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On the budget-gadget front, running until 5/5/22 at 11:59pm eastern, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Direct Sound fstream X7 Bluetooth Receiver with Dual 3.5mm Headphone Outputs & Microphone for $10 with free US shipping.
Note that this is bluetooth 4.1.
This has just four customer reviews with a 3.8 out of 5 as of the time of writing. One of them is a 1-star.
We don’t normally post speaker deals here, but this is a whooping $220 off in-cart discount, so until 5/2/22 at 11:59pm eastern time (or before that if sold out), New York’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition Samsung MX-T40 300W Bluetooth Speaker for $78 with free US shipping. The discounting happens automatically in the shopping cart, you don’t have to enter a coupon code!
As of the time of writing this averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 66 customer reviews at B&H Photo, most of which are from product testers collected from Samsung and “The Insiders”…
Based on 568 ratings, it averages 4.5 out of 5 (together with two other models in the same series) at the Amazon website where it goes for $148 as of the time of writing…
PS: accepts USB audio…
And now something of a more utilitarian interest. Thanks to a limited time 20% off clip-on coupon, a marketplace seller on Amazon is offering the black color scheme of the TOZO T6 true-wireless for $24 after the 20% off clip-on coupon! This is a bluetooth 5.3 (!) set, IPX8, with a total of (up to) 30 hours of playback between the earpieces (up to 6 hours) and the charging case (up to 24 hours in refills).
I don’t know if you can use one headset at a time, if you can, this could double up the playback time!
As of the time of writing, these average 4.4 out of 5 based on over 194,000 customer ratings.
An audio party is happening with a heavy headphone emphasis in another variant of the Woot random audio sale running until 5/1/22 at 10pm central time.
OF the 26 in-stock products, half of them are headphones including:
+ HIFIMAN HE-400i planar over-ears for $200
+ refurbished Sony WH-1000X M4 ANC/BT over-ears for $180
+ M3 for $160
+ come with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher (not from Sony)
+ various Beats and Bose and Sony truly-wireless and bluetooth earphones
Meanwhile running until 5/2/22 at 10am ET, Adorama is offering the new condition Behringer U-PHORIA UM2 2×2 USB Audio Interface for $30…
JVC time! Running until Saturday 5/30/22 at 11:59pm ET, B^H Photo is offering the new condition JVC HA-XC50T XX truly-wireless for $65 with free US shipping.
They come with a charging case, and in 15 minutes they give you 1 hour of playback. Playback is up to 14 hours (up to 4 in the earphones, up to 10 in the case).
They are bluetooth 5.0 but charge with micro-USB. I’d rather have bluetooth 5 than USB-C charging, because bluetooth pairing and connection troubles are a lot fewer with BT 5+. Unless of course you don’t have any other micro-USB charging devices and it’s a hindrance…
PS: for those not familiar with JVC-speak, XX stands for Xtreme Xplosives, aka Bomb Da Base!
Thursday 4/28/22 has a headphone-related theme at Amazon!
We start with a PC products sale that includes the new condition EPOS Sennheiser GsX 1000 gaming audio amplifier for $120, along with a Corsair wireless gaming headset for $140…
Then the headliner deal of the day is the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds Live truly wireless going for $90 in two color options… You can be forgiven for not remember the various options Samsung has, but thankfully Wikipedia and your favorite search engine can be your friends in helping sort them all out…
Bose time at the Friday 4/22/22 NewEGG dailies, you can have the new condition ANC/BT closed over-ears Bose 700 for $329 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by NewEGG actual with up to three per customer.
As of the time of writing this is also on sale (and/or price-matched) for $329 at the Amazon website…
For Prime members only, Woot is offering as a longer-running deal the new condition Skullcandy Sesh truly-wireless for just $14 with a 1-year manufacturer warranty. Since this offer is restricted to Prime members, everyone who is “allowed” to buy them will automagitally get free shipping.
You do have to link your Woot and Prime (Amazon) accounts once, so their system knows you are a Prime member and eligible for the offer and the free shipping on all Woot offerings.
This is bluetooth 5, with a charging case, and IP55 BUT it is micro-USB charging.
The Woot page highlights in order that for these to work, you must needs first link the two earbuds together (!?!?!?!) and then pair them via bluetooth. Mayhaps that explains why they are on sale for such a low price 🙂
The workarounds to get them to work in case of issues is detailed at the Speakers Mag.
