October Prime Day is in its final stretch, and headphones are where the real discounts are.
Amazon's two-day October Prime Day sale started October 6 and ends October 8, and it has pushed several headphone and earbud models to record-low prices. Bose's Ultra Open Earbuds are $100 off at $199.99, Sony's budget-friendly WH-CH720N headphones are down to $98, and a refurbished pair of Sony's well-regarded WH-1000XM5 headphones is $135.99. Beats Fit Pro earbuds, a sportier take on AirPods Pro, hit their lowest price ever at $118.69, and Bose's QuietComfort Earbuds dropped $50 to $129.
Amazon runs a sale like this three times a year: a summer Prime Day, this October event (officially named Prime Big Deal Days), and a spring Big Spring Sale. Headphones reliably land among the steepest discounts in all three. That matters more than any single price, since it means shoppers who miss this window usually get another shot within a few months.
Refurbished units and last-generation models, like that XM5 pair, are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here, which says more about Amazon clearing inventory than about any brand suddenly getting generous.