Massdrop Coupon: $20 off $100+ gets you HE-R7DX for $79, HD-58X for $130, HD-6xx for $180, HD-560S for $200

Oh dear, we have fallen behind on our postings! But we have a round-up type of a post today!

First up, the Massdrop website has launched a $20 off coupon on orders of $100+, coupon code WHATSYOURMAJOR entered over there. This runs until 8/27/23.

This drops [no pun intended, really!] the HD-6XX to $180, the HD-58X Jubilee to $130, the HD-560S to $200, the HE-R7DX closed to $79 (if you buy something else that costs $1+ to get the pre-coupon order total to $100+) and so on.

The aforementioned headphones are all listed and featured in the coupon promotional page.

There’s other headphones as well, along with earphones, DAC/amps, headphonalia accessories, keyboardalia of course, and such. Remember, if you want accessories that cost under $100 each, you can still use the coupon code if your order total is over $100, eg multiple units of the same accessory, or different accessories, or accessories + headphone or keyboard, and such. Any combination that gets your order total to $100+ in eligible items!

Monoprice coupon ends today!
Monoprice too is running a limited time coupon code on select audio products (those listed in the aforelinked promotional page), use BIG30 to get 30% off on orders of $50+. Coupon ends 8/17/23 at 11:59pm pacific.

OOPS, I just realized I posted this coupon earlier in August 🙂

As usual, their shopping cart decides on which products quality. The listed products include some of their bluetooth headphones, Monolith DAC/amps, the M1070C planars, and such.

Monolith Speakers sale
A separate promotion, for a limited time, kinda their deals of the day/week or so, they have three Monolith speakers on sale, with the all-important free standard US shipping, because unlike headphones, speakers weigh more than a few grams 🙂

+ Monolith Encore T5 Tower Speaker for $90
+ one speaker

+ Monolith Encore B5 Bookshelf Speaker for $50
+ one speaker

+ Monolith Audition T4 Tower Speaker for $130
+ one speaker

Monday: Shure SRH840 for $70, Klipsch, Bose

Monday November 21 in 2022 has an audio theme at the B&H Photo daily deals, with a trio of them:

+ Shure SRH-840 closed-back over-ears in new packaging for $70

+ Klipsch KD-400 2-Way Active Wireless Bookshelf Speakers for $149

+ Bose Soundbar 700 for $549 after coupon cart

2x JBL 305P Mk II + Korg WaveState + H&A Studio Headphones for $750

Music and more music in this Adorama KORG bundle that runs until 7/5/22 at 10am eastern time for $750:

  • H&A Versa Professional Field and Studio Monitor Headphones
  • 2x JBL 305P MkII Powered 5″ Dual 41W Two-Way Studio Monitor
  • Korg Wavestate Wave Sequencing Synthesizer

Simpy add to cart and proceed to checkout while this offer is running. No coupons, no mail-in rebates!

H&A Studio Headphones + Korg Wavestate + JBL Studio Monitors for $750

Running as a limited time offer until Sunday 5/29/22 at 10am eastern {or before that if sold out), at Adorama, you can get this Korg bundle for $750 with free US shipping:

+ H&A Versa Professional Field and Studio Monitor Headphones

+ two JBL 305P MkII Powered 5″ Dual 41W Two-Way Studio Monitors

+ Korg Wavestate Wave Sequencing Synthesizer

Monday: Samsung MX-T40 300W Bluetooth Speaker for $78 AC

We don’t normally post speaker deals here, but this is a whooping $220 off in-cart discount, so until 5/2/22 at 11:59pm eastern time (or before that if sold out), New York’s B&H Photo is offering the new condition Samsung MX-T40 300W Bluetooth Speaker for $78 with free US shipping. The discounting happens automatically in the shopping cart, you don’t have to enter a coupon code!

As of the time of writing this averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 66 customer reviews at B&H Photo, most of which are from product testers collected from Samsung and “The Insiders”…

Based on 568 ratings, it averages 4.5 out of 5 (together with two other models in the same series) at the Amazon website where it goes for $148 as of the time of writing…

PS: accepts USB audio…

Shure Digital Recording Bundle (SRH-240A, USB Interface, Mic) for $99

Good until Sunday 3/27/22 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering this Shure P58-CN-240-MVI Shure Digital Recording Bundle for $99 [was $109 in February when this bundle was a daily deal] that includes:

+ Shure SRH-240A closed over-ear headphones (old packaging)

+ Shure MOTIV MVI Single-Channel USB Audio Interface (Old Packaging, Silver)

