Mainstream Earphone sale at Amazon

Trigger warning for headfi denizens, this post contains mainstream brands 🙂

Amazon is having a limited time on various mainstream earphones and headphones including:

+ AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) for $234

+ Sony Group sale including the WH-1000XM4 ANC/BT over-ears for $228
+ various LinkBuds as well

+ BOSE SleepBuds II for $199

+ various Beats truly wireless

UPDATE: speaking of name-brands, for Monday 11/7/22, the Meh daily deal is the Kenwood WS-A1 ANC truly-wireless for $50 plus shipping…

Apple Airpods (2nd generation) for $90 [limit 3]

This is at Amazon BUT as of the time of writing this appears to be open to all customers, not just Prime members! It is the new condition Apple Airpods (2nd generation) for $90, sold and shipped by Amazon herself, with up to three per customer at the sale price. This come with a Lightning charging case.

Prime Early Access sale includes Sony, Beats, Bose, Apple headphones

If you a Prime member, today is DAY ONE of the Amazon PRIME early access sale and the sale includes a variety of consumer-popular headphones including:

+ BOSE QC45, 700, earphones
+ QC45 is $229, 700 is $269, Soundsport bluetooth earphones for $89

+ AirPods PRO (2nd Gen) for $235 or with AppleCare+ for $264

+ two pages of Beats offers including over-ear, on-ear and truly-wireless
+ yes, there’s even a Kim Kardashian option 🙂
+ some of them are bundled with AppleCare+

+ UPDATE: there’s a Sony wireless sale featuring the WH-1000X M5 for $348 , the WF-C500 for $58, and the LinkBuds S for $128

+ there are more headphones, time-permitting I will go through the offers and post new deal-posts about them!

IF you see anything you like (they even have the whole Samsung smartphone high-end line-up on sale), but you are not a Prime member, FEAR NOT, you can get the deals as long as you sign-up for a PRIME 30-Day FREE trial

PS: you can also find some of these by checking the Headaphone offers widget

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

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.

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…

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.

Beats Studio 3 Wireless ANC/BT Over-Ears for $170

Good until 8/6/22 at 11:59pm eastern time, or earlier if sold out, New York’s B&H Photo is offering as one of their limited time offers the new condition Beats Studio 3 Wireless ANC/BT closed-back over-ear headphones for $170 with free US shipping.

They do have the Apple W1 chip, especially of interest to those in the Apple ecosystem. However, they charge via micro-USB, so keep that in mind if you’ve already recycled your micro-USB cables. Oh who am I kidding? Your home/office is probably filled with micro-USB powered mp3/DAPs 😉

As of the time of writing they average 4.7 out of 5 based on 32 customer reviews at B&H, and they have 13 answered-questions.

Sunday: AirPods II for $99, AirPods PRO for $174

IT’s Apple-Beats Day at the Amazon USA Good Box, these new condition offers running until 4/3/22 at 11:59pm pacific or earlier if sold out:

+ Airpods second generation for $99

+ Airpods PRO for $174

+ Beats sale with the Solo3 bluetooth on-ears for $130 and the Studio3 ANC/BT over-ears for $180
+ available in different color schemes

+ up to three per item per customer

+ sold and shipped by Amazon actual, not marketplace sellers (as of the time of writing)

MEANwhile, for 4/3/22, at the Woot Dailies, under the “Electronic” daily deal, they offer the new condition Anker Soundcore Liberty Neo truly-wireless for $25 plus shipping (free S&H for Prime members).

It comes with a 1.5-year (18 month) Anker warranty. These are bluetooth 5.0 and IPX7 Waterproof

Apple Airpods (2019) w/Wireless Charging Case for $140

Good until 3/29/22 at 10am eastern, or earlier if sold out, Adorama is offering the new condition Apple Airpods with wireless charging case (the 2019 model) for $140 with free US shipping…

From mega-brand to unknown-brand at the Meh daily deal ending on 3/28/22 at 11:59pm eastern, it’s the new condition Kove NCH Over-Ear Hi-Fi Active Noise Canceling Headphones for $29 plus shipping… This is the 1st time I’ve heard of this, I have no clue…

Monday: Sony WH-XB910-N ANC/BT over-ears for $128 [also: Airpods sale]

Good until Monday 1/24/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, Amazon is offering the new condition Sony WH-XB-910-N ANC/BT over-ears closed-back headphones for $128 with free US shipping in two color options. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price.

