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Fully unlocked at Massdrop with about seven days to go (from blog posting date) are the Shure SE846 IEMs going for $780 with free shipping. Orders will begin shipping August 7, so don’t buy if you need them to arrive quickly. A few more offers were added there, but as of the time of writing they are not fully unlocked – they are:
With six days left in the offer (as of the time of writing), the FLC Technology FLC8 with its 36 custom sound signatures is offered at members-only Massdrop. The lowest price possible under this offer is $300 plus $3~ shipping. The Massdrop page references the ljokerl review at TheHeadphoneList.
The AKG K7XX Massdrop Limited Edition headphones (open-back over-ears) are back at members-only Massdrop, offered for $200 with free shipping, with seven days to go (from blog-posting date). This offer has 1250 units available. As of the time of writing, over 1000 units are still available. The K7XX (actual product name, not X as a wildcard) is based upon the K702 65th anniversary edition, fine-tuned by Massdropophiles.
Also fully unlocked over there, with about five days, are the Westone W30 in-ears going for around $303~ shipped. Really people, $300 earphones and you have to charge $3.38 in shipping? Come on! 🙂
With about five days left, these offers are running there, but not fully unlocked as of the time of writing:
The frequently discussed Sennheiser HD 700 “deputy” of their flagship line-up is now fully unlocked at members-only Massdrop for $480 with free shipping. The offer just launched today, with seven days left to go. Note however that shipments will begin August 3rd, so if you need it quickly, this is not it. It is free to join Massdrop, but because some of the items offered are below MAP (minimum advertised pricing), the Internet Price Police does not allow them to open it without requiring people to sign-in and login.
TIP: before buying this, if you are not already familiar, it may be a good idea to do some research on amps that go with it.
The Audio Technica M50x (black) were at their all time low a few days ago, going for $100 for a limited time (since then, it expired) at Adorama. If you missed that, or if you have Massdrop coupons or credit, they have returned there, fully unlocked for $120 plus $7 flat shipping, with six days left (as of the time of writing).
Five more offers were added to members-only (but free for anyone to sign-up for) Massdrop. As of the time of writing, they have 6-7 days to go, and none of them is fully unlocked (= lowest price possible during this particular offering). They are:
With the mobile phone/tablet explosion, a similar mobile DAC/amp explosion happened. Another one of these was added to Massdrop, the CEntrance DACport DAC/Amp could go as low as $153 shipped. It has about seven days from today to get fully unlocked. On the studio front, with 9 days to go, the Technical Pro Boom and Mic Bundle is fully unlocked for $78 shipped. A number of the previously mentioned items are fully unlocked, but I am only posting each Massdrop offer once. You can find them all at their website if you are interested 🙂
Never a dull moment at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop. The latest offers added there three items that are fully unlocked (translation: the lowest price possible during this offer). They expire in about 4-5 days from blog-posting date (not the day you are reading this). They are (with prices below including shipping but not taxes since I can’t calculate those for every State):
If you don’t mind waiting (estimated ship date is mid-July), the Shure SE 215 in-ears, in the black color scheme, are fully unlocked for $80 plus $6~ flat shipping. These, and the other offers mentioned in this post end in about 6-7 days from blog-posting date (not from the date you are reading this). The rest are not fully unlocked as of the time of writing:
Members-only Massdrop is probably going to add a few more new members this week. Three new offers were launched today (they have about seven days left from blog-posting date here) and all three of them are fully unlocked (which in their own lingo means the lowest price possible under this particular promotion). The three items are the AKG K181 DJ UE on-ear headphones going for $80 shipped and the Beyerdynamic T90 Tesla for $450 shipped. The third item is not an …item…
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The Sennheiser G4ME ZERO gaming headset is currently on offer at Massdrop (members only, free to join) with the lowest price possible being $188~ shipped. As of the time of writing, it is not fully unlocked, however, it has 4 days left (as of blog-posting date here) in this offer.
Added to Massdrop recently, and with about five days to go from blog-posting date is the xDuoo TA-02 Tube Amp that could go as low as $80 plus $10 flat shipping. It already has 6 out of the 15 needed to fully unlocked this price.
If you missed Monday’s Audio Technica ATM-50x lightning deal for $120, it is back on sale, but for slightly more, going for $127 shipped by members-only Massdrop. Unlike Amazon’s deal that lasts four hours, the Massdrop offer is good for seven days (from blog-posting date). To coincide with this sale, the ATH-M50x Velour Earpads are offered separately for $22 shipped. Both are fully unlocked (aka, their lowest prices possible under this offer).
