AKG N60 NC On-Ears for $200 (New) or $179 (New-Other)

The AKG N60 NC (noise cancelling) on-ears were a Black Friday deal for $150. Their standard price is $250. If you don’t want to wait for another Black Friday level sale, it currently goes for $200 in new condition at B&H Photo and $179 with free shipping in “New Other” condition (store demo; less than 2 hours use) by RazorDog Audio on eBay.

NOTE also that during CES 2017 AKG announced a new variation on this theme, a wireless version of this while retaining the ANC feature. The press release price is $300 but I have no clue what the “starting price” will be when it actually goes on sale in April 2017.

January 6, 2017 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

AKG K617 Tiesto Closed DJ Over-Ears for $50

For Prime members only at this point in time, Amazon actual is offering the new condition AKG K617 Tiesto headphone for $50 with free shipping, limit up to three per customer. A couple of Prime-eligible marketplace sellers have it for a similar price as well but they don’t look like they are familiar/authorized dealers. These are closed-back over-ears.

January 3, 2017 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] AKG K518 LE closed on-ears for $20 w/free S&H

Thees sold out..

This has dropped further down in price, the AKG K518 limited edition in a black/fuschia color-scheme are down to $20 with free shipping by NewEgg actual. These are on the fragile end, and best for small and medium size heads, but not bad as consumer-bassy options – considering the price.

As of 1/4/17, this is sold out: Speaking of this price range, the Philips Fidelio F1/27 on-ears continue to go for $25 with free shipping NewEgg actual.

December 31, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Sat: AKG K545 Closed Over-Ears for $90 + $5 S&H

Another AKG closed-back option with a reasonable price, the closed-back over-ear new condition AKG K545 are on sale for $90 plus $5 flat shipping, in your choice of black or white color-schemes at Woot Sellout. Limit up to three per customer. The sale ends by Sunday at 1am ET. Per the listing, they come with a 1-year AKG warranty.

December 31, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

AKG K553 PRO for $120 [MD]

The offer is back on once again, the closed-back over-ear AKG K553 PRO is offered at members-only (but free to join) Massdrop for $120 with free shipping and a mid-January 2017 shipping estimate. The offer runs for the next eight days (from blog posting date). This is a recurring offer, so if you miss it, it will likely return many times and more.

December 30, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K550 II Closed Over-Ears for $90 [limit 5]

The official Harman Kardon online store is currently having a sale on the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K550 II headphone for $90 with free shipping with a limit of up to five units per customer. TouchWiz not included 😉 This is currently available in black. The offer ends 12/18/16 per the sale there in a “while supplies last” fashion.

December 14, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

AKG M220 Semi-Open Over-Ears for $58 [MD]

They are back on again, the semi-open over-ear AKG M220, a modernization of the K240, are unlocked at members-only (but free to join) Massdrop going for $50 plus $8 flat shipping. They will ship early January and the offer is running for the next eight days from blog-posting date.

PS: a marketplace seller on Amazon used to have them for close to that price (when you consider Prime shipping vs Massdrop shipping) but their supplies ran out.

December 9, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K181 DJ UE for $63 w/fast shipping [MD]

Massdrop has a feature they call a “Bazaar”, where they sell remaining quantities of various products in their warehouse, and they ship those quickly like a normal retailer (around two business with free shipping). Supplies are very limited, but as of the time of writing, they have over 30 units of the closed-back on-ear AKG K181 DJ headphones for $63. They come with a 2-year AKG warranty. This offer will last as long as they have units available, so YMMV depending on when you are reading this.

December 2, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG K553 Pro Studio Headphone for $120

The older AKG K550 is currently going for $90 by AKG thru NewEgg but a more recently released model, the AKG K553 Pro, is fully unlocked at members-only Massdrop for $120 with free shipping. It will ship mid-December 2016 and comes with a 2-year warranty from AKG, which is co-operating with MD for co-branded products. This particular offer runs for the next eight days (from blog-posting date). As the “K5” in the model name hints at, this is a closed-back headphone as well.

December 2, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K495 Noise Cancelling On-Ears for $120

This is not marked as a sale item, so this maybe something you monitor for future discounts, one of the seven headphones listed in the NewEgg AKG official store are the new condition AKG K495 ANC headphones going for $120 with free shipping. Unlike the K550 which are marked as a sale item, these are not a sale item. So if you must not have them right away at $120, just keep an eye out for them for a potential future sale (note that this is pure speculation on my part, I do not have that they will be on sale in the future).