As of the time of writing these average 4.6 out of 5 based on 550+ customer ratings.

Meanwhile at the Apple front, they are having an AirPods sale with the new AirPods PRO going for $180 and the Airpods (2nd generation) for $100…

Monday: Apple AirPods MAX ANC/BT Over-Ears for $456

It’s Appletini time at the Monday 12/20/21 Best Buy daily deals where you can get the new condition Apple AirPods Max (the closed-back over-ear BT/ANC headphones) for the very specific price of $456…

Meanwhile at the B&H Photo dailies they are offering the Audio Technica ATH-SPORT 90BT Sonic Sport, consumer line-up, necklace-style bluetooth earphones for $39…

Thursday: Apple AirPods (3rd gen) for $163

Good until 12/9/21 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out), Woot is offering under their “Electronics” daily deal at the Woot websit the new condition third-generation Apple AirPods for $163 with a one-year Apple warranty. One pair per customer during this offer.

Shipping is free for Prime members, otherwise you pay a flat $6 shipping fee for all purchases made during the Woot calendar day…

Tuesday: Sennheiser MoFree SE, refurb Airpods 2, Cystereo, JBL, Etc

Everybody loves Raymond Headphones in the Tuesday August 3 (2021) daily deals!

We start at the NewEGG dailies where they have the new condition Sennheiser Momentum FREE, Special Edition, a necklace-style bluetooth earphone going for $50 with free US shipping. Up to five per customer. Sold and shipped by NewEgg proper…

Next up at the Woot daily deals they have two offers:

+ Grade A refurbished Apple Airpods 2 with wired charging case and 90-day Woot warranty for $100; up to two per customer; model MVN2AM/A

+ Cystereo truly wireless earphones (BT 5), two options, $20 or $25

A world of daily deals without JBL is not possible! Case in point, at the Best Buy daily deals they have the JBL “Under Armo(u)r” Project Rock truly-wireless going for $90…

And at Amazon Germany they have a JBL and more headphone sale, prices ranging from 24 to 185 euro…

Sunday: Apple AirPods MAX Over-Ears for $470

Whether you can’t resist the Cupertino Temptations, or you want them so you can compare to your other headphones [and show those iPhone-fanboys that true headphones sound a lot better than Apple/Beats], you have until Sunday 8/1/21 at 11:59pm central time {or earlier if sold out} to get the new condition Apple Airpods MAX closed-back ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $470 as one of the Woot daily deals.

They come with a 1-year Apple warranty. Up to two pairs per customer at the sale price. Prime members get free shipping, otherwise you pay a flat shipping for purchases made during the calendar day…

Saturday Headphones Party at Woot!

It’s a headphones party at the Woot daily deals running until Saturday 7/24/21 at 11:59pm central time {or earlier if sold out}:

At the Tech Favorite sale they have these options:

  • refurbished Sony WH-1000X M4 ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $180 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • international (grey market) Samsung Galaxy Buds+ truly-wireless for $63 with a 90-day Woot warranty
  • Apple Airpods 2 with wired charging case for $110 with a 1-year Apple warranty
  • also: Klipsch Reference surround system
  • three Sony “Extra Bass” bluetooth speakers

In parallel, at the Woot Random Audio sale they have these offerings:

  • refurbished Sony WH-1000X M3 ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $145 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • refurbished Sony WH-XB-900N “Extra Bass” ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $100 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • AKG Y100 neckband bluetooth earphones for $38
  • HELM Audio Bolt DAC/Headphone Amplifier, USB-C to 3.5mm (MQA Playback, THX Certified, Android, iOS and PC Compatible) for $85 with 1-year warranty
  • AmazonBasics bookshelf speakers for $25 (WOW!)
  • more Sony bluetooth (mostly) speakers
  • Sony CM-TS-BT-100 Micros Shelf System with Bluetooth for $100
  • Klipsch BAR49 surround system for $480
  • Harman Kardon DPR A/V receiver for $700

Maximum quantities vary by product. Shipping is free for Prime members (you have to connect your Woot and Prime accounts, a one-time affair). Non-Prime members pay a flat shipping fee (I believe $6) for all purchases made during a single calendar day..

