This limited time eBay offer expired…
[DEAD] MEE Audio AirFi AF16 button-y bluetooth earbuds for $11
This limited time weekend sale expired…
Thursday: refurbished Beats Studio Wireless (Bluetooth) ANC Over-Ears for $170
The white-red color-scheme of the Beats Studio Wireless (bluetooth) over-ears with ANC (active noise cancelling) is available in certified refurbished condition by Best Buy’s Geek Squad for $170 with free shipping or free store pick-up as one of the Best Buy daily deals for Thursday 4/14/16.
Bohm Over-Ear Bluetooth with ANC for $68 [ends Wedn 3am ET]
One of the daily deals at Amazon is the Bohm Over-Ear headphone with Bluetooth and Active Noise Cancelling, on sale for $68 with free shipping in either the brown or black color schemes with a limit of 30 per customer. The headphones average 4.3 out of 5 based on nearly 2000 customer reviews. The sale ends by 3am eastern on Wednesday or earlier if they happen to sell out.
[DEAD] Sol Republic Tracks Air Bluetooth On-Ears for $60
The Groupon sale that discounted this ended, but the Sol Republics are making the discounting rounds, one should be able to find more deals on them over time…
Now In-Stock: Skullcandy Grind Bluetooth On-Ears for $89
If you want to be among the first to try out the new Bluetooth version of the Skullcandy Grind On-Ear headphones, two of the six color schemes are now in-stock at authorized and reputable online dealer OneCall.com, which is the online persona of brick and mortar Huppin’s in the State of Washington. The price is $89 with free shipping. They also have a 3.5mm input for wired audio.
Not much is known yet about the bluetooth version, but there are over 100 reviews on the older wired non-Bluetooth version at amazon.com.
Keep in mind Skullcandy is typically focusing on today’s popular music genres, so if you are interested in classical or jazz and such, you may want to listen to them first 🙂
NVX Audio XBTL6 Bluetooth On-Ears for $30
NVX is better known for their XPT100 Studio Headphones (currently $80), but they have other models as well, such as their NVX Audio Bluetooth On-Ears, model XBTL6, currently going for $30 fulfilled by Amazon. The (new) usual free shipping terms apply at Amazon (Prime or $49+ or $25+ in books).
[DEAD] House of Marley Liberate Bluetooth Over-Ears for $55
It turns out the price on these was too good to last the whole day. As of 2:43pm ET check, this is sold out and done…
Refurbished Sony MDR-XB950BT Extra Bass Bluetooth for $85
If your interests of Bluetooth and Bass And More Bass intersect, Secondipidity’s eBay store is offering manufacturer refurbished Sony MDR-XB950BT/B Extra Bass Bluetooth headphones for $85 with free shipping and a 90-day warranty. Limit five pairs per buyer during this sale.
[DEAD] Jaybird X2 Bluetooth Sport In-Ears for $125 + S&H
This particular offer expired…
Used Jabra Move Bluetooth On-Ears for $38
If you are looking for red-black bluetooth on-ear headphones, this particular color-scheme of the Jabra Move Bluetooths is available in “Used – Good” condition (damaged original packaging) for $38~ or “Used – Very Good” condition (likewise with the packaging) for $41~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $49+ order (or a $25+ book order).
Used Definitive Technology Symphony 1 Over-Ear Bluetooth for $244
The Definitive Technology Symphony 1 Over-Ear Bluetooth headphones go for $400 in new condition, but if you want to secretly enjoy these in your basement away from the ire of the judgmental audiophile purist ceiling cat, you can get them in “Used – Like New” condition for $234 plus $10 flat shipping by Electronics Expo through Amazon Wareohouse Deals (AWD). These ship from Electronics Expo. AWD’s own lowest price is $299. The headphones average 4.1 out of 5 based on 37 customer reviews.
V-Moda Crossfade Wireless (Bluetooth) drops to $270
The V-Moda Crossfade M100 were replaced by the “Crossfade Wireless”, a bluetooth over-ear set that took over the mantle at the $300 price. We now have perhaps one of the very first discounts on the bluetooth/wireless model. You can get it for $270 instead of $300 in the Gunmetal Black color-scheme and for $280 in two other color options. The red is the only one not on sale. These are at Amazon, by Amazon actual, with a limit of three per color per customer. They average 4.6 out of 5 based on 150+ customer reviews. They also play music via a standard 3.5mm input, they not Bluetooth-exclusive. They promise 100% recharge in 100 minutes.