+ Shure PGA58-XLR Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone with XLR-to-XLR Cable

UPDATE!
Meanwhile the Musician’s Friend daily deal running until Monday 3/28/22 at 8am eastern (or earlier if sold out) is the new condition JBL 305P MKII Super White 5″ Powered Studio Monitor for $89 (single, not a pair)…

Tuesday: Panasonic Deep Bass, Sony Extra Bass, Klipsch TWS, Altec Whisper, Etc

Tuesday is a gift that keeps on giving! Woot is running a Tech Spring Cleaning sale until 11:59pm central time on February 22 in 2022 with 19 products including some audio-related gear:

  • Altec Lansing Whisper ANC/BT over-ears for $20
  • Sony MDR-XB-650-BT/B “Extra Bass” bluetooth on-ears for $60
  • Panasonic RB-M700B “Deep Bass” ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $60
  • Klipsch T5 (2nd gen) truly wireless for $90
  • JBL and Logitech bluetooth speakers
  • blues harmonica and Hofner Ignitior Pro Violin, folding pianos
  • H&K Spirit of Vintage 25W Nano Amp for $150

Thursday: Beyerdynamic MMX 300 (2nd gen) gaming headset for $239AC

If you are a fan of the Beyerdynamic gaming headsets, good until 12/16/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, limited-time promo code SSAZA626 gets you the new condition wired Beyerdynamic MMX 300 (second generation) for $239 AC at the Newegg daily deals.

While there, they have the MPoW X6 truly-wireless for around $21 with free US shipping…

For those of you into speakers, among the Thursday offerings they have the Klipsch RP-160M Reference Premiere Monitor Speakers with 6.5″ Cerametallic Cone for $1319…

And if you want to feed your DAPs, PADs and phones and such, the 256GB Samsung PRO Plus microSDXC goes for $34 after a limited time promo code shown over there…

Saturday Headphones Party at Woot!

It’s a headphones party at the Woot daily deals running until Saturday 7/24/21 at 11:59pm central time {or earlier if sold out}:

At the Tech Favorite sale they have these options:

  • refurbished Sony WH-1000X M4 ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $180 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • international (grey market) Samsung Galaxy Buds+ truly-wireless for $63 with a 90-day Woot warranty
  • Apple Airpods 2 with wired charging case for $110 with a 1-year Apple warranty
  • also: Klipsch Reference surround system
  • three Sony “Extra Bass” bluetooth speakers

In parallel, at the Woot Random Audio sale they have these offerings:

  • refurbished Sony WH-1000X M3 ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $145 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • refurbished Sony WH-XB-900N “Extra Bass” ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $100 with a 1-year warranty from the refurbisher
  • AKG Y100 neckband bluetooth earphones for $38
  • HELM Audio Bolt DAC/Headphone Amplifier, USB-C to 3.5mm (MQA Playback, THX Certified, Android, iOS and PC Compatible) for $85 with 1-year warranty
  • AmazonBasics bookshelf speakers for $25 (WOW!)
  • more Sony bluetooth (mostly) speakers
  • Sony CM-TS-BT-100 Micros Shelf System with Bluetooth for $100
  • Klipsch BAR49 surround system for $480
  • Harman Kardon DPR A/V receiver for $700

Maximum quantities vary by product. Shipping is free for Prime members (you have to connect your Woot and Prime accounts, a one-time affair). Non-Prime members pay a flat shipping fee (I believe $6) for all purchases made during a single calendar day..

Thursday: AirPods PRO for $190, Momentum TW for $110, Etc

Busy audio-related day at the Woot daily deals, running until Thursday 7/8/21 at 11:59pm central time [or earlier if sold out]. How so? Their main daily deal is an inaugural Tech Favorites sale that includes the following audio-related items:

  • new condition Sennheiser Momentum truly-wireless for $110 with 2-year Sennheiser warranty (up to three per customer)
  • new condition Apple Airpods PRO true-wireless for $190, with a 1-year Apple warranty (one per customer)
  • JBL portable bluetooth speakers for $68 to $180
  • Yamaha ATS-2090 Soundbar and wireless subwoof for $240
  • JBL Party Box 100 bluetooth party speaker (for all your classical music needs LOL) for $240
  • PADs: refurbished iPhone 12 Mini and PRO and XS Max
  • giant wireless 44,400 mWh powerbank with 90-day warranty for $65

Friday: Klipsch audio sale includes refurb R6i IIR in-ears for $17

One of the Friday 2/12/21 daily deals at Woot, good until 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) is a Klipsch and Jamo sale featuring 14 audio products. Many (but not all of them) are factory reconditioned with a 90-day Klipsch warranty. Check each individual listing for details…

One of them is an earphone, the refurbished R6i II R in-ears going for $16, in the black color scheme, with up to three per customer.

