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.

  • CZsea@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Edition XS is not the same tier as Edition X , same as Edition S

  • Rhinemann_Ultra@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I freaking remembered when this happened. I was so salty that I missed it, I just bought them at full price.

  • gikigill@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    IE900 for 950 AUD. Dunu Vulkan for 335 AUD Beyer Xelento 900 AUD. HD660S2 for 550AUD.

    Plus an Astron SSJ007 for 1800Aud.

    • ext23@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      For anybody unfamiliar, Australian dollars are worth less than the plastic they’re printed on, so these are indeed good deals

    • Chuu@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m kicking myself for not taking more advantage of this sale. The fact they used shoppay made it trivial to have them ship to a proxy shipper, and somehow shoppay charged 0% sales tax. I got the clear for $700ish all-in and noticed they had the HD800s for $1100. But by the time I got my Clear and verified the entire process works they raised their prices on all their Focal and Sennheiser headphones.

  • Yelov@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Probably used DT 1990 for 300€ with dekoni pads and two 3rd party cables each costing 100€.

  • hamkitteh@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Meze 109 Pros for €670 just yesterday. Have considered them my end game for a long time, along with my HD600s and K702s (and well, my KSC75s) I don’t need anything else

  • Bibob_PCMR@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Got a shp9600 and fidelio x3 for 55$ total because of a pricing error on a website.

  • ext23@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I bought a second-hand pair of Bose QC35 for like $80. Then they started having this issue where they would turn on by themselves. I Googled a bit and it turned out that it was a known issue and Bose would often replace them. So I submitted a ticket and got a brand new pair of QC45 as a replacement. Good deal! At least it was until I broke up with my GF and never got them back. Oh well, easy come easy go.