Master "deals" (massdrop, ebay, Amazon, etc.) Thread on Audio Product Sales

[raistlin65]

Sennheiser HD600 headphones are $299.00 at Amazon.
Looks like you can still order them, though they are out of stock as of now.

Sweetwater has them for $299
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...-open-back-audiophile-professional-headphones
I think they've had that price for a few months now.

 

[beren777]

Monoprice has a 25% discount currently on its Monolith THX-365C center channel speaker, $299 instead of $399:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=34189

https://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/monoprice-monolith-thx-365t-thx-365c

There are discounts on other speakers in their Monolith line right now but more in the 10%-12% range.

 

[Mukhtarma]

Klipsch The Fives Heritage Wireless 2-Way Powered Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers (Matte Black, Pair) is on discount for 24 hours on b&h

Regular price $799
Discounted price $499

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1573403-REG

 

[hmscott]

Amazon $60 Prime Discount on Sennheiser HD660s $459.99, it's actually a $40 savings from list of $499.99.
The price was set to $519.99 to subtract the $60 Prime discount.
HD660s comes with two 3m cables: Wired 6.35 mm + 4.4 mm Pentaconn
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-660-Audiophile-Headphone/dp/B076HP574T/
Discount is only from default seller: Ships from: Amazon, Sold by BrandsWalk

 

[earlevel]

On the fence as to listing this deal, mainly because I haven't yet heard them (but have free return), and because they seem to be more popular for recording (my use for them), though a few audiophile-oriented reviews have said they sound very good.

BLUE Lola sealed over-ear, $150 (40% off): https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sealed-Over-Ear-High-Fidelity-Headphones/dp/B016A8OUUQ

They are direct from BLUE, they seems to have discontinued this model (possibly because they appear to concentrate on their powered models?). One weird thing is this black version (by far the better looking) is $100 off, the white isn't. I was looking at other headphones, happened to see a BLUE and thought their metal construction would give better isolation for recording vocals than what I'm using now (Sony MDR-7520), then found this un-amped model at a good price.

 

[hmscott]

On the fence as to listing this deal, mainly because I haven't yet heard them (but have free return), and because they seem to be more popular for recording (my use for them), though a few audiophile-oriented reviews have said they sound very good.

BLUE Lola sealed over-ear, $150 (40% off): https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sealed-Over-Ear-High-Fidelity-Headphones/dp/B016A8OUUQ

They are direct from BLUE, they seems to have discontinued this model (possibly because they appear to concentrate on their powered models?). One weird thing is this black version (by far the better looking) is $100 off, the white isn't. I was looking at other headphones, happened to see a BLUE and thought their metal construction would give better isolation for recording vocals than what I'm using now (Sony MDR-7520), then found this un-amped model at a good price.

The price is variable based on the seller too, as I found large discounts on the:

Amazon.com: Blue Satellite Premium Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Audiophile Amp (Black): Musical Instruments
List Price: $399.99 Details
Price: $282.08
You Save: $117.91 (29%)
Ships from ableseller, Sold by ableseller, (290 ratings) 80% positive over last 12 months

With a further large discount on top of that by another seller:
New $199.99 FREE delivery: Aug 5 - 10
Ships from BonDot, Sold by BonDot, (272 ratings) 94% positive over last 12 months

This model "New" is at the same "sale" price from all the sellers:
Amazon.com: Blue Sadie Premium Headphones with Built-in Amp (formerly called Mo-Fi): Musical Instruments
List Price:$399.99 Price:$189.99 & FREE Returns You Save: $210.00 (53%)

I don't have any experience with "Blue Headphones"...

