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We have two back to back IEMs unlocked at Massdrop. We start with the new condition Kinera Seed IEMs, not to be confused with Kinvara, the Red Priestess from Game Of Thrones 🙂 The price is $43 plus shipping.
They will ship in late April 2018, shipped from Massdrop, with all sales final as usual. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
And now let’s check upon the regular “drops” at Massdrop. Good for the next two days and change (from blog-posting date) is the return of the TFZ Exclusive IEMs. Three models are available on the same listing, you can select in the shopping cart. The “Exclusive 1” goes for $35 plus shipping, while the “Exclusive 3” goes for $50 plus shipping, and the “Exclusive 5” goes for $60 plus shipping. They will ship in late April 2018 from Massdrop with all sales final as usual. No mention of warranty in the listing.
They are back on again! The Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX Headphones offer is live again at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop website, going for their usual price of $200 with free US shipping and $15 flat shipping outside the US. Their one attempt to increase their price to $250 a few drops ago backfired and they quickly reverted to $200. This offer runs for the next eight days and change from blog-posting date (April Fool’s Day or so).
A maximum of five units per member is allowed. They will be serialized and come with a 2-year warranty since they are the product of the Senn-Mass shipping ~ they are putting the “x” in the names, thus opening the door to “shipping talk” 🙂
Patience is a virtue here too. The shipping estimate is mid-August 2018, about a week ahead of the Noble Kaiser 10 Custom IEMs. You can buy five HD6XXs for the price of one Kaiser CIEM 🙂
In a way this long wait curtails impulse buys. If this was available with Prime shipping, I probably wouldn’t be able to resist!
UPDATE 9:36am ET: as expected, this is fully unlocked, with 14 units claimed so far…
It’s now LIVE! IT went live on Massdrop on Friday at 9am eastern (6am Massdrop/pacific time). It is the new condition Massdrop x Noble Kaiser 10 Custom IEMs for $1250 with free US shipping and subsidized international shipping. The price is $1400 but will drop to $1250 thanks to an instant discount. The drop runs for the next seven days and change (from launch date).
UPDATE: the shipping estimate is … *drum roll* … August 21st in 2018. That’s five months from now, so patience is a virtue 🙂
You can make customizations in the shopping cart (nine options of shell and faceplate combinations). Optionally you can add an additional cable to your order (lightning or 2.5mm TRRS balanced) for +$50.
Ear impressions are not included in the price. You have to get your own and send them to Noble Audio in Santa Barbara (California). They expect to receive these within six weeks of the drop expiration, otherwise your order will be cancelled.
They come with a 1-year warranty. The shipping estimate was revealed at the product listing page after the offer goes went live at 9am eastern on Friday 3/23/18.
As of the time of writing, this has “355 users have requested this product”. These are guaranteed to custom-wreck your wallet 🙂
It is back! Come listen to our dairy air(e)! Running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date; Massdrop does not show an exact expiration date, that’s why I’m posting the expiration like this) is the new condition Koss KPH30i Rhythm Beige Lightweight On-Ears for $20 plus shipping. They come with the famous KOSS limited lifetime warranty as Koss and Massdrop are co-operating. All sales are final however.
They will be shipped in mid March 2018 by Massdrop. They come with a non-detachable dual-entry cable with mic/remote.
Speaking of Koss, I just posted a text and pictures unboxing of the KOSS KSC-75 earclips, a “rescue” from the clearance bin of a brick and mortar store. I listened to them for the first time last night, they sound a lot better than they look 🙂
Massdrop is back again with another unlocked offer of the IEM kind. It is the new condition Magaosi K5 IEMs going for $150 with free US shipping, running for the next four days and change (from blog posting date). Multiple color schemes are available at checkout. They will ship from Massdrop in late April with all sales final as usual No mention of warranty in the listing…
PS: the eBay flash coupon promotion expired. I am going to go through the posts and mark them expired shortly…
They may call it a “Little Dot” but it is certainly larger than a dot 🙂 The new condition Little Dot MKII Tube Headphone Amp is back on again, fully unlocked at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop for $135 with free US shipping.