At the Amazon website these average 4.1 out of 5 based on 32,900+ customer ratings as of the time of writing and they have over 220 answered questions.
Up to 25 per customer. The offer ends at the end of April 2022 or earlier if sold out.
Good until 4/6/22 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) you can have the new condition closed-back over-ear bluetooth Master & Dynamic MW50+ headphones for $130 plus shipping (or free S&H for Prime members)… Up to three per customer. With a 1-year M&D warranty…
The accessories include over-ear and on-ear earpads, an earpad case, a headphone pouch, USB-C charging cable [not so long away USB-C was a rarity in chargeable headphones] and 3.5mm audio cable.
If you want to buy the Beats Fit PRO truly-wireless, for a limited time Amazon is bundling a $25 Amazon Gift Card with the purchase of the new condition Beats Fit PRO for $200. This is available in four color options.
The offer is only available on the listings sold and shipped by Amazon actual, not by marketplace sellers…
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
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…
One more (no pun intended?) option in the world of budget truly-wireless, the “1More Stylish” is among the Friday 3/25/22 Newegg daily deals going for $28. This is sold and shipped by the 1More official store at the NewEgg website…
This runs bluetooth 5.0, with AAC and apt-X and promises 3 hours playback with just 15 minutes of charging…
Woot has two types of offers. The more well-known daily deals but also the longer running deals, the “Woot Plus” offers. Of the latter, they have an Electronics Spring sale running until 4/4/22 at 11:59pm central time, or earlier if sold-out (some of them do sell-out). These include some head/audio-related products such as:
As of the time of writing the Bose 700 ANC/BT over-ears for $270 has sold out…
If you are part of the Samsung Galaxy universe, one of the Tuesday 3/22/22 Amazon deals of the day is the new condition Samsung Galaxy Buds PRO truly-wireless going for $130 with free US shipping. Sold and shipped by Amazon itself. They are available in three color options. Up to three pairs per customer at the sale price.
As of the time of writing these average 4.4 out 5 based on nearly 19,000 global ratings with 350+ answered questions…
Speaking of truly-wireless, I just started using the Tribit BTH92 FlyBuds 3, a popular model with nearly 20K ratings and a 4.3 out of 5 as of the time of writing. An unboxing post is coming up, and then (hopefully) a review!
The reason I’m writing this now (instead of waiting when the unboxing post is ready) is because they have a limited time 20% off clip-on coupon at the Amazon website, dropping their price from $40 to $32! Both the black and the pink color schemes have the clip-on coupon.
If you are not familiar with Amazon’s clip-on coupons, you have to be logged-in to your Amazon account in order to save/link the coupon to your account. You don’t type a promo code, you just clip the tiny little checkbox near the coupon. You can use it at any time before it expires. The expiration dates vary and sometimes they can expire before the given date (eg if a product is going to be a gold-box/lightning deal, they cancel the coupon, otherwise the price drops too low for them to make any money LOL).
Anyway, back to the Tribits, they promise up to 100 hours of playback when using the included charging case (which also serves as a power bank for external devices {via USB-A}). They are bluetooth 5.0, with iPX8 and of utilitarian interest (eg listening to YouTube or podcasts), you can use each earbud separately, essentially doubling your playback time! The charging case is charged via USB-C thankfully (not micro-USB!)
Too early for me to speak about them review-wise, stay tuned for that in the next few days/weeks 🙂
The headphone hobby has gone a little bit out of control with an extended focus on four figure headphones, so let’s counter that with a budget offer 🙂
Among the Woot daily deals for Sunday 3/20/22 is the new condition 2-pack of Tech Theory truly wireless going for $25 plus shipping (free for Prime members). They are available in two color schemes and come with a 1-year Aduro warranty…
The included charging case carries 1200 mAh of juice, which you can also use to charge other external devices (great for Sandisk Clips,or emergency power for today’s power-hungry smartphones).
It does not say which bluetooth version they come with, so the internet search is your friend. I (obviously) don’t know (otherwise I would have written it here).