 

[MacCali]

The price is variable based on the seller too, as I found large discounts on the:

Amazon.com: Blue Satellite Premium Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Audiophile Amp (Black): Musical Instruments
List Price: $399.99 Details
Price: $282.08
You Save: $117.91 (29%)
Ships from ablesellerableseller, Sold by ablesellerableseller, (290 ratings) 80% positive over last 12 months

With a further large discount on top of that by another seller:
New $199.99 FREE delivery: Aug 5 - 10
Ships fromBonDot, Sold byBonDot, (272 ratings) 94% positive over last 12 months

This model "New" is at the same "sale" price from all the sellers:
Amazon.com: Blue Sadie Premium Headphones with Built-in Amp (formerly called Mo-Fi): Musical Instruments
List Price:$399.99 Price:$189.99 & FREE Returns You Save: $210.00 (53%)

I don't have any experience with "Blue Headphones"...

Just got it used for 125 lol

 

[Ata]

I believe last year black friday the lifetime Roon membership was 449/499 something like that. About as good as it gets.

Can someone please confirm there was such an offer?

 

[Taddpole]

Can someone please confirm there was such an offer?

Only things I can find on a search are people moaning that they didn't do a black friday deal last year and further back that 2019 they seemed to choose that time to raise the price from 499 to 699.

Sales don't seem to be their thing.

 

[MacCali]

Can someone please confirm there was such an offer?

I’m telling you I’m a 100% on this, if you look for audio Black Friday deals 2020 some websites will probably show it as one of the deals.

Most people aren’t going to remember what happened almost a year ago on bf. I however was doing some intensive audio shopping cause I needed a bunch of crap.

I was not into audio in 2019 so I did absolutely no shopping for it, can’t comment on that. I just looked now and the only thing I’m seeing on a few websites is 3 months for 1 dollars, but I’m not finding anything on the lifetime subscription

 

[Ata]

I’m telling you I’m a 100% on this, if you look for audio Black Friday deals 2020 some websites will probably show it as one of the deals.

Thanks, I actually did take an advantage of their BF deal of 4 months for $4 (or similar), and was looking around for a lifetime deal but did not find any.

 

[MacCali]

Thanks, I actually did take an advantage of their BF deal of 4 months for $4 (or similar), and was looking around for a lifetime deal but did not find any.

Yea it’s a tough one, sometimes it’s available sometimes it ain’t. Just depends on how they feel and sales. Sometimes they offer multiple deals, just depending what they show you. I wasn’t on these forums yet and recall someone mentioning it or reading it about it or may be completely delusional.

Anything is possible

 

[MacCali]

The price is variable based on the seller too, as I found large discounts on the:

Amazon.com: Blue Satellite Premium Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Audiophile Amp (Black): Musical Instruments
List Price: $399.99 Details
Price: $282.08
You Save: $117.91 (29%)
Ships from ableseller, Sold by ableseller, (290 ratings) 80% positive over last 12 months

With a further large discount on top of that by another seller:
New $199.99 FREE delivery: Aug 5 - 10
Ships from BonDot, Sold by BonDot, (272 ratings) 94% positive over last 12 months

This model "New" is at the same "sale" price from all the sellers:
Amazon.com: Blue Sadie Premium Headphones with Built-in Amp (formerly called Mo-Fi): Musical Instruments
List Price:$399.99 Price:$189.99 & FREE Returns You Save: $210.00 (53%)

I don't have any experience with "Blue Headphones"...

Bass is kind wishy washy on the satellites, at full volume amp on or off the drivers start to distort; it has a built in amp. Strange that even with two drivers per cup it's distorting.

Sounds better with amp off, waste.. Doesn't notify you if ANC is on or off but one of them sure sounds better; which one I cant say

With 3.5 connection there's a channel imbalance to the right, the right ear where the cable goes in, for whatever reason the center image is skewed right.

Hey on good note they dont sound like beats. Definitely something wrong with the DSP or it's just AAC codec, tried CD quality and that was no benefit, no point going into higher res.

I've tried a few BT headphones, and I come from a wired headphone background and the only headphones I give the okay to are the Beyerdynamic Lagoon/Traveler ANC and the far more expensive M&D MW65. They both sound like somebody knew what they were doing.

Headless Pink Panther for sure..

