This is a very rare DAC and was one of the first DACs on the market. Nothing particularly unusual about that, but I'm feeding the digital output of that into a Musical Fidelity Digilog DAC. The test system comprises of a Squeezebox 3. The biggest change primarily is the moving away from “Computer Source”, and I am now using a dedicated DAC. Suffice to say though, the level of electronics I am now using is at a far higher level in quality to when I first reviewed the DT-531.
Unfortunately, like the headphones, I am guessing not many people have had much experience with the components in the system.
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Without further ado, lets crack on with the review.įirst, I'd like to say a few words about my test system. The price is slightly lower, and the overall emphasis does seem to be on musical enjoyment. On paper, the Goldrings could in fact be the spiritual successor to the Beyers. The Goldring, therefore, is the main focus of this review, and being that the Beyer's are the benchmarks in this review, it will therefore be a comparative thread. I was hoping this was going to be an affordable, comfortable Grado. It was this thread that finally made me crumble and pull the trigger hoping to find a headphone that could beat the slam and fun factor of the Beyer. I was initially thinking that I would like a Grado, but the price is prohibitive in the UK, and the Goldrings, were touted in reviews to be much like a Grado, or perhaps a more sonically capable Koss headphone.Ĭlick here to see the Goldring first impressions thread. I proceeded to read some reviews on it, and I did fancy a change, or at least, a headphone that I could alternate with between the DT531 for some variation. I was made aware by PinkFloyd of the presence of a new boy in town, the Goldring DR150. My headphone hobby around 18 months ago ended up going on the back burner, as I just could not find a headphone that would suit me better, and so, I guess I had reached that headphone nirvana, a stage that many people will never reach. Nothing for the price has the same combination of good overall sound quality, fun-factor, comfort, and yet, it was a headphone that would sound pretty good whatever your system, but as I have found out recently, will still scale to suit better equipment. I simply found it unbeatable as an overall package. Even today, I have not found a headphone that offers the same combination of qualities for anywhere near the price. Mind you, while all this was going on, I saw many headphones come and go while the DT-531 stayed, and became the old favourite, and ultimately, the benchmark for me personally, with which all new comers were to be compared. As newer headphones became fashionable, the DT-531 has pretty much disappeared off the headfi map. Lini christened the AKG K240S as the “new groovalizer” and the DT-531 relegated to his second favourite, an opinion with which ultimately, I did not agree with. The DT-531 has ended production some time ago. There are many other reviews and impressions of the DT-531, which you can access by simply searching this site! However, by the time that had happened, the 531 was nearing the end of its production, to be replaced by the DT-440, which unfortunately, has not quite went down as well as the 531 towards the end of its life, not only supposedly falling slightly short sonically but also with poorer levels of comfort. The Beyerdynamic DT-531Įven here in Europe, it had negative reviews from some of the Hi-Fi press, and as such, it wasn't until a few people actually tried it and found those reviews inaccurate, that the 531 was taken more seriously.
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