Personally I avoid anything before bluetooth 5.0, regardless of price ~ unless there’s a very good reason I want/need to buy a specific product. The bluetooth connection and pairing hassles of previous bluetooth versions are just not worth it most of the time 🙂
UPDATE: truly-wireless action at the Sunday NewEGG dailies as well, it’s the return of AUKEY with their EP-T25 truly wireless going for $20, sold by the AUKEY NewEgg store and shipped by NewEgg itself (similar to the “fulfilled by Amazon” thing but for Newegg)…
The headliner of the Friday 3/18/22 Woot daily deals is the new condition with a 1-year manufacturer warranty JBL LIVE 300 Premium (that’s the name) truly-wireless going for $38 in either black or blue color schemes. Up to 25 per customer, so you can get one for all friends and family 😉
As usual with Woot, shipping is free IF you are a Prime member AND you have connected your Woot and Amazon accounts (a one-time thing). Otherwise you pay a flat shipping fee for a calendar day’s purchases…
Anker is back for Monday 3/14/22 with an Amazon Gold Box sale featuring a soccer team (eleven) of their products, a mix of over-ear ANC/bluetooths and truly-wireless with prices ranging from $60 to $97. Too many to list here individually…
Then at the Woot daily deals, under “Clearance” they have the new condition Razer Nari Essential Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset: THX Spatial Audio for $40… Note that these ship in the (theoretically and hopefully) more environmentally-friendly frustration-free packaging, not the retail packaging…
Finally among the BEst BuY DaiLy DeaLz for 3/14/22 they offer the new condition Sennheiser Momentum 2 truly-wireless for $190…
Mondays are Anker days at the Meh daily deals? Mayhaps, because for Monday 3/14/22 their offer is the new condition Anker Soundcore Life U2 Neckband bluetooth earphones for $19 plus shipping (free S&H for paying Meh members). These promise up to 24 hours battery life. They also promise 2 hours of playback with 5 minutes of USB-C charging. They are IPX7 and come with an 18-month Anker warranty.
Note that the listing does not mention which bluetooth version is this. Me personally, at this point in time, I avoid everything before Bluetooth 5.0. Bluetooth kerfuffles are a lot more common before 5.0. Then again, this is $19 🙂
It’s a another iteration of the Random Audio sale at the Woot deals du jour running until Sunday 3/13/22 at 11:59pm central time or earlier if sold out.
A total of 19 products are participating, including:
It’s not dueling banjos, but it’s a dueling ANC/BT over-ears sale happening at Amazon right now! These are not daily deals – they are limited time offers, but they do not specify the exact expiration date.
So, yes, both the Sony and Bose ANC/BT closed-back over-ears are participating in sales!
On the Sony front, they have the WH-1000X M4 going for $278 in two color options, and the more budget-friendly “Extra Bass” WH-XB910N going for $148, also in two color options…
On the Bose front they have the QuietComfort 45 going for $279 in two color options, and the 700 going for $329…
Thursday has two over-ear headphones at the NewEgg daily deals:
+ Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO (250 ohm) for $119 after using promo code 93XSP26
+ sold and shipped by NewEgg actual
+ Sony WH-1000X M4 ANC/BT closed-back for $260, sold and shipped by marketplace seller “Red Tag Camera”
Monday, the last day of February 2022 has headphone action at multiple places:
+ Adorama daily deals: H&A closed-back studio headphones for $25
+ Amazon Bose sale has Sport TW Earbuds for $160, QC45 ANC/BT over-ears for $280, 700 ANC/BT over-ears for $329
+ their model name is Earbuds but they are not actual earbuds
+ one of the Woot daily deals is the Sennheiser GSX 1000 external sound card for $130
+ Best Buy: Jaybird Vista 2 TW for $120 in three color options and Skullcandy Ink’D+ neckband-style bluetooth earphones for $30
+ who on earth puts both an apostrophe and a plus in a model name these days?
And a heads-up, the Tuesday 3/1/22 NewEgg dailies will have the return of the Beyerdynamic over-ears. Price and details on Tuesday!
On the utilitarian front, running until 2/27/22 at 11:59pm eastern time, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Direct Sound fstream X7 Bluetooth Receiver with Dual Headphone Outputs & Microphone for $10 with free US shipping.
This allows bluetooth audio to stream out to two 3.5mm audio outs at the same time. It runs bluetooth 4.1 and promises up to 10 hours battery life. It promises no lag.