As perhaps a budget semi-alternative, they also offer the Superlux HD668B semi-open headphones for $38~ shipped. These are not fully unlocked as of the time of writing. They average 4.4 out of 5 based on 320+ customer reviews at amazon.com.
More action at members-only Massdrop, the following offers are running with 6-7 days left as of blog-posting date, and none of them is fully unlocked. They are:
+ Beyerdynamic Manufaktur DT 990 (600 Ohm) as low as $280 shipped
+ Colorfly C4 portable DAP (and DAC and AMP) as low as $508 shipped
+ SMSL M8 desktop DAC as low as $180 shipped
The Ultimate Ears 18 Pro Custom In-Ears are currently fully unlocked (lowest price offered) at members-only Massdrop for $975 with free shipping. The offer is good for the next seven days (from blog-posting date). Patience is a virtue for this offer, shipping estimate is late July (2015).
Three more offers were added to Massdrop, with 6-7 days as of blog-posting date. Of the three, one is fully unlocked (= has the lowest price possible during this particular offer), the JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth earbuds going for $115~ shipped. Their lowest price is $121 at amazon.com but in a different color scheme.
The other additions (not unlocked as of the time of writing) are the quick return of the Beyerdynamic DT 1350 CC that could go as $178 shipped (same price as previous June offer) and the Bravo V2 Headphone Amplifier that could go as low as $88~ shipped.
More Massdrop offers were added today, but as of the time of writing, none of them are fully unlocked, however, they each have seven days left (from blog-posting date). They are:
A new burst of offers is up at Massdrop today, but as of the time of writing, none of them have reached their lowest possible offer price (in their lingo, “fully unlocked”). These however have about 6-7 days to go from blog-posting date, so they have plenty of chances to get fully unlocked. They are (with shipping added to the price total, but not sales tax because I am not a tax calculation super-computer):
AKG party at Massdrop (members-only but free to join). The closed-back over-ear AKG K553 Pro Studio Headphone is currently fully unlocked (lowest price possible) for $120 with free shipping. The offer is good for the next six days (from blog-posting date). This offer is limited to 1400 units, but you have plenty of time, as of the time of writing, only 166 units got purchased.
The items below have about 6-7 days left, but they are not fully unlocked as of the time of writing:
+ Creative Sound Blaster E5 USB DAC/Amp Combo as low as $156
+ Sony PHA-3 Portable DAC/Amplifier Combo as low as $708
+ Sieveking Omega Headphone Stand as low as $140
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.
A new wave of offers got added to members-only Massdrop, which is free to join but you must be joined and logged on in order to see the various offers. As of the time of writing, the ones below are not fully unlocked and end in about seven days from blog-posting date:
These don’t go on sale often, so if interested, the Shure SE-215 in-ears are currently unlocked at members-only (but free to join) Massdrop for $80 plus $6~ flat shipping. This are in the black color scheme. The offer ends in about seven days from blog-posting date. These continue to build up in popularity, they have amassed over 1500 customer reviews at amazon now with a 4.1 out of 5 average, and they even have a fitting mini-tutorial page.
Four more items were added to Massdrop, one of which is fully unlocked as of the time of writing, the Sennheiser HD-5xx ZY Cable goes for $25~ shipped. This fits these models: HD518, HD558, HD595, HD598. Basically current HD 5xx open-back line-up plus good old 595.
Not fully unlocked at the moment are the following items, the Matrix M-Stage HP2 DAC-Amp that could go as low as $210 shipped, the portable Topping NX1 amp that could go as low as $36 shipped, and the TTPOD T1S IEMs that could go as low as $32.50~ shipped. All the items mentioned in this post end in about 6-7 days from blog-posting date here.
It’s been a very busy week at Massdrop, three more items were added, each with six days left (from blog-posting date). Of the three, one is fully unlocked, the red Calyx Audio PaT DAC/Headphone Amp goes for $89 shipped. The other two are not there yet, the Creative Sound Blaster X7 Amp/DAC combo could go as low as $310 shipped, while the Lake People G109 Headphone Amplifier could go as $460 shipped. As usual, I only post the initial listing for each item there, I cannot individually track each offer as time goes by.