The rest of the audio products are speakers of different kind, in-wall speakers, ceiling cat speakers, soundbars, subwoofers, some wireless, and on and on…

UPDATE and PSA: on February 24 of this year (2021 for those reading in the past or the future), Google will delete all your Google Play Music data. You can download and/or transfer them before then. More details here

Thursday: BeyerD Amiron Home, refurb Audio Technicas, Etc

The Thursday February 4 in 2021 daily deals have gone headphone-crazy!

We start at the NewEgg daily deals where we have multiple options:

+ refurbished Sony XB-650-BT “Extra Bass” bluetooth overons for $25

+ Save the FLACs: 10TB WD Elements USB 3.0 desktop HDD for $160 after coupon

+ and the star of the day, the new condition open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic Amiron Home with Tesla technology going for $369 after promo code 93XQF89 entered in the shopping cart
+ sold and shipped by NewEgg itself

Next up we visit the Best Buy dailies where Skullcandy has their Indy Evo truly-wireless on offer for $40…

Last but not least, Woot has another Random Audio sale among their Thursday daily deals with a total of 20 options including:

+ five reburbished Audio Technicas from the ATH series including models from “Solid Bass” (WS-660-BT-BRD for $62) and “Sonic Fuel” and QuietPoint

+ JVC LIVE 650-BT-NC ANC/bluetooth over-ears for $120

+ B&O BeoPlay E8 truly-wireless for $70

+ Klipsch Reference speaker wireless options

+ AmazonBasics 80W bookshelf pair of speakers for $50

+ A/V components from Pioneer, Klipsch, Vizio

+ bluetooth speakers and “suitcase turntable” too

RHA True Connect truly-wireless for $70

Another variant of the Woot Electronics Garage Sale good until 11/24/21 at 11:59pm central time is running. These are longer-running than daily deals but items do sell-out ~ just page-down over there and you’ll see quite a few sold out…

BUT as of the time of writing, three audio-related items remain in-stock as follows:

+ RHA TrueConnect truly-wireless for $70

+ Klipsch R-2650-CSM II in-ceiling speaker for $100

+ Onkyo CS-265 Home Audio System with CD, Hi-Fi Stereo System, & Bluetooth for $150

Saturday: SONOS MOVE for $299, Beats Solo 3 for $120, Storage for your Musics!

Saturday November 14 in 2020 is of music interest at the Amazon Holiday Dash (aka Gold Box) as they have seven different color schemes of the new condition Beats Solo 3 on-ears (bluetooth with W1 techonlogy, closed-back) going for $120 with free US shipping. One per customer [not sure if it’s per individual color, or total one of this model]…

As of the time of writing, these average 4.7 out of 5 based on over 7900 customer ratings [this is a mix of written-reviews and star-ratings without text]. They have nearly 250 answered-questions by viewers like you…

In the earlier days of SONOS, may had wished for a portable option. Fast forward to know, and there are portable options, the battery-powered new condition SONOS Move Smart Speaker (with Wifi, Bluetooth, Alexa) is on sale for $299 with free US shipping. Two per customer, but it is available in two color schemes…

As of the time of writing the SONOS MOVE averages 4.7 out of 5 based on over 2200 customer ratings and has over 270 answered questions…

STORAGE!
And now to the hungry DAPs and PADs (phones as DAPs) and phones and tablets and laptops (with microSD slots) and media players with microSD or SD slots, and such. There’s a big WD and Sandisk sale that includes microSD and SD memory cards [starting at 400GB], along with external and internal HDDs [including a couple of RAID consumer desktop options], and a couple of SSDs…

Just don’t forget to keep backups! By now we’ve seen multiple digital music services go under and with most of them, if you hadn’t already made backups, it’s “tough luck” after they go down in flames…

Friday: Skullcandy Crusher ANC/BT for $200, B&W Speakers, Etc

The headphone parade continues for Friday 6/12/20 as well at the Best Buy deals du jour with the new condition Skullcandy Crusher ANC/bluetooth over-ear combo headphone that goes for $200. The battle for this popular consumer headphone rages on at all price points!

