EKSA E900 Pro Gaming Headset Review – When you get even less than you paid for

1 - Einführung und Unboxing 2 - Technische Daten, Konstruktion und Haptik 3 - Teardown und erste Ernüchterung 4 - Sound- und Mikrofon Check 5 - Tragekomfort und spekulierte Haltbarkeit 6 - EKSA Software 7 - W1 RGB Headset Stand 8 - Galerie und Fazit

Teardown

Before I had even put the device on for the first time, I had already disassembled it. The unplanned teardown actually came about by chance. I suddenly had half the ear cup in my hand when trying to see if the ear pads could be replaced. Since a pair of simple Phillips head screws presented themselves there, I could disassemble the thing completely right away.

First of all: The ear pads can be replaced quite easily. Simply pull off the carrier plate, then the pad can be removed without fumbling. To have some clearance, the two screws of the joint were also removed.

The 50mm driver is a very simple model, wrapped in the finest plastic. I’d better not write anything about the soldering quality and the adhesive flux, because you can see it that way.

On the rear panel we can still see the integration of the lighting – damping was omitted. But it probably wouldn’t have done any good at that point anyway.

While I was at it, I also unscrewed the other side directly and looked at the circuit board.

The 108B chip from C-Media was revealed, which also explains the software presented on a later page. This chip is currently the cheapest on the market with a purchase price of about 1.60 USD and is almost a remaining stock.

The found C-Media chip is thus a very simple and inexpensive model, about which Igor directly had information ready, which we do not want to withhold from our technically interested readers:

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Basically, the illumination of the inner workings unfortunately clouded the good first impression a bit. It’s a rather plain construction with the cheapest components, which also has a significant effect on the sound.