Massdrop: lots of items added, Gustard and PS Audio fully unlocked

Members-only but free to join site Massdrop has a number of new offers added the last few days. The offers mentioned in this post expire in 6-7 days from blog-posting date. Of those added, the PS Audio Sprout DAC/amp is fully unlocked for $510 shipped, and the GUSTARD H10 amp for $312~ shipped. On the budget front, the Brainwavz S1 Earphones go for $28~ shipped. Not headphone related, but the U-Turn Audio Orbit Basic + Cue is also unlocked, for $195 shipped. The rest of the items are not unlocked as of the time of writing, but they have plenty of time left to go.

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Massdrop: BeyerD DT235, Brainwavz S5, etc

Another day, another round of offers up at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop. These end in 6-7 days from blog-posting date, and as of the time of writing, none of them has reached the lowest offer price possible. They are:

+ Beyerdynamic DT 235 on-ears as low as $46 (black or white)
+ Brainwavz S5 Earphones as low as $67 (goes for $100 at amazon)
+ MEElectronics M-Duo as low as $30 (goes for $50 at amazon)
+ Luxury and Precision L5 Digital Audio Player as low as $538 shipped (24 bit/192 PCM, DSD, 3.5″, 16GB, microSD)
+ mini-rant: with the prices of memory so low, it is rather ridiculous that $500+ DAPs (not just this one) can only “afford” 16GB of on-board storage. Really???

New at Massdrop: BeyerD DT990-250 Pro, xDuoo, etc

Yesterday launched a wave of new Massdrop offers, and today has even more. As of the time of writing, none of the ones below are fully unlocked (= lowest price possible):

+ Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro 250 ohm as low as $180 (only 250 ohm participating)
+ xDuoo TA-02 Tube DAC/Amp as low as $90
+ Hidizs AP100 Portable HiFi Music Player as low as $230
+ Luxury & Precision LP5 Music Player as low as $700 (only 1 needed to unlock)