Audio tweaking is fun, and compared to rolling vacuum tubes or op amps, rolling earpads actually does something real, that is not all or mostly expectation bias :) I like Ali Express options because they are cheap, and the long shipping time actually increases anticipation. By contrast, Z...

Absolutely agree. I tried your AliExpress pads recommendation and am very happy at the results. Thank You! For me, they add just enough warmth without negative impact. They are much more comfortable, and certainly look to be much higher quality. The Ghost has a premium look/feel for the price...

Zeos' says substituting Meze 109 pads make the Ghost magical, and his link for pre-ordering the pads at Mimic Audio is now live. $79 plus shipping, which turns these into $200+ phones :frowning2: The two differences I see between the stock and 109 pads are that the Meze pads are slightly...

It does if you buy it through Amazon. That's been the price since the beginning of July. My goal was to post quickly while the deal it was available. Had I taken the time to fully research historical pricing before posting I could have said that $1300 seemed to be the going rate in June but...

Amazon Warehouse (USA) has one like new Focal Radiance for Bentley Closed phone for $821 (down from $1800 new). Just one.

You can get very close to the Ultimate One look and materials for a lot less Sivga Branded. Their model SV007 appears nearly identical and was originally advertised as having 50mm Beryllium film drivers. It sold for about $100. Sivga's OEM obviously makes the KLH, which has real leather and...

B&H Photo has their Sony 7506 copy, the Senal SMH-1200 on daily deal for $60 shipped in 3 colors. I have a set in cranberry red and am quite pleased with them. Just as interesting, they have a bundle deal with these headphones and the portable ULTRASONE Panther DSD DAC Amp for $260. The bundle...

The M1570 are $400 at Target.com at the moment.

Test of the DS600 on ASR measures like a D50s clone. Of course, support, firmware updates, and consistency between units likely differs quite a bit. But, nice price.

UPDATE: Mine just arrived. I am very pleased. They remind me most of the JBL Everest 750NC in terms of fit/finish/comfort. More upscale than the 750 in terms of a lot better noise cancelling and a 2 level ambient mode, better codex including LDAC and Aptx HD. The sound is a be more neutral than...

An Amazon seller of FIIL earbuds seems to be closing out their neckband style models for $10-15, originally in 2019 about $50-$100, so a good discount. I own a couple of them and like the comfort, neutral sound and good connectivity. Battery life is OK. An ACIL branded neckband model from the...

B&H has Cleer Flow (v1) over ear ANC Bluetooth Headphones in Black and Silver for $50 with free 2 day shipping. Deal of the day. Bluetooth 4.2 with LDAC and aptX (and some report aptX-HD). I have never heard them, but they do have some interesting tech. The "Ironless" 40mm drivers have no...

Denon direct has put some of their headphones on sale again. Sadly no AH-D5200, but some very good prices on select models. The AH-D1200 is at $60, down from $70 in the last sale. I got a pair then like them very much. Kind of mini-D5200s. Sound sig and comfort is similar, Very good build...

If it was an error it was an error on all of their Black Friday headphone prices. I picked up a pair of AH-D1200 for $69 and the new "Cyberweek" sale price is $159. I think they just wanted to dump excess stock fast.

the "Specials" page shows several other less expensive Denon headphones and portable speakers at excellent discounts. I guess they do not have real time online inventory checks.

I own both, and think their is no contest, the N90Q sound better and are far more comfortable. The N90Q have a far more open detailed sound, which is also easily adjustable without an app. The cups are larger, softer, with less clamp. The Sony's have much better and customizable active noise...

Monoprice M570 Planars are on sale by Monoprice through Rakuten for $170 after the on page coupon code. Down from normal $300. Compare to similar Sendy Avia.

These Open back Brainwavz HM-5 Varients are available again in an Amazon lightning deal for the next 4 hours. Clip the $15 coupon.

UPDATE: Sold Out No Longer Available. In a deal that will start again at 8 A.M. Eastern Time, Meh.com has Verisonix Electrostatz over ear sealed headphones in 2 wood cup varieties for $55 shipped. These are the same as the Mitchell & Johnson hybrid dual driver pseudo electrostatic headphones...

Yesterday the FIIL T1X were $34 with no coupon. I agree the current $40 is a good value. RE: the Spunky Beats ---- I coincidentally just ordered those yesterday during a lightning deal for $24. (yeah, I have a cheap TWS fetish). In my experience so far if most of the TWS earphones...

The price of the new FIIL T1X TWS Earbuds on Amazon has dropped to $34 shipped. They sell for $58-$65 on Gearbest/Aliexpress and are Prime shipped from the U.S. Scarbir, (the most complete/honest review site I know of) gave them a 5 star review, and furrently (Jan 2020) ranks them as the best...

For $33 shipped, a variant of the famed Brainwavz HM-5 in an Open Back version, the Spadger CD990 is available now as an Amazon Lightning deal after checking the $15 coupon on the listing page. These are so far as I can tell identical to the Monoprice HR-5 Headphones except that they come with...