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The new condition wired closed-back over-ear Bowers & Wilkins P7 Headphones go for $350, but if you are comfortable with used, there is one unit of them available in “Used – Very Good” condition for $227~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual (AWD). [corrected the link]
PS: as usual with AWD, make sure you check who the actual seller of a product is, and avoid any of the “just launched” or “contact before buying” or low feedback sellers.
The Sennheiser HD 630VB headphones, with VB being Variable Bass (Control), are available in “Used – Very Good” condition (minor cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) for $208~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals. For more adventurous shoppers, some marketplace sellers have them for less, but they ship directly from the marketplace sellers and are not Prime eligible.
The 630VB are closed-back over-ear headphones, they fold, and they adjust bass via a rotary dial on the earcup. See product pictures on the main listing to get a feel of how this works.
They average 4.4 out of 5 based on 28 customer reviews.
As of a 8/15/17 recheck, the used price climbed higher, closer to the new condition…
As of 8/16/17, the lowest used price is $105, still not bad compared to $200 new condition…
The RHA T10i in-ears are currently available in “Used – Acceptable” condition for $85~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. There are no further details on the condition. This is the only used listing for these earphones. They average 4 out of 5 based on 170 customer reviews.
We continue digging for used deals at Adorama, this time we have the “USED – Demo” condition Fiio E10K USB DAC/amp offered for $52.50 plus shipping (starts at $3.75), with a 30-day return policy, and a 90-day Adorama warranty. Pictures of the devices in the new condition listing.
If you like budget closed-back over-ear headphones with a very loooooooooong cable (11.5 feet), JVC HA-RX500 are available in “USED – Good” condition for $7 plus shipping (starting at $3.75) at Adorama.com. There are also a few more options in better conditions for a higher price.
They come with a 30-day return policy and a 90-day warranty covered by Adorama. As fate would have it, I bought these exactly three years ago. I haven’t seen them in recent months, but from what I recall, they are utilitarian headphones for the price, especially if you need a long cable.
The open-back over-ear Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium (32 ohm) headphones are currently available in USED “Excellent Plus” condition for $124 plus shipping and handling at Adorama.com. Shipping starts at $7.55 and may vary by zipcode and option.
The “What’s in the box” section further down the page over there shows what’s included. Used purchases at Adorama include a 30-day no-questions-asked return window, and a 90-day warranty covered by Adorama.
If you don’t want to venture in the higher risk wild west that is non-authorized eBay sellers, the AKG K3003i in-ears are available in “Used – Good” condition (damaged original packaging, missing manual, accessories have blemishes) for $469 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual (AWD).
PS: make sure the seller is AWD actual, not any of those “just launched” and low feedback sellers, or ones that ask you to contact them before buying. Those are scammers! Not sure why it’s taking Amazon so long to shut them down.
As of mid-August, this used option sold out…
This sold out in open-box condition…
The Chord Mojo has been successful enough that its new condition price is steady at $500 and its used prices are not ventured much further down. So if you want to save some and you are comfortable with open-box from authorized dealers, Maryland’s Gramophone is offering it in “Used – Like New” Open-box condition with full warranty for $449 with free shipping through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This ships directly from Gramophone and it is not Prime eligible. The new condition price is $500.
PS: as usual, when shopping at Amazon Warehouse Deals, make sure you pay close attention to who the actual seller of each listing is. There are some “Just Launched” and low feedback sellers that are very high risk. Unfortunately Amazon has yet to find a way to automatically purge them forever.
The new condition closed-back over-ear KOSS BT540i bluetooth headphones go for $150+, but you can shave almost 2/3rds of that price if you go used. There are multiple “Used – Very Good” listings of this going for $59 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. These are “cosmetic imperfection” units with damaged original packaging. They average 4.1 out of 5 based on 50 customer reviews.
The Blue Ella planar-magnetic headphones go for $700 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you want to save some, yet still get the full manufacturer warranty, you can get them in open-box condition from OneCall, an authorized and respected A/V dealer, for $590 with free shipping.
On the other hand, if you are comfortable with used, and you don’t need the warranty, they have now dropped to $456~ in “Used – Very Good” condition by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. It is good to have choices 🙂
The Titus Audio Symphony Line Conductor in-ears are currently available in “Used – Very Good” condition for $21~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals. Per the shopping cart, there is only one unit available.
On the other hand, if you prefer to get the new condition model, there’s currently a 25% off clip-on coupon over there, dropping the price from $52~ to $39~.
PS: there are multiple models on that page, so if you are playing with the options, make sure you are looking at the correct model.
The Creative Outlier bluetooth on-ears go for $70 in new condition, but if you prefer used, you can get them in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections; damaged original packaging) for $39~, and in “Used – Like New” (damaged original packaging) for $45~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. They average 4 out of 5 but base on only nine customer reviews. And that’s the number of answered questions they have.