Tuesday is a gift that keeps on giving! Woot is running a Tech Spring Cleaning sale until 11:59pm central time on February 22 in 2022 with 19 products including some audio-related gear:
Woot is running another variant of the Random Audio sale until Sunday 2/20/22 at 11:59pm central time or earlier if sold out…
A total of 27 audio products are participating, almost half of which are of the headphone kind, including:
+ refurb Bose 700 ANC/BT over-ears for $230 with 90-day refurbished warranty
+ truly-wireless from Nokia, Bose and Master & Dynamic and JBL among others
+ necklace style earphones from Bose and such
Good until 2/20/22 at 11:59pm ET, the latest B&H Photo daily deals offer these potentially interesting on-topic items:
+ new condition Audio Technica ATH-Sport90-BT bluetooth earphones for $29 with free US shipping
+ feed the DAPs and PADs and phonez/tabz too: five 64GB Sandisk Ultra microSD cards for $38 total
+ that’s $7.60 per card, enough to keep many of your DAPs/PADs happy!
+ reminder, on this blog, PAD = Phone As Dap (DAP)
We have a scattering of daily deals today (Saturday February 12 in 2022) but we start with an e-book! Cynthia Lennon’s John (Kindle ebook) is on sale for 99c at Amazon but you also get 10c back as a digital ebook credit for future eligible purchases. This averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 1300+ customer ratings as of the time of writing. It is 300+ pages, February 2012, Hodder & Stoughton (UK)…
Three headphones appear in the Saturday NewEgg dailies:
+ Sony MDR-XB-550-AP/B “Extra Bass” wired closed-back on-ears for $20
+ note these are sold and shipped by a marketplace seller, not NewEGG themselves
+ refurbished Beats Flex All-Day neckband bluetooth earphones for $29
+ Rosewill RW-TH-68-N ANC/BT closed on-ears for $33
Speaking of Beats, at the Woot daily deals they are offering “Grade A” refurbished Beats Solo PRO closed-back bluetooth on-ears for $130 with a 90-day Woot warranty…
Among the NewEGG daily deals for Friday February 12 in 2022 you can find the new condition closed-back on-ear Rosewill RW-TH68N ANC/bluetooth headphones going for $33 with free US shipping.
They play music wired or wirelessly. They come with an audio cable, a charging cable and a drawstring pouch/bag…
It does not say which bluetooth version, and from the looks of it the charging is micro-USB…
Monday February 7 in 2022 is a truly-wireless day at the Meh daily deal, you can haz the new condition Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 truly-wireless for $39 plus shipping. Paying Meh members get free shipping.
You can have up to 32 hours of playtime when using the charging case too, or eight hours stored in the earphones themselves. They promise 2 hours of playtime with 10 minutes of charging. Buzzwords include apt-X and IPX5.
Not sure if they are serious but the model number is 61V3-M3-L183RTY 🙂
As promised, NewEGG is having a back to back Beyerdynamic sale at their daily deals featuring the Custom Game Interactive gaming headset for $140… This is good until 2/6/22 at 11:59pm pacific…
Meanwhile at the Sunday B&H Photo daily deals you can have the Philips BASS+ truly-wireless for $20 with free US shipping…
But we are not done yet! The Musician’s Friend deal of the day (until Monday at 8am ET, or earlier if sold out) is the Presonus AudioBox 96 studio bundle for $150. This includes:
+ HD7 headphones
+ M7 microphone
+ Studio One Artist software
+ AudioBox USB 96 audio/MIDI interface with cable
UPDATE: The Beatles are coming! Among the Sunday kindle daily deals they offer the “The Beatles: The Biography” ebook by Bob Spitz for $5. This is 965 pages and as of the time of writing it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 722 customer ratings…
It’s truly wireless day at Woot, their current offer running until the very end of the month (1/31/22 at 11:59pm central time) is a Feast Of Truly Wireless, five options, ranging from $20 to $65, headlined by the Master & Dynamic MW-07 going for $65 and Nokia Power earbuds for $48.
The sale also includes three refurbished JLab models ($20 to $38)…
Among the latest Amazon offerings, you can have the new condition Beats Fit Pro truly-wireless bundled with a $20 Amazon gift card, together for $200 with free US shipping…
Not sure if this is a daily deal, or a longer running limited-time offer…
Yes, I know, Beats and Bose, they break audiophile bones, and we have the risk of being considered “going mainstream”. But we follow the daily deals wherever they may lead us 🙂
And the Tuesday 1/25/22 daily deals at Amazon include the new condition Beats Studio 3 ANC/BT closed over-ears going for $175, and the new condition Beats Solo 3 closed bluetooth on-ears for $135.
On a more general level, they also have a Sandisk storage sale that includes two microSD cards (256GB, 512GB) and external HDDs for all your music storage needs.
No, they are not “audiophile” microSD cards 🙂
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