 

[Tatteredmidnight]

Lavaudio DS600 [New Version] @ Amazon for $179 ($50 off to $199 and $20 coupon at checkout) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H4V1XRD

 

[raistlin65]

Lavaudio DS600 [New Version] @ Amazon for $179 ($50 off to $199 and $20 coupon at checkout) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H4V1XRD

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/lavaudio-ds600-review-stereo-dac.19146/

 

[Tatteredmidnight]

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/lavaudio-ds600-review-stereo-dac.19146/

This is what made me aware of the product. I was looking for an affordable, multi-input DAC for bedroom use and this came in at $40 over the E30 and has Bluetooth with LDAC (justifies the price difference for me). This is supposedly an updated version with higher headphone output, but this isn’t relevant for my current use case.

 

[Dunring]

Just got a black Topping E30 for $127 with free shipping and Apos doesn't charge sales tax at:
https://apos.audio/collections/apos...tified-topping-e30-dac?variant=39925164277931
I haven't seen them on sale anywhere for a long time, even on eBay they're charging full retail for used ones... Got it for the L30 amp on the way, can't wait.

Also Schiit has a B stock Magni Heresy for $89 (usually they just have the original ones)
https://www.schiit.com/b-stocks

Adorama has more Focal Elegia for $399 (they were out for a week after the last sale)
https://www.adorama.com/fofelegia.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkByPW2NszMk100

They also have the HE6se for $649 as long as you have an amp that can power a lighthouse
https://www.adorama.com/hmhe6sev2.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkByDL3VszMk100

The HE-560 is still $249
https://www.adorama.com/hmhe560v4.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkBRWK39szMk100

Creative Labs raised their prices on the G6 to $99 refurb with warranty, but the AE-5 is still $79 with shipping
https://us.creative.com/p/refurbished

Hifiman has the Sundara for $299 and the rest of their usual open box (they go out of stock on open box Sundaras a lot) Free shipping and no tax, I got a pair then registered on their site to extend the warranty to 15 months.
https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/open-box.html

Also Drop has a refurb page, the HE4XX for the usual $135, but sometimes they have the Dan Clark ones at a good price, got to check pretty often on those models.
https://drop.com/all-communities/drops/refurbished

For work I check a lot of places and prices, best I could find this week.

 

[MacCali]

Just got a black Topping E30 for $127 with free shipping and Apos doesn't charge sales tax at:
https://apos.audio/collections/apos...tified-topping-e30-dac?variant=39925164277931
I haven't seen them on sale anywhere for a long time, even on eBay they're charging full retail for used ones... Got it for the L30 amp on the way, can't wait.

Also Schiit has a B stock Magni Heresy for $89 (usually they just have the original ones)
https://www.schiit.com/b-stocks

Adorama has more Focal Elegia for $399 (they were out for a week after the last sale)
https://www.adorama.com/fofelegia.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkByPW2NszMk100

They also have the HE6se for $649 as long as you have an amp that can power a lighthouse
https://www.adorama.com/hmhe6sev2.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkByDL3VszMk100

The HE-560 is still $249
https://www.adorama.com/hmhe560v4.h...sterm=Xs6SDFVexxyLWxlUqKxzYwxmUkBRWK39szMk100

Creative Labs raised their prices on the G6 to $99 refurb with warranty, but the AE-5 is still $79 with shipping
https://us.creative.com/p/refurbished

Hifiman has the Sundara for $299 and the rest of their usual open box (they go out of stock on open box Sundaras a lot) Free shipping and no tax, I got a pair then registered on their site to extend the warranty to 15 months.
https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/open-box.html

Also Drop has a refurb page, the HE4XX for the usual $135, but sometimes they have the Dan Clark ones at a good price, got to check pretty often on those models.
https://drop.com/all-communities/drops/refurbished

For work I check a lot of places and prices, best I could find this week.

The HE650 v4 is 209 ob on adorama

 

[Dunring]

The HE650 v4 is 209 ob on adorama

Thanks, I see it at
https://www.adorama.com/RecommendFor/us_auxhmhe560v4.html

 

[stumper3819]

https://www.newegg.com/denon-avr-x3700h/p/N82E16886747017 Denon Avr's with Newegg gift card