As of a 8/1/17 recheck, this sold out in USED condition…
The red AudioQuest DragonFly is pretty stubborn in its new condition price of $200, and its used prices are resilient as well. The best that I can find at the moment is a “Used – Like New” option for $180 plus $5 flat shipping by seller “Audio Critic” (100%, 124 ratings) through Amazon Warehouse Deals. This is not Prime eligible. It averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 150 customer reviews.
This was a $300 headphone when it came out, trying to compete with the other fashion/style headphones in that price range. Fast forward to today, and the black color scheme is available in “Used – Very Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections; damaged original packaging) for $57~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. It averages 3.8 out of 5 based on 70+ customer reviews and it includes a case and detachable cable.
Superlux (and Samson among others) sell a number of headphones that are “homages” to more famous headphones by more famous manufacturers. One such model is the closed-back Superlux HD-562 DJ Headphone, currently available in “Used – Like New” condition (damaged original packaging) for $20.41 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members.
It averages 4.2 out of 5 based on 15 customer reviews. Per the shopping cart there is only one unit available at this price… Screenshow below:
As of 8/29/17 recheck, this is no longer available in used condition at this low price…
And now we continue “digesting” the USED headphones that were earmarked during yesterday’s Amazon Warehouse Deals session with some Grado action. The open-back Grado SR325e go for $300 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you want to save some, and you don’t need the user manual or the original pizza box packaging, you can get them in “Used – Good” condition for $239~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. There’s only one listing for this model.
On the other hand, there are multiple used listings for the Grado SR225e which goes for $200 in new condition, but $167~ in “Used – Good” condition. There’s a total of four used listings, so if they don’t move fast enough for Amazon’s price-bots’ liking, their prices may drop further.
More used action, this time it is the Pro-Ject Audiophile Head Box S in the Black color scheme, going for $119 with free shipping in “Used – Like New” (with detailed condition description) by Listen UP through Amazon Warehouse Deals. It ships directly from LISTEN UP and it is not Prime eligible. The new condition price is $149. It averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 19 customer reviews.
The Sennheiser HD 630VB Headphone with Variable Bass is available in “Used – Like New” (damaged original packaging) condition for $227~ with free shipping by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. There are a couple of options for slightly less from other sellers, but AWD actual is a safer choice since it is Amazon’s used sales department. The headphones average 4.4 out of 5 based on 28 customer reviews.
A new mini immersion in Amazon Warehouse Deals has been completed, which will produce a series of new used/refurbished headphone posts (above this one, since blogs grow in reverse order).
We start this immersion with the Beyerdynamic Xelento Tesla in-ears going for $849~ in “Used – Very Good” condition by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. The new condition price is $999. If interested but don’t like the price, you can always monitor it for future price drops since this is not a mass market earphone, so things typically don’t move as fast as they do with consumer-popular models.
As of 7/22/17 AM recheck, the used options sold out…
The Noontec Zoro HD closed-back on-ears go as low as $19 in new condition during recent lightning deals at Amazon, but if you don’t want to wait for a sale, or if you want to pay even less, you can get the blue color scheme in “Used – Like New” condition for $13~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. These come in damaged original packaging. There are many different colors of these, so if you want more customer reviews, check the listings for the different colors.
If you are tempted by the Bowers & Wilkins P9 flagship headphones but don’t want to pay the new condition full price, Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) comes to the rescue, sold by AWD actual (not iffy sellers) starting at $573~ in “Used – Good” condition. There is one listing at this price, but there are four of them in “Used – Very Good” for $611~, so there is a possibility of price pressure building over time if they don’t move fast enough to Amazon’s price-bot algorithms’ satisfaction. There’s also a “Used – Like New” in damaged original packaging for $650~. The new condition price is $900 at most sellers, except for Audio Advice which has it for $800.
We previously mentioned that the Astell & Kern AK Jr. Hi-Res Music Player is on sale for $249 in new condition, but if you are comfortable buying used DAPs from reputable dealers, you can get it in Used Condition, rated a 9/10, at B&H Photo for $180 with free shipping.
PS: if you are curious about this device, B&H also has over there its 27-page PDF manual. This is a link directly to the PDF file.
As of 7/24/17 recheck, the used option is not currently available…
This is an older post…
If you don’t want to wait for future sale on the Philips SHP-9500S open-back over-ear headphones, they are back in-stock in open-box condition for $42 with free shipping by NewEgg actual. From what I recall, the open-box went as low as $35 or so, so if you don’t need to get this right away, you can wait for the next sale.
If you are curious about this headphone, we have a text and pictures unboxing post. I am planning to use this headphone as a guinea pig for my “long form review” format. In the future 🙂
In the meantime, METAL571 just posted a 12-minute video review of this headphone, which you can also find YouTube-embedded below.
Amazon Warehouse Deals has launched another Bargain Bin Clearance with over 20,000 items participating, and lo and behold, here’s a used earphone doorbuster! The Jaybird X2 Sport Bluetooth earphones are available in “Used – Very Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging) in the Storm White color scheme for $26~. Prime members get free 2-day shipping. For non-Prime members, it’s the new usual of $25+/$35+.