[DEAD] Tuesday: two small Bluetooth receivers for $11.50 and $22.50 each
These two offers expired…
[DEAD] Tuesday Deals: Beats Studio and Pill Gold Bundle, Bluedio, Orei
This set of daily offers expired…
[DEAD] Used Creative Labs WP-380 On-Ears (BT, NFC) for $50
Rechecking on 3/7/16 shows none available in Used conditions. In other words, the available unit(s) got scooped up…
JBL Synchros S400BT+ Bluetooth On-Ears for $100
The mobile carriers continue to expand into electronics, and headphones are one of the hot and profitable electronics they can sell alongside their phones. Which brings us to Sprint offering the JBL Synchros S400BT+ bluetooth headphones, in the Stealth Gray color-scheme, for $100 thanks to an instant savings promotion.
[DEAD] Starts Fri 3pm ET: refurbished Plantronics BackBeat Go 2 BT Earbuds
This lightning deal expired…
[DEAD] Thursday Headphone Lightning Deals: Caeden Linea, Veho, Bluedio
The day is over, and so are the lightning deals for this particular day…
[DEAD] Ends Wedn 3pm ET: Bluedio Flagship (!?!?!) Bluetooth for $200
This 4-hour deal expired…
Tuesday Lightning Deals: Jaybird BlueBuds X Sports BT, Bluedio BT, Sennheiser HD 218i
We have another round of headphones scheduled to be part of the Lightning Deals at Amazon’s for Tuesday 3/1/16. I do not know what the sales prices will be ~ those are revealed over there as each offer goes live. Each offer typically lasts four hours but not always. The schedule is as follows:
* starts 11am Eastern: JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth In-Ears (Camo color scheme)
* starts 12pm Eastern: Sennheiser HD 218i On Ears
* starts 3pm Eastern: Bluedio Model B2 Colour Bluetooth over/on ears
* also a couple of other Audio items throughout the day (Pioneer 7.2 AVR BT, Braven BT, etc)
Used Tenqa FIT Bluetooth Earbuds (Exercise) for $9~
I did a lot of groundwork today to organize the way I track the various Amazon deals, and as a result of that, there’s a handful of potential deals that I have earmarked. I’ll have to go through them and prepare posts for the ones that survive price-checks (probably Sunday night), but in the mean time, I am posting some of the used items that have only one left, before they get scooped up.
The sporty Tenqa FIT Bluetooth Earbuds go for $69 in new condition, but as of the time of writing, there is one unit in what is described as “Used – Acceptable” condition for around $9 (nine dollars) by Amazon Warehouse Deals. There is no detailed description of its condition. The “acceptable” condition means higher risk. I don’t know if $9 was a price-typo or it is in really bad shape.
These average 3.1 out of 5 based on 150 customer reviews, so that’s another risk factor to consider. Since AWD is the actual seller, they are eligible for free 2-day shipping for Prime members. Thankfully they are not putting “Add On” restrictions on Used products [don’t give them any ideas!]
V-MODA Crossfade M-100 (white/silver) for $204 [updated]
UPDATE (2/27/16): the Matte Black color scheme is available in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) for $149~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual (Prime eligible).
The burst of Sennheiser posts below is because I did a price check of most of their wired over/on-ears, but the world does not revolve around Sennheiser. There are many and more brands. Going down in price at the moment is the white-silver color-scheme of the wired closed over-ear V-MODA Crossfade M-100 [corrected the link!], $204 with free shipping at Amazon, with a limit of five per customer. The other two colors are $227+. This is new condition from Amazon actual.
The introduction of their Wireless (Bluetooth) over-ear is pushing down the prices of their wired models, which is hooray if you are not interested in bluetooth. But if you are interested in Bluetooth, but don’t want to pay the $300 new condition price, the used prices start at $225 at Amazon Warehouse Deals. The link shows the lowest price per color. To see more options for a particular color, select its picture thumbnail or click on the link that says “See all offers for this product”. If you are not familiar with the Warehouse Deals pages, they can be overwhelming, take a deep breath, and slowly “index” it 🙂
Philips SHB9250/27 Bluetooth On-Ears for $100
The $100 price point appears to be a target for multiple brand-name manufacturers of bluetooth on-ears, as the competition intensifies from the low-brand-awareness (and unknown brands) that are flirting with consumers at the under $50 level. Which brings us to the Philips SHB9250/27 Bluetooths dropping to $100 with free shipping, with a limit of five pairs per customer at this price, at Amazon by Amazon actual. They average 3.9 out of 5 based on 14 customer reviews. They are of the flat folding kind.
Polk Audio AM4220-A Hinge Bluetooth On-Ears for $100
For a limited time the “blue” (looks more brown than blue from the picture) color scheme of the Polk Audio AM4220-A Hinge Bluetooth on-ear headphone is on sale for $100 with free shipping, with a limit of three per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. Only this color scheme is on sale. The other two remain at $150. They have three 5-customer reviews, one is a long one, one from a non-english-speaking composer, and the third the classic 1-liner. Per the specs there, this supports aptX, AAC and has NFC.
