Today’s posts have a wide dynamic range in prices, from a $5 case to $4000 flagships, and now back to single-figures! It is the new condition Rosewill RHTS-11002 earbuds using rosewood material, on sale by Rosewill thru Amazon for $8 with free shipping for all. They ship directly from Rosewill, so they are not Prime eligible. This is almost half the price at NewEgg which is typically a Rosewill haven. Limit 30 per customer. They average 4 out of 5 based on 39 customer reviews.
Free Rosewill Predule Wood On-Ears with purchase of select Rosewill computer products
Good until 11/14/16, NewEgg is including the Rosewill Prelude wooden On-Ears (model RWH-001) for FREE when you purchase one of these eligible Rosewill computer products. A total of eight products are participating. Some of them have mail-in rebates on them which are unrelated to the headphones. Rosewill item prices range from $80 to $190. The headphones come with a 3-button remote/mic and have 32 ohm impedance.
E-MU Wood-Choice Headphones w/removable cable for $515 to $535 [MD]
Tomorrow at 9am ET is decision day if you are interested in the previously mentioned Sennheiser HD 6XX Massdrop offer, but you have more decisions to make until then. It’s wood time and it’s unlocked, the E-MU Teak Headphones with a Removable Cable are going for $500 plus $15~ flat shipping. You have a choice of wood (teak, rosewood) or you can go ebony for an extra $20. There are 200 units available for the drop, which is 55% sold as of the time of writing.
The offer is running for the next four days (from blog-posting date), and comes with a 1-year Massdrop warranty. Shipments will happen in late December 2016. This is based on familiar Fostex/Denon designs. Check forums and websites for more details on them.
[DEAD] Symphonized BLING Premium Genuine Wood In-Ears for $15.50 (ends 11:25pm ET)
This 4-hour offer expired, but the Symphonized wood-IEMs are recurring guests at the lightning deals…
Thinksound ON1 Headphones for $128 [MD]
If you are a fan of wood-headphones, the Thinksound ON1 on-ears are back on offer at members-only Massdrop going for $$120 plus $8~ flat shipping. The offer runs for the next seven days (from today) and will ship in mid-November 2016. Only 40 units are available for this particular drop, so it may sell out before it expires. They come with a 2-year warranty.
Thinksound Wooden IEMs for $36 shipped [MD grab bag]
If you like wood in your in-ears, and like a bit of mystery and randomness, a new grab bag promotion is now live at members-only Massdrop, it’s a Thinksound Wooden IEMs offer, you pay $33 plus $3~ flat shipping and you randomly receive one pair of their IEMs out of six possibilities. 79% of available units are the ts02, so assume that’s the default. Limit two buys per customer during this offer which is limited to 1500 units and ends in about eight days from today (= blog posting date). Shipping estimate is early to mid November 2016.
Thinksound ON1 Headphones for $128 [MD]
The Wood Cult is one of the many special interest groups in headphones, perhaps only eclipsed by the Tubes Glow Cult 🙂 Which brings us to Massdrop, the new condition Thinksound ON1 Headphones are fully unlocked for $120 plus $8~ flat shipping. The offer is running for the next eight days (from blog-posting date) and comes with a 2-year warranty and will ship in late October 2016. Around 120 units are available for this particular offer per the listing.
Kennerton Magisters for $350 to $700 [MD]
Never a dull moment in the world of headphones these days, many and more new models and brands surface left and right, which brings us to the Kennerton Magisters being offered and fully unlocked at Massdrop. There are two options, the “Light” go for $350, while the standard non-Light go for $700. These are hand assembled in Russia and they allegedly use solid bog oak from trees older than 2000 years old. They have 64 ohm impedance and MD covers the warranty (the standard 1-year). Shipment is late October 2016, and the offer is running for the next seven days.
