I was pretty active on Head-Fi at the time and snatched up this deal when someone posted it. I think the HD800 was still $1500 at the time.
Though that is probably not even my greatest “steal”, which could be loosely seen at actually stealing. I bought the Fostex TH-900 from a relatively new online vendor, and they accidentally sent me 2 of them. I checked and legally in the US when a merchant sends you something you didn’t order, you aren’t required to send it back. I held onto it for a bit and that company never contacted me about it and I sold it new in box for $900. I guess they were too disorganized to notice.
I’m not all entirely lucky or wise with money. I bought the Hifiman Edition X on release for $1400 and similar tier headphones like Edition XS are less than $500 now. But I still like them enough for it to be a permanent part of my collection.
e-earphone akihabara i got a hidiz hd80 for 7000yen or £37 sounds surprisingly good on my mezes
I had a string of Amazon incidents leading up to a driver opening my packages, so they comped the cost of the Red: Zero.
not as big of a deal obv but my recent B-Stock LCD-2C purchase that pretty much looks like it was worn once lol.
I bought HE1000 Stealth for $1260
Yeah, I freaking remembered when this happened. I was so salty that I missed it, I just bought them at full price.
I got a Pair of Grado SR60 for $5 at a Yard Sale. Still have them and listen to them on occasion.
Got a pair of Arya V2s for that price about a year ago. Far, far more impressive at that time than now 😔
Got the Schiit Bifrost 2, Valhalla 2, and Jotunheim 1 w/ DAC in a bundle.for $850 (~$961 after tax and shipping).
Got the Blue Ella headphones for ~$260 about a year ago, retail was $700 in 2017.
Hard to get great deals in headphones, in my experience. Far better deals are to be had in stereo.
Utopia 2022 brand new for around $2,200 USD give or take this past Sept.
My personal top 3 audio gear deals:
I’ve gotten a lot of great Chi-fi IEM deals too but don’t feel like screenshotting and posting them all.
People hated the HD700’s so much…
People were expecting HD 800 performance for a fraction of the price. HD 700 has a bit of a treble spike around 7K but is easily fixable with EQ, a good copper cable, and/or tube amp. The few reviewers around back then unfairly slammed the headphone for that treble peak without mentioning all of the good things about it. Still one of my favorite audio gear 9 years later.
Wow–and I thought I got a great deal on the IE 600!
i got some hifiman closed back sundaras for $150. quite a steal imo
Last year, I ordered some KZ PR1’s, and had second thoughts at the last second, and cancelled the order. They ended up still showing up, and I got a refund.
I upgraded to S12’s this year, no great deal, aside from how they sound.
Edition XS is not the same tier as Edition X , same as Edition S
How did you find these? They’re not listed on Amazon at all.
I mean a lot has changed in 10 years. If you mean you can only find the HD800s now, those didn’t even exist back then.
honestly UPS kinda sucks with majority of their deliveries