Three more items got added to Massdrop today, ending in about seven days from today (today being blog-posting date). As of the time of writing, none of them are fully unlocked (= lowest price possible). They are:
* Audio-Technica ATH-ES88 Portable Headphones as low as $143~ shipped
* Superlux HD668B Headphones as low as $38~ shipped
* Dunu DN-2000J Premium Hybrid Earphone as low as $306~ shipped
More offers launched today at Massdrop, and as of the time of writing, two of them have reached the lowest price possible. The Philips Fidelio L1 semi-open headphones go for $100 plus $10 flat shipping, while Velour Earpads for the new ATH-Mx headphones from Sound Professionals are offered for $20 plus $2 flat shipping. Five color options are available at checkout and they fit the M50x, M40x, M30x, and M20x, along with the M50 (per the listing there).
Also launched there but not at their lowest price possible as of the time of writing are the Fostex TH500RP for $510, the Parrot Zik 2.0 as low as $328 headphones. On the in-ear front, the Beyerdynamic MXP 50 iE could go as low as $32~ shipped. Of potential interest, the red Focusrite 18i8 Interface could go as low as $305 shipped.
All the above end in about seven days from blog-posting date (not the date you are reading this).
PS: when looking at Philips headphones, beware of an “L” in their model name. It is an indicator of a Lightning connector (newer Apple devices). An example of a new Philips L-headphone, the Fidelio M2L (M2L/27).
More action at Massdrop, three more items got added, with their offers expiring in about seven days from blog-posting date. As of the time of writing, none of them are fully unlocked. They are:
* STAX SRS-3170 Electrostatic Earspeaker System as low as $1010 shipped
* Moe Audio MOE-SS01 IEMs as low as $42~ shipped
* xDuoo TA-01 DAC/Amp as low as $135 shipped
The Massdrop limited edition AKG K7xx headphones are back at their website, offered for $200 with free shipping, with the offer ending in about seven days from blog-posting date. This is the lowest price possible under this offer (only one price). This is based on the K702 65th anniversary edition, an over-ear open-back headphone. The sale is behind a login wall (only registered members can see it – but it is free to join), but their “understanding headphone reviews” blog post is open for all to read.
Another recently launched offer there, but not fully unlocked is the Fostex TH-900 as low as $1116 shipped (why isn’t a $1100 headphone getting free shipping?).
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???
The AKG K181DJ UE Reference headphones are currently offered for $80 with free shipping at Massdrop. This is their lowest price for this offer (aka fully unlocked). Offer ends in 7 days from today (today being the blog-posting date, not the date you are reading this). 950 units are available for this promotion. As of the time of writing, 64 units got purchased but this offer just went live.
Four more offers were added to Massdrop, with all ending in about seven days (from blog-posting date), with the exception of the Numarks which end in nine days. As of the time of writing, none of them are fully unlocked…
+ Sennheiser HD 800 ZY Cable as low as $103 (you can choose type at checkout)
+ Numark Redwave DJ Headphones as low as $55
+ TCG Audio Skina Headphone Amp as low as $50
+ Sony NWZ-A17 Walkman as low as $260 (goes for $300 at amazon)
A number of new offers have been posted at members-only Massdrop today. All the items mentioned below end in about seven days from today (with today being the blog-posting date, not the date you reading this). Of them, the JayBird BlueBuds X Sport are fully unlocked (the lowest price possible) going for $110 plus $5 shipping. The lowest price at amazon is $122 at the moment.
The rest are not unlocked (= reaching their lowest price possible during this offer) as of the time of writing (shipping is included in the price mentioned below):
+ SYUN MIX-1 budget IEMs as low as $24 (go for $33 at amazon by Lend Me UR ears)
+ Spracht Konf-X ANC Buds as low as $52.50
+ xDuoo TA-02 Tube Amp as low as $90
+ Gustard U12 USB Interface as low as $140
Warm up your DACs and AMPs, the 600 ohm are coming! Fully unlocked at the moment at members-only Massdrop is the new condition Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium (600 ohm) going for $240 plus $8 flat shipping. The sale ends in about seven days from today (today being the blog-posting date, not the date you may be reading this).
A lot of other items went up at Massdrop, but as of the time of writing, none of them are fully unlocked. Fully unlocked is when they reach the lowest price possible during a particular offer. These offers expire in seven days from today:
+ Takstar PRO 80 Headphones as low as $67 shipped
+ Astrotec AX-35 Hybrid IEM as low as $55 shipped
+ xDuoo UA-05 DAC/Amp as low as $188 shipped
+ QLS QA360 Music Player as low as $470 shipped (hooray for the DAP rival, not so hooray for the $prices$)
Another offer is up at Massdrop, the semi-open over-ear Beyerdynamic DT 880 (600 ohm) “All Black Everything” has the potential of being on sale for $250 plus $10 flat shipping. There’s only one price tier that has not unlocked as of the time of writing of this post. The offer ends in about seven days from blog-posting date.
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