 30, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Sony WH-1000XM5 for $340 [international?]

If you don’t want or don’t plan to use the 1-year USA warranty, Woot, for 8/30/22, they are offering the international version (judging by the 90-day Woot warranty they offer) of the Sony WH-1000X M5 ANC/BT closed over-ears for $340 with up to two per customer at the sale price. The USA version currently goes for $400…

August 30, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Samsung Galaxy Buds PRO for $140

For a limited time, Amazon is offering the four color options of the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds PRO truly-wireless for $140 with free US shipping. Up to three per color per customer at the sale price, when sold and shipped by Amazon actual…

August 29, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: ,

Audio Technica ATH-M20X and AT2005USB and Boom for $79

For a limited time, up until 8/29/22 at 10pm ET, B&H Photo has an Audio Technica bundle for $79 after in-cart coupon that includes:

+ ATH-M20X closed over-ear headphones

+ AT2005USB Microphone

+ boom and USB cable

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

Sunday ebook: The Beatles: The Biography (Bob Spitz) for $3

Music e-books are all the rage (it seems) at the Kindle daily deals. For Sunday 8/28/22, in the pacific time zone, they offer the “The Beatles: The Biography” by Bob Spitz for $3. This is 965 pages long, June 2012, by Little, Brown and Company.

As of the time of writing it averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 848 customer ratings…

August 28, 2022 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

AKG K612 for $110, K240 II for $69, K371 in Bundle

It’s AKG time at the current round of Adorama daily deals running up until Sunday 8/28/22 at 10am ET:

+ AKG K612 PRO for $110

+ AKG K240 mk II for $69

+ AKG Podcaster Essential kit that includes the Lyra USB microphone and K371 headphones for $189

+ AKG P420 microphone for $130
+ interesting model number 😉

August 27, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Friday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $114

One of the good things about recurring deals is that they …recur 😉 Good until 8/26/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, or earlier if sold out, NewEGG actual (not iffy marketplace sellers) is offering the wired new condition closed-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $114, up to three pairs per customer at the sale price…

Thankfully NewEgg has done away with those silly coupons, the price you see is the price you pay!

August 26, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Apple AirPods (2019) with wireless charging case for $125

Good until Friday 8/26/22 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out), New York’s Adorama is offering the new condition Apple AirPods (2019) with wireless charging case for $125 with free US shipping.

August 25, 2022 Filed Under: truly wireless Tagged With: , ,

Thursday eBook: Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke for $3

Music ebooks return to the Kindle Daily Deals for Thursday 8/25/22, for $3 you can have the “Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke” by Peter Guralnick! It is 770 pages, Back Bay Books, December 2008.

As of the time of writing of this blog-post, it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 248 global ratings.

August 25, 2022 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Darkglass Element Cabinet Sim Headphone Amp for $196

Surprise-surprise! Among the items in the random sale of Woot Bargain Bins, in the second row of items, you can find the new condition Darkglass Element Cabinet Sim Headphone Amp going for $196 with free US shipping for Prime members, or flat shipping for non-members.

The sale ends on 8/29/22 or earlier if sold out…

Picture #5 over there has a diagram with all the ways you can connect it to various audio inputs and outputs. It has two headphone jacks, bluetooth, XLR, etc. The internet search is your friend for more details on this.

PS: if it doesn’t sell out, after this sale ends, it may likely cycle-through in other “Woot Plus” or daily Woot offerings (until it’s eventually sold out – or something like that)…

August 21, 2022 Filed Under: amps and dacs Tagged With:

Sunday: $2 eBooks (30s Jazz or Billie Holiday)

For Sunday August 21 in 2022, Amazon has over 230 eBooks featured in their deals of the day! And as fate would have it, two of the ebooks are about music. They are on sale for $2 each, ebooks for the Kindle:

+ “With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day” by Julia Blackburn
+ 370 pages, October 2012, Vintage
+ 4.4 out of 5 on 79 ratings

+ “Really the Blues (New York Review Books Classics)” by by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe
+ 499 pages, February 2016, NYRB Classics
+ 4.8 out of 5 on 78 ratings

August 21, 2022 Filed Under: accessories Tagged With:

Sunday: Shure SRH-240A part of $99 bundle

Good until Sunday 8/21/22 at 11:59pm ET, B&H of New York is offering this Shure Digital Recording Bundle that consists of the SRH-240A studio headphones (wired, closed, over-ear) along with the Shure PGA58-XLR Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone with XLR-to-XLR Cable. These are in the old packaging.

I had the SRH-240A a long long time ago. From what I recall it matches the internet consensus. I bought it either as a bundle or at the same time as a musical keyboard in order to play without waking up the neighborhood 😉

August 21, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Hifiman HE-X4 Planar Open Over-Ears for $89

Yes indeed! Not only can you get this pair of open-back headphones for under $100, it is also a planar-magnetic headphone, a lower cost way to try planar for the first time without breaking the bank or committing capital and dealing with selling it later!

For a limited time, Massdrop is offering the new condition wired open-back over-ear Hifiman HE-X4 planar magnetics for $89 plus shipping. Shipping is free if your order total is $100+.

They come with a 30-day no-questions-asked return policy. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.

This is an in-stock drop, so they will ship approximately two business days after purchase. It’s not one of those “patience in a virtue” Massdrop deals 🙂

August 21, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Monoprice Planars: M565C for $175, M1060 for $240

If you page-down and down to the “Audio” section of the latest Monoprice End of Summer sale you will find some headphone-related products on sale:

  • M565C wired closed over-ear planars for $175
  • M1060 wired open over-ear planars for $240
  • Liquid Spark Headphone Amplifier by Alex Cavalli for $100
  • 3.5mm Onyx cables and Premium RCA cables

I do not know when the sale ends…

August 19, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Sony WH-CH710N ANC/BT Over-Ears for $98

A limited time Sony Audio sale at Amazon (I don’t know when it expires) includes the new condition closed-back over-ear ANC/BT WH-CH-710N headphones going for $98 per, and available in two color options.

The sale also includes a couple of LinkBuds truly-wireless and “Extra Bass” portable bluetooth speakers (SRS-XB13 for $48 in five color options).

As fate would have it, we have here at this blog a text and pictures unboxing of the previous generation headphone, the WH-CH-700N, posted four years ago [how time flies!]

August 19, 2022 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,