The Deals Thread

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  1. Biodegraded

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    SennDropser HD 6XX down to $179 again. Not sure if they've been down at that price for a while or if it's part part of Drop's current "Daylight Savings" sale - but whatever, it's noteworthy.

    https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx

    Free shipping in the US.

    Edit: Done. Back up to $199 this morning. Which is still great value.
     
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    Not sure if this is really a deal, but from the email notice I got from Apos, FiiO will raise their prices in a couple of days. I've seen some mentioned that their budget headphones and dongles are alright from some members. What caught my eye was the FiiO K11 R2R as a $160 DAC (for now). This might be good, or at least interesting against the venerable Modi MB.
     
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    Quick search on the K11 R2R shows that @darmok and @Technician found it to be meh…Carry on.
     
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    Don’t take anything I say as gospel, but I don’t think it’s interesting against the MMB2 at all. If you absolutely must have a cheap and small DAC/amp combo and you’re absolutely opposed to getting a Magni Unity, but you also don’t want to get a dongle… I suppose it’s alright.
     
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    As far as a CD transport goes - really focuses the sound for my Yggdrasil - I'm sure there are better transports but gets the job done with no FOMO or nervosa. I'm quite pleased with mine and I paid full price not long ago direct from Shanling on Ali.
     
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    TA-66 for $217 on Apos. And amzn fora little more if you prefer that.
     
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    I tried and the page kept giving me an error every time I tried to order (using PayPal). It also wouldn't take any coupons because it said I was trying to stack deals.

    Probably for the best, but I sure wish US vendors were more plentiful and had better discounts.
     
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    It's a bargain at 750, frankly
     
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    Before everyone rushes out and does this, I was told by Shanling a few months ago over email "We do not sell on Aliexpress." So if warranty support is important to you, make sure that whatever Aliexpress shop you're buying from is an outlet of an authorized dealer. (Unfortunately the English Shanling website appears to be down right now, so no easy access to that dealer list.)
     
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    The link I shared is the official Shanling store. I wouldn't buy any other way from China and why I paid 750$ and also buy my tubes direct from the manufacturer as well. Nice to see it drop 130$ for others though. That being said, I'll stop posting any further on this topic.
     
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    I don't have any additional information here, all I can tell you is that I emailed Shanling in December and asked: "Do you have an AliExpress store? If so, are purchases there covered under warranty?"

    The reply: "Hello, thank you for reaching out. We do not sell on Aliexpress. Our only official store is at https://store.shanling.com/ Warranty policies are covered here: https://store.shanling.com/support.html"

    @Bina are you able to provide any clarification?
     
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    At the risk of cluttering this thread meaninglessly and with erroneous information, here is the link I shared to the Official Shanling Store on Aliexpress - see for yourself

    https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...C9y 0yyKba/JpL3nJ4U5ftc=&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

    If there is an issue with my Shanling ET3 and they refuse warranty support, who knows you have to take a risk sometimes. I've never filed a PayPal dispute or credit card dispute but if it were within a certain timeframe maybe I would pursue that, not sure if I'd care enough at the time, but I might.
     
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    That shop is not run by Shanling, it's just one of Chinese dealers. We do not run any shop on Aliexpress.
    If you purchase from Aliexpress, we will not be providing any warranty assistance, it will all be just up to your Aliexpress seller.


    We only sell directly at https://store.shanling.com/ and on some Amazons.
     
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    That's AliExpress for you! Kind of shady

    (Aside: as the manufacturer wouldn't you want to report or shut down a seller misrepresenting themselves as the manufacturer? Frankly I find this vaguely ridiculous but at this point I've given off the false impression that I particularly care people get one of these - but I sort of care that I sought out an Aliexpress seller that advertises themselves as literally Shanling and Shanling seems disinterested in addressing the deception. Reminds me why I stopped buying off Aliexpress many years ago but only recently gave it another shot, being unsuccessful in google fu finding a better way to buy this and Shuguang Tubes (also supposedly direct from the manufacturer and who knows what kind of avoiding responsibility shady dynamic goes on there too)) - also what about all the SBAF people complaining about Western Electric's warranty?
     
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    Yes, before KRK made garbage, KRK started out by making great passive speakers with Focal drivers. Then they had financial issues, didn't pay Focal, so Focal started making their own monitors, which have been better than the old KRKs since the Shapes came out and now the ST6 have the hyper detail in well braced and damped cabinets.
     

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