The offer is running for the next four days and change (from blog-posting date) and offers additional tube options for additional cost in the shopping cart. They will ship from Massdrop in early May 2018 with all sales final as usual (I’m not sure if I should repeat this in every post since this is how Massdrop does business). There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
We have the first of three Massdrop offerings that are unlocked now, it’s the new condition SoundMAGIC PL50 in-ears for $30 with free US shipping. They run for the next three days and change (from blog-posting date) and will ship from Massdrop in mid-April 2018 with all sales final as usual.
This wave of Massdrop unlocking continues with the return of the Rooth C&P Earplugs with various options ranging from $9 to $18 plus shipping. The $18 model comes in five dB reduction options (9 to 27 dB). These are of the hearing protection kind, no music playback.
The drop runs for the next three days and change, and will ship in early April 2018 from Massdrop, with all sales final as usual.
If you are not deterred by the Venture Electronics’ owner threat to ban 1-star reviewers [a horrible practice at best], Massdrop is back with a fully unlocked offer on the new condition VE Exclusive Blue cables for Massdrop headphones for $50 with free US shipping. There are various options for cable connectors and cable length shown in the listing and selected in the shopping cart when you checkout.
These will ship in late May 2018 from Massdrop with all sales final. Here’s a screenshot crop of the options below:
But wait, there’s more! On the same listing, they have the Braided IEM cables for $10 plus shipping. They come with your choice of 2-pin or MMCX on one end, and 3.5mm or 2.5mm on the other end. These will ship in mid-April 2018.
Both offers run for the next four days and change from blog-posting date…
These are back and with a vengeance! They are on pace to sellout long before the drop ends! Over 560 units have been claimed of the 770 available as of the time of writing. They are moving fast. Five units got sold while I was writing this short blog-post!
“These” are the new condition Massdrop x Noble Kaiser 10 Universal IEMs offered for $900 with free US shipping at Massdrop.
They come with a 1-year warranty and will ship in mid-May 2018. Optionally, for +$40 you can add a lightning cable OR a 2.5mm TRRS balanced cable to your order.
Knock, on wood! Audio Technica wood! Another offer has fully unlocked at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop, it is the new condition Audio-Technica W5000 Wood Headphones for $550 with free US shipping. That bright red innards case you see over there is part of the standard kit and is included. These will be shipped from Massdrop in early April with all sales final. No mention of warranty in the listing.
If you want these but don’t want to wait that long, you can get them for $600 by the Focus Camera and aSavings group of companies thru Amazon or thru eBAY or through Focus directly…
It’s Wednesday right after 9am eastern. That means only one thing! The world premiere of the Massdrop x Noble Luxe IEMs offer has gone live at Massdrop for $90 with free US shipping and subsidized international shipping. The shipping date has been revealed, hold your horses, take a big breath, it’s mid-July 2018, that’s four months from now.
The offer runs until the end of March 2018. As of 10:34am ET, it is fully unlocked as expected! As of 9:17am ET, ten more purchases are needed for the offer to unlock. It’s only a matter of minutes before that happens, because the last time I checked over 950 people were on the “Remind Me” before the offer went live.
Never a dull moment at Massdrop. Another offer has fully unlocked, it is the new condition Astell&Kern Super Junior x AK Jr DAP for $200 with free US shipping running for the next four days and change from blog-posting date. These will ship in early April 2018 from Massdrop with all sales final as usual.
This messy name is because this is a special edition of the DAP in collaboration with K-Pop band “Super Junior”. Jealous of the iPhone-U2 collaboration, the DAP will include 20 remastered tracks from the band 🙂
This has 64GB onboard storage and can take up to 400GB microSD memory cards.
NOTE that the back of this blue DAP is autographed by the members of the band. It’s covered in signatures.