WoodLab Royal Glam Headphone Stand for $59 [MD]
If you are part of the “audio wood” fan club, another offer has unlocked at Massdrop, with eight days to go (from blog-posting date = today), it is the WoodLab Royal Glam Headphone Stand going for $50 plus $9~ flat shipping. Three finishes are available, which you can select at checkout. Shipment estimate is early November 2016, patience is after all something heavily encouraged by the trees 🙂
Thinksound ms02 IEMs for $68 [MD]
Another one is live, the Thinksound ms02 IEMs have reached their lowest price tier under this offer at Massdrop, going for $60 plus $8~ flat shipping. The offer runs for the next 7 days (from blog-posting date), and comes with a 1-year warranty and will ship in mid-October 2016.
DZAT DF-10 Wood IEMs for $23 shipped [MD]
Wood definitely has its fans with both earphones and headphones, which brings us to this newly unlocked offer at members-only Massdrop, it is the DZAT DF-10 Wood IEMs going for $16 plus $7 flat shipping. You have two wood choices at checkout (pictures of both are shown over there). The offer runs for the next seven days (from blog-posting date), and these will ship mid-October 2016.
One unusual accessory included (although perhaps not so considering the “writing” fandom at Massdrop) is that they come with a nature-themed notebook and pen as well, in addition to different eartip sizes and a pouch. You can always make the notebook and pen “on topic” by using them to record headphone-related notes or music-listening notes or headphone audition notes 🙂
PS: no musical pun intended on “notes” 🙂
Fostex TH-900 Mark II for $999
Fostex the people! The Fostex TH-900 Mark II Premium 1.5 Tesla headphones are currently on sale in new condition for $999 with free shipping and handling by Adorama.com until 8/22/16 or earlier if sold out. These are closed-back over-ears.
Two Days Left: Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 for $400 [MD]
Can you resist the temptation? Two days are left in this round of Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 at Massdrop, going for $400 with free shipping. This is expected to ship in early September 2016. A total of 750 units are available through this offer and there are nowhere near to selling out, so you can use the next two days to read reviews and forums and shift budgets and switch to a noodle diet 🙂 These are woody closed-back over-ear dynamic transducer creatures.
[DEAD] Thursday Daily Deals: Symphonized Wood In-Ears and Bluedios
These daily offerings expired…
Thursday 6/30/16 is not as busy as yesterday was with various headphones, but there are a couple of items scheduled to go live as follows.
* starts 1pm ET: Symphonized NRG 2.0 Premium Genuine Wood In-ears (the orange-y color scheme; price before sale is $25~ as usual; sale price typically is in the sale $15~ ballpark but not guaranteed)
* starts 7pm ET: Bluedio A (Air) Stylish Wireless Bluetooth Headphones (over/on ears)
Thinksound TS02 In-Ears for $33 [MD]
Another offer has gotten fully unlocked, and with seven days to go (from blog-posting date) at members-only Massdrop. It is the Thinksound TS02 in-ears, available only in the Silver-Cherry with mic option for $30 plus $3~ flat shipping. Close-up pictures of their woodiness can be found over there. Shipment is expected to begin mid-July 2016.
Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 Mahogany/Purpleheart for $400 to $450
Fostex the people! Unlocked right now at members-only shopping club Massdrop (which is free to join, everything happens behind a login-wall), their own Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00 Mahogany/Purpleheart headphones are on sale for $400 to $450 with free shipping. The listing is good until 6/24/16. Patience is a virtue however, because the shipment estimate for this is end of September 2016, which is roughly four months from blog-posting date.
Wooden Omega Headphones Stand for $21
The wooden Omega Headphones Stand is available for around $21, with a trio of marketplace sellers competing on price, with these three offers fulfilled by Amazon, so if you are a Prime member, you get 2-day shipping. The stand averages 4.2 out of 5 based on 120+ customer reviews. Check them and questions answered to see if they fit your needs.
Thinksound ON1 for $138 [Massdrop]
For fans of wooden earcups, the Thinksound ON1 are offered for $130 plus $8~ flat shipping at the members-only Massdrop website. The offer expires in eight days (from blog posting date), and the shipping estimate is the end of May 2016.