Thursday: AirPods PRO for $190, Momentum TW for $110, Etc

Busy audio-related day at the Woot daily deals, running until Thursday 7/8/21 at 11:59pm central time [or earlier if sold out]. How so? Their main daily deal is an inaugural Tech Favorites sale that includes the following audio-related items:

  • new condition Sennheiser Momentum truly-wireless for $110 with 2-year Sennheiser warranty (up to three per customer)
  • new condition Apple Airpods PRO true-wireless for $190, with a 1-year Apple warranty (one per customer)
  • JBL portable bluetooth speakers for $68 to $180
  • Yamaha ATS-2090 Soundbar and wireless subwoof for $240
  • JBL Party Box 100 bluetooth party speaker (for all your classical music needs LOL) for $240
  • PADs: refurbished iPhone 12 Mini and PRO and XS Max
  • giant wireless 44,400 mWh powerbank with 90-day warranty for $65

Sunday: Sennheiser M2IEI Momentum In-Ears for $36 w/FS, Apple AirPods PRO for $190, Etc

It is a day of headphones at the various daily deals headlined by Sennheiser once again at the NewEgg daily deals, the new condition wired M2IEI Momentum In-Ears in the black/red color-scheme with the iOS button configuration going for $36 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by NewEgg with up to five per customer. No promo codes needed for this one…

Also there, you can get a 2-pack of 32GB Samsung microSD cards for $14 with free shipping within the US…

Best Buy comes in with some headphone action at their own daily deals as follows:

+ JBL Under Armour Project Rock truly-wireless for $100

+ SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wired DTS Headphone:X v2.0 Gaming Headset for $160

And some action at the Woot dailies as well, as follows:

+ Apple AirPods Pro for $190, one per customer, 1-year Apple warranty

+ OTM Essentials Stereo USB Headset for $160

PS: don’t forget that tomorrow (Monday June 21 in 2021) is day #1 of the Prime Day 2021 sale-a-bration. I have zero advance notice of the sales, so we’ll all find out together, o/~ together for ever and ever o/~

Monday: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 ohm) for $139AC

Beyerdynamic is back leading the charge in the Monday March 1st (2021) NewEgg deals of the day as follows:

+ Beyerdynamic closed-back wired over-ear DT 770 (250 ohm) for $139 after the $20 off promo code shown over there

+ Avegant Glyph AG101 VR Headset Power 3D Mobile Theater for $89
+ International Version

+ Anker Soundcore Liberty Air truly-wireless for $25 after a $40 off promo code shown over there

Meanwhile among the Monday Woot daily deals you can get the new condition Apple AirPods PRO truly-wireless for $190 with free shipping for Prime members. One per customer. It comes with a 1-year Apple warranty…

Monday: refurbished Airpods PRO TW for $200

Apple created some current (and more future) confusion with their naming of their over-ear headphones also as Airpods. Just appending the “Max” at the end of the name is not enough for quick consumer disambiguation. Regardless…

… the headliner of the Monday February 1st, 2021 daily deals at the Best Buy website is the geek-stink-breath (TM Green Day) aka Geek Squad refurbished Airpods PRO truly-wireless going for $200 in the white color scheme with a 90-day warranty…

Friday: refurb AirPods PRO, Beats Solo ANC

Happy New Year, may 2021 bring you great headphones and audio gear, until the rest of the schiit gets fixed 🙂

We start with the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals, they are the Geek-Squad certified refurbished AirPods PRO going for $170, with a 90-day warranty…

Under Electronics of the Woot daily deals they have the new condition Beats Solo ANC/bluetooth closed-back on-ears going for $150 in the light-blue or dark-blue color schemes with a 1-year warranty…

And if you want to sharpen your senses during critical listening sessions, there’s a 2-pack of 30g tins of TeaPigs premium organic matcha for $35 under the Woot “Grocery and Household” daily deal…

Friday: Digital Content Offers: Pandora and Apple

Merry Christmas with a gift card sale at Best Buy with an audio component!

