Goldring headphones the final warning to stay away

C64 · 8 Apr 2013 at 15:19

My ns1000 which were ordered on 7/3/2013 have developed a massive crack down one side already and small crack on the other side, I am finally done with this ridiculous plastic quality they use.Going to contact superfi and demand a refund and suggest they stop stocking the brand.

Such a shame goldring cant change the plastic on these amazing sounding cans.

Anyhow just a warning to anyone do not buy them the quality is far far worse now my last pair lasted 2 years before any cracks appeared but these have a grand canyon esque crack after only a month.

Shall try and get a refund and order beyer dynamic dDT990 pros.

I shall no longer be recommending them or bigging them up at all the build quality is a joke it's like they are using kinder surprise egg plastic.

Phal · 8 Apr 2013 at 16:09

Well DT 990s won't crack

C64 · 8 Apr 2013 at 16:59

Phal said:
Well DT 990s won't crack

Yea metal in the stress parts

Phal · 8 Apr 2013 at 17:00

Well the old set of DT 990s I was given are plastic but as they've managed to last about 20 years so far I think it's fairly well made plastic

C64 · 8 Apr 2013 at 23:38

The part that holds the can to the headband looks like metal to me or is it plastic with brushed aluminum looks ? the fork shaped part

Phal · 9 Apr 2013 at 00:10

Depends which model you're talking about, the original DT 990s which I don't think are around anymore are of a plastic only construction pretty much. The current DT 990 pros seem to have the same metal parts that my MMX 300 headset has along with the DT 770s and 880s.

Like this: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/396/dsc00001s.jpg

AbsenceJam · 9 Apr 2013 at 00:15

Get what you pay for?
Actually that's rubbish when it comes to audio generally! But is true so far as build quality is concerned.

C64 · 9 Apr 2013 at 00:18

Phal said:
Depends which model you're talking about, the original DT 990s which I don't think are around anymore are of a plastic only construction pretty much. The current DT 990 pros seem to have the same metal parts that my MMX 300 headset has along with the DT 770s and 880s.

Like this: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/396/dsc00001s.jpg

No they are ancient all the new types have metal parts

Phal · 9 Apr 2013 at 00:24

C64 said:
No they are ancient all the new types have metal parts

Aye I know

I looked at custom Manufaktur DT 990s for a while from their site.

There are still a lot of DT 990 pros with plastic 'cans' like these:

http://europe.beyerdynamic.com/uploads/pics/DT990PRO_250_02.jpg

but I think the newer models look a bit funkier - seen here next to some DT 880s

http://s7.photobucket.com/user/euclid111/media/186_8632.jpg.html