Audio-Technica ATH-ESW9A Wooden for $150
Knock, on wood, Audio Technica wood! The new condition Audio-Technica ATH-ESW9A Portable Wooden Headphones are currently on sale for $150 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer by BuyDig thru EBay. This will be delivered in early May.
Thinksound ts02 in-ears (wood) for $58 (Massdrop)
Fully unlocked and with a mid-May 2016 shipping estimate, the wood-protected Thinksound ts02 in-ears are now available on Massdrop for $55 plus $3~ flat shipping. Offer ends in about six days from blog-posting date. You can select from two different color options during the checkout process.
Grain Audio OEHP On-Ears for under $129
The Grain Audio on-ear headphones currently go for $129 with free shipping at Stacksocial. Use weekend coupon TAXES for a surprise discount. A 10% discount would make these $116~ and so forth. Per the listing, these have “FSC-certified solid walnut enclosures”.
In other action, the third generation Bedphones Sleep Headphones go for $50 before coupon. A 10% off discount will make them $45 and so forth… Note however that these are getting a 3.2 out of 5 based on 160 customer reviews at amazon.
Symphonized Wraith 2.0 Wood Headphones for $50
All three color-schemes (or in this case I should say wood options) of the closed-back over-ear Symphonized Wraith 2.0 Wood Headphones are on sale for $50 with free shipping at fulfilled by Amazon.com (the seller is “Symphonized”). They have detachable cable and come with two of them (one audio-only, one mic/remote). They average 4.4 out of 5 based on nearly 600 customer reviews.
Fostex x Massdrop TH-X00 for $400 [but ship May 2016]
I need to do another one of those Amazon Warehouse Deals Deal-Fishing Immersion Sessions to see what price adjustments we have now that the holidays are over and CES revealed even more new headphones (only a partial list, I’m still trying to herd all the CES chickens). In the meantime, Massdrop is back with another offer with one of the Head-Fi buzzing headphones, their own Fostex x Massdrop TH-X00 for $400 with free shipping. There are 1000 units available for this offer, and already, as of the time of writing, 800 units have been spoken form. So this offer most will likely sell out before it expires in 11 days.
VERY IMPORTANT: these are estimated to ship in MAY 2016. That’s 3+ months from today (today = blog-posting date). So your patience will be tested greatly if you are not a fully enlightened being 🙂
[DEAD] Monday Lightning Deals: Symphonized Wood
Today’s round expired, but the Symphonized brand are recurring…
Used Thinksound On-1 On-Ears for $150
The new condition Thinksound on1 on-ear headphones go for $200 at the moment, but if you prefer used, you can get them in “Used – Like New” condition (original damaged packaging) for $150 by Amazon Warehouse Deals actual. There’s only one listing at the moment in used condition. They average 4.5 out of 5 based on 41 customer reviews. These are of the wooden kind.
Thinksound On1 Wooden On-Ears drop to $200
The wooden Thinksound On1 headphones (model on1-natblk, aka natural black) is down to around $200 at Amazon, including Amazon actual (around $202), and Thinksound shipping directly from New Hampshire. You can see all the sellers over there offering these in new condition. They average 4.6 out of 5 based on 32 customer reviews.
PS: all the other Thinksound models are in-ears.
Sennheiser HD 598 Over-Ears for $147
The leader of the open-back over-ear HD-5xx series Sennheiser headphones, the HD 598 with its burl wood is now going for $147 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer, in new condition, at Amazon.com by Amazon actual. It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on nearly 1000 customer reviews and has 100+ questions answered… If you don’t need the burl wood finish and you are willing to DIY-modify, you can convert the HD 558 (currently on sale for $90).
Used Woodees IESW101V in-ears for $15
The Woodees IESW101V in-ears (with wooden housing) are currently available in “Used – Very Good” condition for around $15 at Amazon Warehouse Deals, with three different listings, which may slightly increase the chances of future discounts.
Used Thinksound ms01 in-ears for $26
The Thinksound ms01 in-ears are currently available in “Used – Very Good” condition for around $26~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals in the black/chocolate color scheme. Part of the housing is wooden.
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