First up there’s a Pandora 12-month subscription sale offering two options:

+ 12-months of prepaid Pandora Plus for $40 for the 1st year
+ auto-renews at $55 per year unless cancelled

+ 12-months of prepaid Pandora Premium for $60 for the 1st year
+ auto-renews at $110 per year unless cancelled

And then for the Apple fans, you can buy an online $100 Apple For Everything Card and receive as a Santa gift bonus a $20 promotional Best Buy online gift card.

The “Apple for Everything” gift card can be used on everything sold by Apple, physical goods (iPods, iPhones, accessories including headphones, etc) or digital goods (iTunes, Apple Music, iCloud, etc). Check the product page over there for all the ways you can spend it 🙂

The above offers are good for December 25 in 2020, aka Christmas Day!

Apple AirPods PRO TW w/wireless charging case for $200

The Apple Airpods PRO truly-wireless with wireless charging case, model MWP22AM/A, are a Best Buy daily deal for $223 for Monday but that offer is handily defeated by critically-acclaimed B&H Photo of New York and by Amazon actual offering them for $200 with free US shipping. These have the Apple H1 chip, and you can make the most of them if you are part of the Apple i-eco-system…

Meanwhile the AirPods non-pro with wireless charging case, model MRXJ2AM/A, are going for $160 at Amazon actual and at B&H Photo….

OR if you want a lower price, the AirPods with a charging case (model MV7N2AM/A) go for $130 with free US shipping at B&H Photo

Tuesday: Apple AirPods (2nd Gen) with AppleCare+ for $150

Before we dive into the Prime Day action of 2020, we have a new daily deal at B&H Photo good until Tuesday 10/13/20 at 11:59pm ET [or earlier if sold out]: it is the new condition Apple AirPods (2nd generation) bundled with AppleCare+, all together going for $150 with free US shipping while this promotion is running…

Apple AirPods PRO with AppleCare+ for $230 [and more…]

Apple fans, unite and take over! Good until Saturday 9/26/20 at 11:59pm eastern (or before that if they sell out) you can get the new condition Apple AirPods PRO with the AppleCare+ for $230 with free US shipping as a featured deal at New York’s B&H Photo… Up to three per customer at the sale price…

Meanwhile good for Friday 9/25/20, the Best Buy daily deals include:

+ Sony WH-CH700N ANC/BT closed over-ears for $88
+ appears sold-out online but you may be able to find local store pickup and such options when you check
+ and as fate would have it, we have a text and pictures unboxing of it right here [PORG not included!]

Also part of the Friday Best Buy deals du jour are:

+ Apple Lightning Digital A/V adapter for $35

+ Apple USB-A to Lighting cable for $10

+ RocketFish magic HDMI cable for $50

+ UV-C sanitizing device, Sony 4K UHD TVs, Sony 3.1 soundbars with wireless subwoofer, and Sony XB-72 “wake up the neighbors” speaker for $200

+ the Apple products include a FREE 4-month Apple Music free trial
+ free trial cannot be appended to existing subscriptions or existing free trials
+ I’m assuming there should also be a limit on how often a single Apple account can participate in free trials…

Tuesday: Beats Solo Pro ANC/BT On-Ears for $200

If you are of the Apple ecosystem and like The Way of the Beats, one of the deals of the day for Tuesday 9/15/20 in the pacific time zone at Amazon USA is the new condition closed-back on-ear Beats Solo PRO with Apple’s proprietary wireless chip for $200 in three different color options… Limit up to three per customer at the sale price [not sure 3 per color or 3 overall total]…

As of the time of writing all the colors together average 4.6 out of 5 based on 1360+ customer ratings and they have over 100 answered questions…

Sunday: Apple AirPods PRO truly-wireless for $220

We don’t want the iPhone/iPad users to feel left out, so here’s a deal for them. Good until Sunday 8/2/20 at 11:59pm central time [or earlier if sold out] Woot is offering the new condition Apple AirPods PRO truly-wireless truly-Apple [ha!] critters for $220 with free shipping for Prime members and a one year Apple warranty. Up to two pairs per customer during this particular promotion…