Also there at Best Buy there’s a sale on select Bowers & Wilkens [no relation to Dominique Wilkins?] speakers with eight options and prices ranging from $560 to $800. Already one of the eight options has sold out…

And now to the single-figure budget side of things, one of the Woot deals du jour is the new condition TIMMKOO wired in-ears going for $9.99 with up to ten pairs per customer at the sale price and a 90-day Woot warranty…

The NewEGG daily basket continues to have headphones although this one may be a bit of a rotten egg based on the nine customer reviews over there. It is the Philips SHB-2505-BK/00 UpBeat truly wireless for $33…

Thur: Pioneer Triple Play for $319 (HRM-5 headphones, Active Monitors, DJ)

What if you wanted a bit of everything? Studio headphones, active speakers, and a DJ controller? Good until Thursday OCT-18-2018 at 11:59pm eastern time, New York’s finest B&H Photo is offering this Pioneer bundle for $319 with free shipping. For that you get:

+ HRM-5 Studio Headphones
+ pair of DM-40 two-way active monitors
+ DDJ-WeGO4 Digital DJ Controller

Audio Deals round-up: JBL, KEF, Logitech, Etc

There’s some non-headphone related deals currently in progress with a variety of audio gear at Amazon, so this post rounds them up right here…

+ Pair JBL Arena B15 Black Bookshelf & Surround Speaker with Special Edition Grilles & Logo for $79 (up to four pairs per customer at the sale price)

+ JBL Arena S10 Black 10″ 100W Powered Subwoofer with Special Edition Grilles & Logo Black for $109 (up to four per customer)

+ KEF Q100 Bookshelf Loudspeakers – Black Oak (Pair) for $249

+ Logitech Z207 2.0 Multi Device Stereo Speaker for $24 (up to three per customer)

+ three color options of the Anker SoundCore 2 portable bluetooth speakers for $30 each

Monoprice sales: up to 50% off Bookshelf, Metal On-Ears $18 shipped, refurb Monolith 7×200 HT PA for $1300

Monoprice has a number of promotions currently in progress as follows:

+ Metal Closed-Back On-Ears, PID 18515, for $18 with free standard US shipping
+ the free shipping is important because you can append things to the order and their S&H fee will be partially or fully “absorbed” by the free shipping promotion

+ up to 50% off Monoprice Bookshelf Speakers, prices range from $28 to $250
+ no coupon code, the price you see is the price you pay

+ Spring Upgrade Sale includes a handful of mobile 3.5mm audio cables starting at $0.95, along with 3.5mm extension cables, and 3.5mm to RCA cables

+ factory refurbished / B-stock Monolith 7×200 Watts Per Channel Multi-Channel Home Theater Power Amplifier for $1300 plus shipping, PID 18682

[DEAD] Klipsch RP-280FA Floorstanding Speaker (Single, Walnut Veneer) for $490

As of a 4/11/18 recheck, the sale is over…

Klipsch is decidedly more famous for their speakers than their headphones, and at the moment their Klipsch RP-280FA Floorstanding Speaker (Single, Walnut Veneer) is on sale for $490~ with free shipping by seller “Acoustic Sound Design Factory” with the orders fulfilled by Amazon, so Prime shipping for members. They average 4.9 out of 5 based on 20 customer reviews and they have over 30 answered questions.

Bose Acoustimass 6 Series V Home Theater Speaker System for $499

If you are a fan of Bose, Adorama is currently offering for a limited time the new condition Bose Acoustimass 6 Series V Home Theater Speaker System for $499 with free expedited shipping. You also receive $25 in promotional rewards which you can spend in future purchases at Adorama, an authorized BOSE dealer.

[DEAD] Sunday: Monoprice Select 2.5″ 2-Way Bookshelf Speakers for $29 with free shipping after coupon

This coupon expired…

Sunday is here, and the coupon 15DAY gets you 15% off orders without any minimum purchase amount, making the new condition Monoprice Select 5.25″ 2-Wah Bookshelf Speakers drop from $34.46 to $29.29 with free US ground shipping included. Comes out to almost the same price as the Fri-Saturday coupon! These are passive speakers. Check customer reviews and answered questions over there for more details.

Wedn Speakers (And More): Tascam VL-S3 for $50, refurb Klipsch The Three (Ebony) for $340

Speakers are open-front headphones you don’t put on your head, but instead keep them on nice stands a few feet away. It reduces the wear and tear on the earpads this way 🙂

There are two speaker daily deals today! Good until Thursday 3am ET, the certified refurbished Klipsch Heritage Wireless The Three Play-Fi Bluetooth Speaker (Ebony) is offered for $340 by Woot with the order fulfilled by Amazon. This is sold on Amazon, not Woot [it can get confusing since most of Woot’s own website orders are also fulfilled by Amazon these days].