Unlocked at Massdrop and running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date) are the new condition Dekoni Earpads for the M50X (and the other Audio Technica headphones in its line (M40X, M30X, M20X) along with …the Sony MDR-7506) for $10 with free US shipping for the base model (leather exterior, foam interior) or $15 for the velour option (velour exterior, memory foam interior). These will be shipped by the vendor in early April 2018 with all sales final.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention in the original post, but there are a lot of guitars in the patent prints below…
Would you like a headphone patent on your wall? Good for the next three days and change (from blog-posting date) Massdrop is offering Ink and Screened 18×24 inch Patent Prints for $17 with free US shipping. One of them is the 1981 Jacobsen and Thomsen headphone patent from KOSS [check Google Patents for more details on the actual patent]. The headphone print is just one of the many options.
These will ship in early April 2018 from the vendor and all sales are final.
DAP DAP time at Massdrop! Fully unlocked and running for the next four days and change (from blog posting time) is the new condition Hidizs AP60 Pro Digital Audio Player going for $80 with free US shipping. This will ship in early May 2018 by Massdrop with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
Among its features is 2-way bluetooth control, which allows your smartphone to control it. An interesting proposition! It also serves as a USB DAC/amp when connected to a computer. It takes microSD cards up to 256GB. But it has not embraced USB-C, it’s still microUSB. It would probably be too expensive to go USB-C 3.1 given the price but at least USB-C would make connecting the cable easier 🙂
Bluetooth-wise it supports version 4.0 with apt-X. The user interface does not have a rotating center dial like the Fiio X1, but it looks to be of similar chunky size, which is good because it falls to the bottom of your pocket ~ harder to fall out 🙂
The Ostry KC06A, not to be confused with the KC06, in new condition, is now fully unlocked and running for $45 with free US shipping for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date) at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop website. These will ship in mid-April 2018 from Massdrop, with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
Darkness my old friend as they say. Well, it’s DarkVoice back at Massdrop! This time, fully unlocked, and running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date) is the new condition DarkVoice 336SE OTL Headphone Amp going for $200 plus shipping and handling. You can select your power supply option during the checkout process. These will ship in early May 2018 from Massdrop, with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
The King is Back! No, not Elvis. No, not King Joffrey the Great! But instead running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting time) is the new condition TFZ King PRO IEM going for $125 with free US shipping at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop. Multiple color options are available, three uni-colors, and one duo-color. They will ship in mid-April 2018 from Massdrop, with all sales final as usual. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
Another new offer has unlocked at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop, it is the new condition xDuoo TA-01 DAC/Amp offered for $120 with free US shipping. Orders will ship in mid-April from Massdrop with all sales final. The offer runs for the next four days and change (from blog-posting date)…
This is an older alert post…
This is looking like a busy week at Massdrop [check the latest unlocked offers], and one more has unlocked, it is the new condition Topping NX4 DSD DAC/Amp going for $140 with free US shipping. The offer is running for the next four days and change from blog-posting date here.
It is available in black or silver, and will ship in mid-April from Massdrop [don’t forget to do your taxes!] with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
Tick-tock! This is the last day for this offer, it closes at 1am eastern on Friday, it is the new condition Aune T1 SE MK3 Headphone DAC/Amp offered for $180 with free US shipping at Massdrop, with your choice of black or silver color scheme, and power choice of 110V or 220V. The Gold Lion tube is NOT included with this offering!
This will ship in mid-April from Massdrop, with all sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
We have not turned into a Massdrop blog, I just checked after a couple of days and a lot of things have either unlocked, launched or are expiring! The new condition NuForce uDAC-3 DAC/Amp Combo is fully unlocked for the next three days and change (from blog-posting date) going for $60 with free US shipping. It is only available in the black color scheme and it will ship from Massdrop at the end of March 2018. Lots of things are scheduled to ship at the end of March, I hope they are prepared for it 🙂
Audiophile jazz and blues fans, open those wallets wide 🙂 Running for the next four days and change, fully unlocked at Massdrop is the Astell & Kern AK240 Blue Note Digital Audio Player for $1700 with free US shipping.