December 1, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] AKG K550 Closed Over-Ears for $90

As of 12/12/16 recheck, this sale ended rather dramatically with the price spiking from $90 to $350… AKG has set up shop at NewEgg with an official store, and said store is offering the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K550 headphones for $90 with free shipping. No coupons, no rebates, just buy it without hassle. Limit up to twenty units per customer. Offer expires next Wednesday (12/7/16) or earlier if sold out.

Newer AKG k5xx models have rolled out, but the K550 has an established history, so check reviews and such if you are not familiar with it. Certainly not a bad price under triple figures.

This is more of pop-up store at NewEgg than a full fledged store, as of the time of writing, it only has seven AKG headphones for sale.

December 1, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

Massdrop x AKG K7XX Red Edition for $200

If you missed it during its previous offerings, it is back, and with five days to go, the open-back over-ear Massdrop x AKG K7XX Red Edition is live again at the members-only retailer for its standard price of $200 with free shipping. Per the description, each unit is individually serialized, and this particular offer has a maximum of 1500 units. Only about 100 have been sold as of the time of writing, so you don’t have to rush if you are 50-50 on it. Shipping estimate is early-to-mid December 2017. Since it is in partnership with AKG, you get a 2-year AKG warranty.

PS: in case you missed the news, Harman (which owns AKG) was purchased by none other than Samsung, who is paying cold hard cash (probably not in trash bags though) for Harman. Samsung’s main interest in Harman is their automotive-related business, so fear not, a “Galaxy K702 Mega Edge Plus” is not coming out any time soon 🙂

November 27, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] AKG N60nc On-Ear ANCs for $150

This sale ended… A trio of recognizable sellers at Amazon (World Wide, HiDEF, Electronics Expo; all three Prime eligible) are offering the new condition AKG N60nc On-Ears active noise-cancelling headphones for $150 with free shipping. The ANC circuit is powered by a built-in rechargeable battery.

PS: on Saturday I will try to assemble a link of some of the “surviving” deals after the Friday-only specials expire, although I suspect a number of the offers will carry through until late Monday or Tuesday.

November 25, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

Alexa Voice Order: AKG K240 Studio headphones for $54 ($5 bonus if first order) [PRIME ONLY]

Another block of new deals and price-checks begins now, so expect many and more posts in the next few hours until I run out of steam 🙂

We start with a new round of Alexa Voice offers. To get these, you must be a Prime member, and place an order using the Alexa Voice AI assistant. If you haven’t placed an Alexa order before, you will also receive a $5 Amazon gift card. Of headphone interest, they have the new condition semi-open over-ear AKG K240 for $54 with free shipping. Remember, you have to order with Alexa to get this price, you can’t order it from the website. These are limited time offers but I have no idea when they expire/switch. Here’s a screenshot of what they show:

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November 24, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K321 earphones for $20 w/free S&H

We go high and low price wise, the action now is on the ATM bill front, NewEgg is offering the new condition AKG K321 earphones for $20 with free shipping with a limit of 20 units per customer until Saturday (aka Small Biz Saturday). These are part of the NewEgg Early Black Friday sale.

November 21, 2016 Filed Under: earbuds Tagged With:

AKG K518 DJ On-Ears Limited Edition for $30 w/free S&H

Another AKG model on sale, also a closed-back model, but it’s an on-ear DJ-branded and limited-edition marketed model, in a black/fuschia-purple color scheme, the new condition K518 going for $30 with free shipping, sold and shipped by NewEgg actual with a limit of up to ten units per customer during this promotion.

There’s very little info on this at NewEgg, but you can find some reviews at amazon.com where there are complaints of build quality, fit (not friendly to bigger eggs), and things of that nature.

November 21, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

[DEAD] AKG K545 Closed OverEars for $90

This offer expired… And we are baaaack with another round, starting with Woot, offering the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K545 headphones for $90, in two color choices, with a limit of three per customer, as one of the longer-term running Woot deals, good for the next nine days from blog-posting date.

Interestingly the shipment is “fulfilled by Amazon”, not a surprise really, considering the logistics benefits of combining this. Already Woot offers a lot of things at the Amazon website as fulfilled by Amazon, so it is only nature for this to also propagate at the Woot website.