Good until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET, on the budget side of things, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Tascam VL-S3 14W + 14W 3″ Powered Studio Monitor (Pair, Black) for $50 with free shipping, which is nice, because speaker shipping is definitely not cheap!

UPDATE: also on sale is the new condition Pioneer Elite Audio & Video Component Receiver, black color scheme, model VSX-LX102, for $285 with free shipping by Amazon actual with up to three per customer at the sale price.

This is not a headphone DAC/amp, so I’m appending it to this “off topic” round-up, the open-box Pro-Ject Box E Digital-to-Analog Converter is available for $72 with free shipping by Best Buy on eBAY…

Amazon TAP portable speaker for $100 (or five $20 installments)

On the smart speakers front, the Amazon TAP Alexa bluetooth speaker has flattened out to $100 with free shipping.

Or optionally, the Amazon product page may offer you an option to pay for it with five $20 installments. This is not a credit card, because you need a valid credit card that will be charged the first installment right away. So it’s a fairly low risk for Amazon. If you are eligible for this, you will see something like this above the iconic “Add to Cart” button:

[DEAD] Audio Gear: refurbished Klipsch Heritage The Three Wireless Tabletop Stereo System for $320

This daily deal expired…

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Two Sonos One Speakers for $350 [for Two Rooms]

Sonos is running a two-pack bundle at some of its authorized dealers. You get two Sonos ONE speakers for $350 with free shipping at OneCall (Huppin’s) which offers various color options, including two of the same color or one of each color. A variety of sellers also has this price at Amazon. One speaker, one room is the Sonos way, these are not traditional speakers that come in pairs.

Big Ticket Items eligible for 20% Prime Credit Cards Statement Credit: Peachtree Audio SONADAC, KEF

There are some big ticket items that are also participating in the Prime Credit Cards 20% Statement Credit promotion. If you pay with either official Prime credit card (VISA or Store), you will get a 20% statement credit of the purchase price as a statement credit while this offer is running. The big ticket items:

+ Peachtree Audio SONADAC Digital to Analog Converter/Preamp/Headphone Amplifier (High Gloss Black) goes for $1299
+ there is a 20% “Add to Cart” discount for Prime members, dropping its price to $1040 in the cart
+ then if you pay with a Prime Credit Card, your next statement will show a 20% statement credit of the amount you paid: 20% of $1040 = $208 statement credit!

+ Pay $5000 for the KEF R900 Floorstanding Loudspeaker – Gloss White (Pair), Get 20% Statement Credit = $1000 statement credit!
+ NOTE: only the White color scheme gets 20% back. The other three colors get 10% back

+ Pay $7500 for the KEF REFERENCE 4c Center Channel Loudspeaker – Satin Walnut (Single), Get 20% statement credit = $1500
+ ONLY the Satin Walnut is eligible!

This is a limited time offer, expiration date unknown. The offer is running while you see it mentioned on the individual product pages. If you don’t see it mentioned, it means it expired!!!

While this offer is running, you see something like this on its product page:

Open Box Polk Tower Speakers for $649 to $1299

And now something different, a trio of open-box Polk speaker setups have gone on a Black Friday sale at Adorama with free shipping as follows:

+ open box Polk 2x S50 Small Tower/S30 Center/S10 Surround Speaker/HTS 10 10″ SW for $649

+ open box Polk Audio Home Theater 2x S60 Tower/S35 Center/S20 Bookshelf Speaker for $999

+ open box Polk Audio 2x S60 Home Theater Tower Speaker With Audio Bundle for $1299

[DEAD] Star Wars Plox Official Death Star Levitating Speaker for $150

This sale ended…

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“Off Topic”: Logitech UE BOOM 2 Phantom Bluetooth Speaker for $107

In “Audio Gear” action, the new condition Logitech UE BOOM 2 Phantom Bluetooth Speaker is on sale for $107 with free shipping with a limit of up to three per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.

As an experiment, I am keeping a permapost of non-headphone Audio Gear deals. I update this as I find things while searching for headphone-related action. The “Latest Update” section should give you a clue as to how fresh it is 🙂 A link to that post can be found in the sidebar of this blog (on mobile it shows at the bottom of the posts) under the “Reference Material” section.

[DEAD] Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter for $18

These daily deals expired…

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