This DAP is a collaboration between AK and Blue Note records to celebrate Blue Note’s 75 years of Jazz and Blues. The DAP has a blue color and Blue Note logo but more importantly it includes 75 Blue Notes albums, remastered at 96kHz/24-bit. The albums are not loaded on the DAP Apple/U2 style (ha!) but instead come with a nice little tower of microSD cards, an homage mayhaps of the old days of CD tower stacks 🙂 It is a very nice looking gift if you have the financial flexibility to buy or gift it.
This ships at the end of March 2018 from Massdrop with all sales final.
Hearing protection for music fans is something that is still not getting the attention it deserves/needs. But things are improving with awareness increasing in baby steps. Which brings us to the EARasers Musician’s Hi-Fi Earplugs fully-unlocked at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop for $32 with free US shipping. These are made in USA and you can select from four different sizes at checkout. They only ship to US addresses.
The offer runs for the next four days and change (from blog-posting date), and will ship at the end of March from Massdrop with all sales final as usual.
Massdrop is back with another unlocked offer for an IEM, it is the new condition Echobox Audio Finder X1 IEMs stylishly going for $65 with free shipping for the next two days and change (from blog-posting date).
It comes with a 3-year manufacturer warranty (parts and labor which is very nice, especially for a Massdrop offering. They will ship at the end of March 2018 from the vendor, with all sales final.
It’s Ultimate Ears time at Massdrop and it’s already fully unlocked! It is the new condition Ultimate Ears UE900s IEMs going for $175 with free US shipping. The offer runs for the next six days and change (from blog-posting date).
These quattro balanced armature IEMs have MMCX connectors and come with a 1-year manufacturer warranty and will be shipped from Massdrop at the end of the month. All sales are final as usual at Massdrop’s.
A brand new offer has now unlocked at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop. It is the new condition Advanced Sound Accessport Lightning DAC/Amp going for $45 with free US shipping for compatible Apple devices with Lightning ports.
The offer runs for the next eight days and change (from blog-posting date here), and will ship at the end of March from the vendor. All sales final. There is no mention of warranty in the listing.
PS: an easy mnemonic to remember which Apple devices have the lightning port for iPhones and iPod Touches: FIVE is the magic number. iPhone 5 and later, iPod Touch 5 and later. With iPads, 4 is the magic number, iPad 4 (Retina) and later. But you don’t have to remember any numbers for newer iPad lines because all Minis, Airs and PROs have a lightning port.
Another budget earphone has been unlocked at the members-only but free-to-join Massdrop, it is the new condition TFZ T1 Galaxy IEMs going for $25 with free US shipping. It is available in four different color schemes. These will ship in early April from Massdrop, with all sales final. No mention of warranty in the listing. The offer runs for the next three days and change (from blog-posting date).
If you like the semi-excitement and semi-randomness of grab-bags, Massdrop is back with another one, this one costs $9 with free US shipping and featured MEE Audio earphones. This is limited to US addresses (presumably because the earphone cost is so low, international shipping would be multiples of the earphone price.
For this price, you will randomly receive one of the following:
These will ship in late March 2018 from the vendor. All sales final. The offer runs for the next seven days and change (from blog-posting date).
On the hearing protection protection, running for the next three days and change (from blog-posting time) you can get the new condition EarFirst T23 high-fidelity earplugs for $18 with free US shipping. They are available in two color schemes, transparent and coffee, bu they are not caffeinated 🙂
They come with a protective case and ship in late March from Massdrop, with all sales final as usual.
The new condition clear/see-through Bravo V2 Headphone Amplifier is now fully unlocked at members-only but free-to-join Massdrop going for $58 with free US shipping. The offer is running for the next five days and change (from blog-posting date). This will ship in early April from Massdrop, with all sales final. No mention of warranty in the listing.
The new condition Astell&Kern XB10 Bluetooth DAC/Amp goes for $98 with various fulfilled by Amazon sellers, but if you want to save some more, you can get it for $85 with free US shipping at Massdrop where it is running as an offer for the next four days and change (from blog-posting date).
These will be shipped by Massdrop in late March 2018, so there’s not as big of a wait. There is no mention of warranty in the listing. This supports Bluetooth 4.1 with apt-X, apt-X HD and AAC too (and SBC of course, but that’s the lowest common denominator).
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