We record the price of every product in Thomann's catalog every night. Between October 31 and November 3, 315 prices went down and 49 went up.
A drop makes this list only if it is a real one: the old price had held for at least two weeks, and the new price is the lowest we have recorded since August 17. 259 of this week's drops pass both rules, 179 of them on November 3 alone. Guitars and basses had 178, keys 24, PA 20 and drums 17.
Ultimate Ears: the whole custom line at once
On November 3, Ultimate Ears cut 12 of its custom in-ear monitors by 22 to 25%. Each pair is built on impressions of your ears, which a hearing care professional has to take first, so these are stage and studio tools rather than everyday earphones.
Ultimate Ears UE-Live Ambient, $2,444
The top model of the UE Pro line, with eight drivers, went from €2,899 to €2,179. Like the other Ambient versions, it takes swappable filters that let some of the stage sound in. #10 of 25 custom made in-ear headphones.
| Model | Pro | Ambient | Cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| UE PREMIER | $3,195 (€2,849) | $3,240 (€2,889) | −22 to −23% |
| UE-Live | $2,388 (€2,129) | $2,444 (€2,179) | −24 to −25% |
| UE-18+ | $1,715 (€1,529) | $1,771 (€1,579) | −23% |
| UE-11 | $1,446 (€1,289) | $1,491 (€1,329) | −24% |
| UE RR+ | $1,232 (€1,098) | $1,289 (€1,149) | −22 to −23% |
| UE-7 | $1,154 (€1,029) | $1,199 (€1,069) | −23 to −24% |
Most of these models had gone up in August and September, the UE-Live pair by about 10%. After this cut, all 12 cost less than in August 2025, when our records start: the UE-11 Pro was €1,599 then, €1,698 in October and is €1,289 now. The 21-driver UE PREMIER hadn't moved at all since August 2025, the start of our records. The cheaper UE-5 and UE-6+ and the universal-fit UE 150 to 350 kept their prices.
Headphones and microphones
Steven Slate Audio VSX Immersion One, $649
Open-back planar magnetic headphones that come with VSX modelling software, which imitates more than 24 listening rooms, from mastering studios to cars. The price went from €829 to €579, a 30% cut and the deepest of the week. #36 of 113 studio headphones.
Aston Microphones Stealth, $251
A dynamic microphone with a built-in preamp that switches on with phantom power and four voicings: two for vocals, one for guitar and a dark setting. From €298 to €224, its first change in our records. #30 of 218 large diaphragm microphones.
Aston's Origin condenser fell 10%, to $224 (€200). Bubblebee cut seven versions of its Sidekick 3 presenter earpiece by up to 15%, the stereo one to $313 (€279).
Pianos and keys
Korg G1 B Air, $1,042
The black G1 B Air, an 88-key home piano with Korg's RH3 hammer action and Bluetooth audio, went from €1,179 to €929. Like the PREMIER, it hadn't changed price since August 2025. #4 of 24 compact digital pianos.
Casio cut 12 pianos, the deepest on the white AP-750, from €1,949 to €1,729. Korg's Phase8, a synthesizer that makes its sound with eight metal resonators, fell 11% to $965 (€860).
Guitars, basses and pedals
- ESP cut ten LTD guitars, among them the Viper-1001 ET, from €1,799 to €1,556, and the M-400HT, from €949 to €827.
- Ibanez had 23 cuts, the most of any brand: the GA360TCE classical with a cutaway fell from €699 to €615, and the EHB600 headless bass from €799 to €719.
- Gibson's 1957 SJ-200 Light Aged dropped from €7,849 to €6,999 on November 1.
- PRS cut the SE Paul's Guitar from €1,049 to €929.
- Electro-Harmonix cut seven pedals, the Nano POG octave by 13%, to $194 (€173).
And what went up
Most of this week's 49 increases came from Sennheiser, which raised 20 prices. The e604 drum microphone went from €125 to €139 and the e945 vocal microphone from €169 to €175, both their highest since August.
Where the numbers come from. Thomann's partner feed, which we read every night. We compare each product's price on October 31 and November 3, 2026. A drop counts as real when the old price had held for at least 14 days and the new price is the lowest since August 17, 2026. Prices are in euros; dollar figures use the exchange rate in Thomann's feed.
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Denis Kataev runs AudioFu. Every night the site records the prices of more than 38,000 instruments and studio tools at Thomann, and he writes about what those numbers show: what got cheaper, what just arrived, and which discounts are real.
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