Wednesday: B&O, Tidal Hifi, AirPods PRO, $15 bluetooth over-ears, Plantronics, Etc

Wednesday July 22 in 2020 is another “headphone day” in the various online retailer daily deals as follows:

+ Apple AirPods PRO WITH Apple Care+ kit bundled together for $239 at B&H Photo

+ the Best Buy dailies have a trio of related items as follows:

  • 1-Year prepaid TIDAL HiFi [the higher-res version] for $96, comes out to $8 per month
  • Insignia [their house brand] bluetooth over-ears for $15; as of the time of writing they average 4.5 out of 5 based on nearly 2400 customer ratings, a respectable number considering the price; but always check reviews!!! the numbers are just one of the things to look at, not everything!
  • PDP LVL50 gaming wired headsets and Scosche car audio

Not to be outdone, Woot is having a Random Tech Sale that includes the following trio of head-audio products:

  • B&O BeoPlus E8 2.0 truly wireless for $106
  • Amuoc T10 Plus truly wireless for $17
  • AfterShokz Titanium bone conduction for $50

And finally at the NewEGG dailies they have Plantronics BackBeat GO 600 bluetooth over-ears for the very good price for $27…

Memorial Day: refurb Jabra 65t and AirPods, Etc

While the i-Hype is i-Building for the first Apple-branded over-ear headphones, the little Airpods are the headliner Best Buy daily deal for 5/25/20. It’s the Geek Squared certified-refurbished AirPods with wireless case going for $140. This Geek-refurbished version averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 249 customer reviews as of the time of writing…

Meanwhile at the NewEgg.com dailies they have two offerings:

+ Anker Soundcore Liberty NEO (2019 Upgraded edition) truly-wireless for $33

+ refurbished Jabra Elite 65t Titanium truly-wireless for $100

+ Klipsch Energy Power12 SUB for $119

Thursday: Apple AirPods Charging Case for $70

The first generation of the Apple AirPods Charging Case is on sale in new condition for $70 with free US shipping at the Best Buy website until 11:59pm on Thursday 4/2/20 or earlier if sold out. You also get a free 4-month Apple Music music-subscription (for new subscribers only; you cannot append it to an existing music-subscription)…

NOTE: this is ONLY the CHARGING CASE – the actual Airpods are NOT INCLUDED!

GeekSquad certified refurbished Apple/Beats headphones (33 options)

Best Buy is having a sale on Geek Squad certified refurbished Apple and Beats headphones including in-ears, truly wireless and over and on ears. A total of 33 options are available.

When you expand the Specifications area on an individual eligible product, you will see that they come with a 90-day warranty, which factors in the price BUT as usual, be sure to price-check any items whose price-ranges you are not familiar with…

Sunday: AirPods with Charging Case for $145

One of the Sunday daily deals at the Best Buy website is the new condition Apple AirPods with a (wired) charging case going for $145 with free US shipping and/or store pickup where possible. Only this option/combo is on sale…

Thurday: 128GB iPod Touch (6th Gen) for $225

If you prefer DAPs to PADs, for Thursday October 24 in 2019, one of the deals of the day at the Best Buy website is the new condition sixth generation 128GB iPod Touch [yes, they still exist] going for $225 with free US shipping and/or free pickup in their stores where possible…

It averages 4.7 out of 5 with nearly 1500 customer reviews, so you are not the only one who still likes iPods 🙂

Apple Airpods for $140 [Costco members only]

The new condition truly-wireless Apple Airpods are currently on sale for $140 with free shipping at Costco for members only. Non-members are not allowed to buy them, even if they are willing to pay the % surcharge. That’s another one of the benefits of membership, some of the “good deals” are restricted to members only.

Apple Earpods (3.5mm, MD827LL/A) for $9.45 w/FS

Tanga is offering the new condition Apple Earpods, model MD827LL/A, the one that came with the iPhone 6* phones, for $9.49 with free shipping and free returns. These are 3.5mm earphones, not lightning. The iPhone 6S* and SE were the last iPhones with a headphone jack. If you need two of them, 2-packs go for $18, a small combined purchase discount.