November 21, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

AKG M220 Semi-Open for $58 [MD]

It is back on again, the over-ear semi-open AKG M220 studio headphones (a newer take on the K240) is going for $50 plus $8 flat shipping at members-only Massdrop. This offer runs for the next seven days and will ship in mid-to-late December 2016.

Speaking of the K240, Cosmos-branded earpads for it are going for $6.50 per pair at amazon.com (Prime eligible; multiple options on same page, so be sure to filter reviews and put Q&A in context of correct model).

Speaking of AKG, their parent has a new parent! Samsung is explosively opening up their wallet (sorry, I couldn’t resist) to put down $8 billion to buy Harman (Kardon). Opening the wallet is not a figure of speech, they are paying $112 cash per share 🙂 Samsung’s primary explanation for the purchase is Harman’s automotive business. Not that that’s gonna stop a Samsung Galaxy Kardon Tiesto DJ 5000 Active Edge headphone from happening 🙂

November 14, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG K553 Pro back at Massdrop for $120

It is back on again, with six days to go from blog-posting date, it is the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K553 Pro offered for the very reasonable price of $120 with free shipping, with a 2-year AKG warranty at members-only but free to join Massdrop. This is not an exclusive model, but MD is one of the places that has it at this price. The shipping estimate is reasonable too, late November 2016, but keep in mind, things can slow down shipping-wise during the Thanksgiving week, a combo of the holiday and the Black Friday madness.

November 11, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

[DEAD] AKG K-495NC Noise-Cancelling Headphones for $105

This daily deal expired, but from what I recall this is a recurring model every few weeks…

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November 3, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

[DEAD] AKG Q460 Mini On-Ears (Quincy Jones) for $54.40

This cluster of 4-hour lightning offers expired…

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October 31, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With:

AKG K181 DJ UE On-Ear DJ for $63 [MD]

Green Day may be trying to kill the DJ, but most headphone companies love DJs so much they make headphones for them 🙂 Which brings us to another offer that fully blossomed at Massdrop, it is the closed-back on-ear DJ-tagged AKG K181 DJ UE headphones going for $55 plus $8~ flat shipping. I round prices, that’s the “~”, because it’s easier to write and type $8 than $7.749583493234356 🙂 The offer is running for the next seven days and will ship shockingly-quickly by MD standards, early November 2016. They come with a 2-year AKG warranty service.

October 22, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Massdrop x AKG K7XX Red Edition for $200

If you like tasteful red in your open-back headphones, the Massdrop x AKG K7XX Red Edition is back on again, going for $200 with free shipping with a late October 2016 shipping estimate. This is done in co-operation with AKG, so you get a 2-year AKG warranty. Offer ends in about seven days from today (= blog-posting date). A total of 190 units are available as part of this promotion and they are individually serialized (see picture #2 in the gallery over there for the number). I’m assuming the first song to hear on these is Chris deBurgh’s “Lady in Red”? 🙂

October 12, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG K240 II for $72, Tiesto K167 DJ for $55

An AKG sale at the ProAudioStar eBay store (99.2%, New York) includes the new condition AKG K240 II studio headphones going for $72 with free shipping, and the K167 Tiesto DJ headphones going for $55 with free shipping. The Tiesto headphones are also bundled over there with various DJ setups (you’ll see them in the search results linked above).

October 10, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

AKG M220 Semi-Open Over-Ears for $58 [MD]

It’s back on again and it went fully unlocked quickly, with eight days to go (from blog-posting date), it is the semi-open over-ear AKG M220 studio headphone going for $50 plus $8~ flat shipping. One (unintentional?) homage to the AKG K240 is that this headphone weighs 240 grams (without the cable) 🙂 This will ship in early November 2016.

October 6, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Massdrop x AKG K7XX Open-Back for $200

It’s back on again, the Massdrop x AKG K7XX open-back headphones are fully unlocked and going for $200 with free shipping. The offer is running for the next eight days (from blog-posting date, not the date you are reading this), comes with a 2-year AKG warranty and is estimated to ship mid-October 2016, which is fast by MD standards 🙂 A total of 590 units are available for this particular offering.

