[DEAD] Sony MDR-XB950 B1 (bluetooth) for $98, N1 (BT + ANC) for $123

This sale is over as of a 11/16/17 AM re-checking…

Authorized Sony USA dealers are singing a new song, a discounting song! The two cousin models of their 2017 closed-back over-ear “Extra Bass” MDR-XB950 series are on sale.

The MDR-XB950 B1 goes for $98 with free shipping in the black, blue, and red color schemes. The color options are nice if you are buying it for kids or grandkids, each kid gets a different color so they won’t be confused about whose what. The “B1” is bluetooth but no ANC.

The MDR-XB950 N1 goes for $123 [$25 more than B1] with free shipping in the black and green color schemes. This one has both bluetooth and ANC (active noise cancellation).

PS: one way tell their name apart from the model name: the one withNoise Cancelling is called N1. The one with Bluetooth-Only is called B1 🙂

PS2: both of these headphones support LDAC, which is Sony’s technology after all, and it is getting baked into Android 8.0 (Oreo). Sadly only a very tiny percentage of Android users have Oreo running on their devices at the moment. Google really needs to drop all the other nonsense features they are tweaking on Android and focus a compete release on making Android upgradeable easily like iOS, Windows Desktop, and even good old Windows Phone!

PS3: also joining the sale party is the new condition Sony XB20 bluetooth portable speaker for $48, available in four different color schemes. This too is a 2017 model.

PS4: yet another 2017 model is on sale, it is the new condition Sony UBP-X800 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player for $150.