[DEAD] Ends Tue 4pm ET: Plantronics BackBeat PRO+ Bluetooth ANC Sale for $239
This 4-hour lightning deal expired…
[DEAD] Refurbished first-gen Parrot Zik for $155 [ends Mon 1am ET]
This particular sale ended, but with now three generations of this headphone, the sales for the first two generations will likely continue…
YMMV B&M Clearance: Craig Over-Ear Bluetooths for $6
This is a YMMV clearance sale at Office Depot or Office Max brick and mortar (B&M) stores. The Craig over-ear bluetooth headphones are on a clearance sale for around $6 per pair. I forgot to write down the model number when I saw them. The sale is not on their website, only B&M that may have them… I could be wrong, but from what I recall, they are this Craig model (I could be wrong, I am only going from visual memory)…
LUXA2 Lavi S Bluetooth Over Ears w/built-in speakers for $24
If you like to checkout gadgety type of headphones, the LUXA2 Lavi S Bluetooth Over Ears with external speakers built into the outside of the earcups (!), are on sale for $24 per pair at Amazon by Amazon actual. There is a catch though, the shipping estimate is currently 1-2 months.
There are four different headphone models on the same product page, so the review average is not necessarily indicative. Of the 140 customer reviews, 59 of them are for this particular model. You can see them here in this filtered review list for this particular option. Unfortunately the filtered review lists do not show a star rating average, and my brain is not fast enough to quickly calculate an average based on 59 of them 🙂
Start Wedn 10pm ET: Mpow Streambot Bluetooth Audio Receiver Sale
Wednesday has something of potential interest in the schedule of the Gold Box at Amazon. It will start late on Wednesday, at 10pm Eastern (7pm pacific). It will be the Mpow Streambot Box with Bluetooth 4.0 and apt-X and NFC support. It gives you a Bluetooth receiver which you can use any which way you like. The most common use of these is to let existing non-Bluetooth speakers or headphones receive audio over bluetooth. The price before the sale is $25. It averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 90+ customer reviews, and if you are curious about it, it has 30 questions peer-answered over there.
Basically, one way to use it is this: plug this into your existing RCA-input or 3.5mm input speakers. Pair this (“this” being the Mpow Bluetooth critter in this deal) with your smartphone or tablet, play music on your phone/tablet, and hear it through your speakers. If you are planning to pair it with multiple devices, NFC is really handy because you don’t have to worry about various devices “fighting” over the bluetooth connection.
[DEAD] Starts Tue 1pm ET: Plantronics Backbeat Sense SE Lightning Deal
This lightning deal expired…
TDK WR680 Bluetooth On-Ears for $22
On the budget side of brand-name bluetooth with NFC closed-back on-ears with wired 3.5mm input as well, the TDK WR680 are now down to $22 in either black or white color schemes, sold by marketplace sellers, but the orders are fulfilled by Amazon, so you get free 2-day shipping if you are a Prime member. If not, it’s usual $35+ super-saver-shipping. Fulfilled by Amazon also has the benefit of dealing with Amazon Customer Support versus dealing with the marketplace sellers directly.
Refurbished Plantronics BackBeat Go 2 Bluetooth earbuds for $25 plus shipping
The latest daily deals at Woot include the refurbished Plantronics BackBeat Go 2 Bluetooth earbuds (model 89800-41), on sale for $25 plus shipping. They are available in either black or white color options, with a limit of up to three per customer. Per the listing there, they come with a 90 day warranty from Woot, not Plantronics. Offer ends by 1am eastern on Tuesday 2/9/16.
MEE audio Air-Fi Venture AF52 for $34.99 (limit 3)
If you need a pair of bluetooth headphones and don’t mind waiting for a few days to receive them, it looks like Amazon is beating the current price of Massdrop for the MEE audio Air-Fi Venture AF52 offered them for $34.99, with a limit of three per customer. That extra penny is important if you are not a Prime member, because free shipping is with a $35+ order (add a cable or other trinket to get to $35+, add-on items are eligible as well for this purpose).
The headphones average 4 out of 5 based on over 330 customer reviews, and have over 80 questions answered, so there are plenty of knowns about them. They also play music via 3.5mm, so you are not stuck musicless if they run out of battery (built-in, needed for Bluetooth).
PS: “MEE audio” is the new name for “ME Electronics”. I’m not sure the new name is an improvement. It’s like “Logitech” becoming “Logi”. At least it keeps the marketing people busy 🙂
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