September 28, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K553 PRO Closed Over-Ears for $120 [MD]

This is the first (in reverse chronological order that is) of a handful of Massdrop posts today, they are back, the closed-back over-ear AKG K553 PRO headphones are fully unlocked for $120 with free shipping. The offer is running for the next seven days (from blog-posting date), and will ship in mid-October 2016. It comes with a 2-year AKG warranty as MD and AKG have been increasing their co-operation in recent months.

September 20, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K7XX RED (Massdrop exclusive) for $200

Melisandre’s favorite AKG headphone, the Red edition of the open-back over-ear AKG K7xx, a another Massdrop-exclusive model, is back on again, going for $200 with free shipping and with 10 days to go from today (= blog-posting date). These are serialized units and a total of exactly 622 units is available. Maybe the oddball number is because some of them are taken out to be included as prizes in grab bags? 🙂

These have a reasonable shipping estimate, October 10 in 2016.

September 13, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG M220 Semi-Open Over-Ears for $58 [MD]

This is not a Massdrop exclusive, but they are getting early release supplies, and it is back there and fully unlocked, the semi-open over-ear studio AKG M220 going for $50 plus $8~ flat shipping. There are seven days left in the offer (from blog-posting date) and the orders will begin shipping in early October 2016.

September 9, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

Massdrop x AKG K7XX for $200 [MD]

Another day, another dropping has unlocked, it is open-back over-ear time with another exclusive, the “Massdrop x AKG K7XX” (that’s the official name) is going for $200 with free shipping. There are six days left in the offer, but note that the shipping estimate is early October 2016. Since this is co-developed with AKG, it is backed by a two year warranty from AKG itself.

PS: if you are not familiar with the AKG line-up, in general, the K7* are open-back, while the K5* are closed.

August 30, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG K181 DJ UE On-Ears for $63 [MD]

This headphone is just one purchase short of fully unlocking and it should easily do so with 15 days left in the offer, it is the new condition AKG K181 DJ UE closed-back on-ears going for $55 plus $8~ flat shipping with a late September 2016 release estimate.

Speaking of AKG DJ headphones, the K167 TIESTO DJ, in new condition, goes for $55~ with free shipping with a limit of three units per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.

And while we are talking Massdrop, another offer fully unlocked, it’s “just” cables, no, not the magical kind, but the utilitarian kind, the MEE Audio MMCX Cables going for $25 plus $3.50 flat shipping. Earphones NOT included. This offer has eight more days to go and ships in late September 2016.

Speaking of magical audio improvements, did you know that there’s now magical “file copying technology” that improves sound quality? Yes, the soul of the music is recaptured and reconstructed in the buffers in otherwise bit-by-bit identical music files. Because it’s the soul of the music! /sarcasm

August 26, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG K240 II Studio headphones for $65

Headphones are often among the featured items at the eBay Deals, and among them, Pro Audio Star (99.2%, Brooklyn) is offering the new condition AKG K240 II semi-open over-ears for $65 with free shipping with a limit of fifty units per customer. This is the Made In China model.

August 25, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , ,

AKG K553 Closed Over-Ears for $120 [MD]

More droppings have dropped at the members-only online shipping club that is Massdrop, they are offering the new condition closed-back over-ear AKG K553 for $120 with free shipping with about seven days to go on this offer. It comes with a 2-year warranty from AKG and will ship in mid-September 2016. This is a pre-release exclusive of sorts for MD, as part of their growing relationship with Harman’s AKG.

August 23, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,

AKG M220 Semi-Open Studio for $58 New (MD) or $49 Used (Now)

Based on the good old AKG K240 semi-open over-ear studio-headphones, the new M220 are currently offered on Massdrop for $50 plus $8 flat shipping with a late September 2016 shipping estimate. The offer runs for the next seven days or so.

If you don’t want to wait that long, they are available in “Used – Like New” condition (store demo) for $49 by AudioWattStore with the order fulfilled by Amazon, so they are Prime eligible. The new condition price at Amazon is $79. They average 4.7 out of 5 based on 34 customer reviews.

August 16, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: , , ,

Massdrop x AKG K7XX Red Edition for $200 [MD]

It’s back again at Massdrop, the open-back over-ear AKG K7XX Red Edition going for its usual price of $200 with free shipping. It comes with a 2-year AKG warranty and the offer is limited to 1500 units. Offer ends in about eight days from today (today being posting-date, not reading-date).

August 15, 2016 Filed Under: headphones Tagged With: ,