Only the Storm White is available at this super low price. Supplies of used items are limited. It averages 3.3 out of 5 based on 5400+ customer reviews. This is the previous generation model, replaced by the X3.
If you want to decorate your V-Moda Crossfade On-Ears with different color shields, and don’t want to break the bank with new condition pricing, and want to put your Prime membership to work (or you are planning a larger purchase to get free S&H as a non-Prime member), then…
… to the Amazon Warehouse Deals we go where a variety of Used V-Moda Crossfade On-Ear Metal Shields are on sale going for $8+ depending on color. Red is $8.44, Deep Purple is $8.64, Gold is $10.38, etc. The link in this paragraph shows the lowest price per color. To see more options per color, click on the “See all offers for this product” blue link (over there) next to each color of interest.
I am not familiar with shield compatibility of the various V-Moda headphones, so be sure to read reviews and forums and such if you are wondering which V-Moda headphones are compatible with this.
Sony’s latest Extra Bass bluetooth over-ears are the XB-950-B1 headphone (currently going for $150~), replacing the XB-950-BT. I am adding dashes in the model names to emphasizes the “B1” vs “BT” difference in the model name. If you prefer the previous model, or want to pay a much lower price, and you are comfortable with used headphones…
… then to the Amazon Warehouse Deals Bargain Bin sale we go where the XB-950-BT closed-back over-ear extra-bass headphones are available at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD), sold by AWD actual (not iffy marketplace sellers) for $58+ in the red color scheme, $61+ in the red color scheme, and $68+ in the black color scheme. The link in this paragraph shows you the lowest price per color…
… but if you want to see the detailed listings per color, click on the blue link over there that says “See all offers for this product” next to each color. This will take you to the detailed listings. For example, here are the blue detailed listings.
All the links above only show the used options offered by AWD actual. If you want to see all used options by all marketplace sellers (used Sony product listings often have iffy sellers and scammers, you have been warned!), start at this listing and filter by color and other options.
If you don’t want to wait for a future sale/clearance on the Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 On-Ears [remember, Sennheiser has renamed this line going forward as the “HD1” line], some of those options are also participating in the Bargain Bin Clearance of Amazon Warehouse Deals.
Just like the previously mentioned B&W P3, there are multiple options in the listings, so let’s try to sort out this veiled spaghetti 🙂
As of the time of writing, the lowest used price is for the Silver color scheme with the Galaxy/Android remote buttons/cable, going for $86~ in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, damaged original packaging). It’s also available in “Used – Very Good” condition (cosmetic imperfection, damaged original packaging) for $92~. Both are sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual.
The lowest price option for the models with the iOS/Apple remote/cable is the black color scheme starting at $99~ in “Used – Like New” condition (damaged original packaging). There are four listings like this for the black iOS option.
Note that the headphones are the same. The difference between iOS and Android is the included detachable cable that has the compatible iOS or Android buttons. If you don’t care for full button compatibility or have your own compatible cables, then it doesn’t matter which OS version you get.
The latest model in the Bowers & Wilkins P3 model is the second generation. If you are going to get the first generation, you might as well get it used. Which brings us to the red color scheme of this model available in “Used – Good” condition (cosmetic imperfections, repackaged) going for $42.54 with free shipping at Amazon Warehouse Deals. Meanwhile at the same place, you can get the black color scheme in “Used – Like New” condition (original packaging) for $54~.
But wait, there are more options to this. The same listing has both the new condition and the officially recertified models. And each one of these has used options. And the headphones are available in four different colors each. So, as a summary, this listing shows the lowest price per color/option for the new condition and the recertified. Prices start at $74 for the recertified and $100 for the new condition.
Because of the way the Amazon listing is structured, there is a “used recertified” option. This means someone purchased the recertified headphones at Amazon, and then returned them. Then Amazon listed the return as a used option under the recertified listing, thus a “used recertified”.
PS: side-effects of this listing include fried brains 🙂
Temptation time! The Denon AH-D7200 rolled out a few weeks ago in the US market for $1000, but if you want don’t want to pay full price, there is now an alternative. You can get it dealer-recertified for $749 with free shipping from well-known and reputable A/V dealer OneCall.com (fixed link), which is the online persona of B&M A/V retailer Huppin’s.
Or if you have Amazon gift cards to spend, they are also selling it at the same price thru Amazon. It comes with a 1-year warranty from OneCall as it is a dealer recertified model. If you are a Prime member, you receive Prime-like speed, but it ships directly from OneCall in Eastern Washington, not far from NCAA Basketball Championship finalist Gonzaga, which for the first time in many NCAA tournaments was not GoneZaga 🙂
PS: speaking of Denon, their DP-300F Fully Automatic Analog Turntable is on sale for $199 with a limit of up to three units per customer.
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