New Monoprice Announcements: Monolith Two Open-Backs and Two Alex Cavalli Amps

CanJAM SoCAL 2018 happened this weekend and with it, it brought more new headphones. I’ll “digest” these in the next few days but in the meantime, we have another “digest”, Monoprice surprised with a second Big Bang of 2018, revealing two Alex Cavalli co-branded headphone amps and two open-back headphones that “borrow” the Sennheiser 600/650 naming scheme but Monoprice states ““designed from the ground up for the Monolith series”. Not many details are known about these yet, but we summarized what is published at the Monoprice Big Bang II post

In-stock Next Week: B&O Play H5 Bluetooth earphones

For the boldly going explorers of bluetooth earphones, there’s a new entry in the field arriving next week (the estimate is July 11, 2016 but that may vary slightly), it is the B&O Play H5 bluetooths, available in either black or white, with an opening price of $250. They have a dedicated app and the customary Bang & Olufsen styling.

Update: Philips X2 has February 10 in-stock estimate for $300

If you are chasing the new Philips X2/27 headphones, we have good news! As of the time of writing, the in-stock estimate at Amazon.com by Amazon actual has changed from “1-2 months” to “February 10 (2015)”. This as of the time of writing…

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We have also started a new experimental feature, a permanent tracker post chasing down hard to find new headphones. For now, it covers the X2 and the Momentum M2s.

[SOLD OUT] In-stock: Momentum M2 Wireless (Over-Ears) for $500

As of 2/8/15, these are sold out at OneCall.com (online version of Huppin’s in WA).
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Now shipping: Sennheiser Momentum M2 Over-Ears for $350

The new Sennheiser Momentum M2 Over-Ears have shyly began shipping from some smaller retailers. At Amazon.com, it is shown as in-stock for $350 by Electronics Expo (99%, over 170k ratings, two brick and mortar stores in New Jersey). There’s also another seller offering them there as well, but the other seller looks too high risk for a $350 purchase (89%, only 36 ratings in last 12 months). These ship directly from the sellers, they are not fulfilled by Amazon.com.

The above if you cannot wait to get them. Otherwise, it’s only a matter of time before Amazon actual and other big name sellers will have them.

New arrival: JLab Epic Bluetooth 4.0 sports earbuds for $100

It is raining new headphones of all kinds these days. Case in point, a new arrival at Amazon.com, ready to ship for $100, the JLab Epic Bluetooth 4.0 sports earbuds, with Sweat & Waterproof IPX4 rating, earhooks, carrying case, two different sets of different type of eartips, and a promise of up to ten hours of battery life (the description says this is because they have a 135 mAh battery).