Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Lower prices for the Zen V: in a move that raises the value-for-money bar considerably, the Zen V now sells for 30 bucks less—this means you can get the 1/2/4GB versions for $90/$120/$160 respectively. For comparison’s sake, the 1GB Nano sells for $150 while the same-size Shuffle sells for $100.
Creative Labs ‘Summer Special’ deals: now’s you chance to get a Zen Micro power adapter for $10 (was: $30) or a battery for $15 (was: $40). [via]
Sony Japan announced a price reduction last week for its A1000, A1200 and A3000 Network Walkman (NW) series. According to ATRAC Life:
WALKMAN A1000 Series
NW-A1000 (6GB)—22,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
NW-A1000/B [Limited Ed] (6GB)—20,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
NW-A1000/N [Limited Ed] (6GB)—20,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
WALKMAN A1200 Series
NW-A1200/B [Limited Ed] (8GB)—24,000 yen (2,000 yen price [...]
Koss has released what looks the like open-design cousin to the MV1, the Pro4AAAT. Impedance at 250 Ohms, MSRP is $150 and, as is the case for all Koss headphones, it’s covered under a “No Questions Asked” lifetime warranty. From the company’s press release:
The PRO4AAAT features titanium coating on 2 mil mylar diaphragms for a [...]
Deal: Creative’s 1GB flash-based players for $70: you can get a 1GB Zen Nano Plus or MuVo TX FM for 70 bucks from Creative’s webstore. US only, argh. [via]
Deal: Woot’s got the iRiver U10 (512MB) on sale today for $99 (add $5 for shipping). It’s the 512MB version; you can read our review here. As is the case Woot, the offer is valid for today only. If we may offer our humble recommendation… go for it.
Deal: BeyerDynamic DT 990 for €169: it’s the latest (2006) version and sounds like a great deal; for comparison’s sake, Meier Audio has them for €250 (though this one includes shipping). Thomann’s shipping charges are very reasonable (only €8 for Greece) but they’re currently having some stock issues, so you may want to bookmark this [...]
SendStation is offering the FireWire version of their popular PocketDock iPod accessory for free—you just pay for the shipping ($5.80, in my case at least).
We are giving away 1,000 free PocketDocks FireWire. Offer available exclusively from our online store while supplies last or until Dec. 24, 2005.
In case you didn’t know what the PocketDock is:
The [...]
Deal: Refurbished Rio Karma for $ 137: assuming the hard drive doesn’t fail on you (which is where most Karmas failed/sucked), this is a great deal to get one of the most powerful MP3 players ever released. [via]
Deal: Buy.com has 25$ off on Creative’s MP3 players: sad thing is the Zen Micros have sold out. Still you can get a 40GB Zen Touch for $225, a 1GB Zen Nano Plus for $105, or a 512MB Zen Nano for $70. Offer ends on Saturday, November 19th.