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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…
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 😉
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 🙂
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…
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
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).
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.
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…
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…
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.
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)
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.
“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 🙂
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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…
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 😉
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!
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.
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.
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)…
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
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 😉
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 🙂
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:
I do not know when the sale ends…
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!]
Good until 8/17/22 at 11:59pm eastern time, or earlier if sold out, B&H Photo is offering the new condition wired semi-open over-ear Samson SR850B studio headphones in the blue (actually black-n-blue) color scheme. Up to six per customer at the sale price.
Optionally there’s a couple of combined purchase discounts if you buy together (in the same shopping cart) as B&H’s house brand headphone stands (“Auray”). Look for these offers in the “Build Bundle” option over there.
The only included accessory is a 1/4″ adapter. The cable is not user-removable. Check your favorite headphoolia forums and blogs and youtubez for potential hacks.
As fate would have it, we have here, from five years ago (how time flies!!!), a text and pictures unboxing of the original black color scheme. I do not know if there any other differences between the colors or through the years…
One of the formerly “$100 List” recommended headphones is making a comeback in the recommendations. As late as yesterday Crinacle mentioned it in his first-ever (?) YouTube Q&A live stream. Maybe it’s the new packaging that caused the comeback? 🙂
Regardless, good until 8/15/22 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering, as one of their deals of the day, the new condition wired closed-back over-ear Shure SRH-840 studio headphones for $79 with free US shipping. This is the “new packaging”.
The package is quite nice for the price:
+ extra Shure earpads
+ 2-year warranty
+ Shure carrying pouch (which I love)
+ detachable cable
+ threaded 1/4″ adapter
It is back with another iteration, this one running for Sunday 8/14/22 in the central time zone! One of the Woot daily deals for said day is the Random Audio sale with about 40% of the products being headphone-related!
There’s plenty of truly-wireless action including Lenovo, Klipsch, and Bowers & Wilkins!
On the over-ears front, it’s all about bluetooth closed-backs from Master & Dynamic (MW50+ for $190), SOL Republic Soundtrack ($80), Technics Premium ($130), along with options from Altec Lansing and Qisebin.
Oh, there’s also a Sennheiser! The EPOS GSP 300 gaming headset for $45.
OF the non-headphone gear, there’s Nakamichi, Pioneer, KEF, Yamaha, LG, Onkyo, B&O, JVC and friends.
One of the Saturday 8/13/22 daily deals at the Woot website is a 7-item JBL Under Armour headphones, as factory reconditioned with a 1-year JBL warranty. The sale has two on-ear models and five truly-wireless. Prices range from $35 to $50, a narrow “trading range” 🙂
Good until Saturday 8/13/22 at 11:59pm eastern time, New York’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition MASSDROP IN-STOCK DROPS
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