Powercolor has been offering the Alphyn AH10 gaming headset, another item from its peripherals portfolio, since 4 p.m. yesterday, which is not a bad idea per se. It is only logical that manufacturers like Powercolor are trying to become a full-range gaming supplier and take advantage of the affinity of graphics card buyers for other products. However, the price of 99 euros RRP is in stark contrast to the market and its offerings and I will prove this this time with a very detailed teardown as well as the measurements, because I also feel a little sorry for the product manager at Powercolor, who must have been dictated this price by someone.
Even though the headset is branded Powercolor, it actually comes from Yenona in Dongguan and was manufactured in the Wanshan Town Industrial Park. This OEM manufactures various products for all kinds of manufacturers, which is quite common. I’ve also tested the OneOdio Monitor 80, which is quite popular and also comes from Yenona and is based on the Y86. So Yenona can do what they want, but unfortunately not everything. You get what you pay for. But then you have to be fair and pass the advantage on to the end customer.
The Alphyn AH10 is based on a mixture of the G13 (wireless and wired) and the G14 from Yenona, which is why I see the price as the real problem with the 99 Euro RRP, because you can buy the parts for less than 20 USD FOB. Of course, I don’t want to spoil your reading pleasure in the intro, because the Alphyn AH10 is a very good wired headset in its own right and also a useful wireless headset. If it cost less than 75 euros, that would still be ok and under 60 euros would even be a kind of buying tip, because the built-in drivers are not bad. The concept of being able to operate the headset without the electronics if necessary is a good one and I’ll come back to the differences in the teardown and measurements in a moment. Here, too, it’s definitely worth reading on. It’s going to be exciting.
Unboxing and accessories
You can certainly write a lot about the unboxing and at first I thought Yenona had commendably dispensed with unnecessary plastic waste in the packaging and only packed the headset, but…
… unfortunately that was a mistake, as each individual part was packed in a separate bag. These are all things that are simply no longer necessary these days. I’m certainly not a blind eco-fanatic, but this is really superfluous garbage and very annoying.
Once you have finally unpacked everything, you will find the Alphyn AH10 headset, technically largely based on the hybrid Yenona G13, but with the look of the G14 and also with its dongle. There is also a soft carrying case, an analog 3.5 mm jack cable and the USB pass-through adapter to operate the dongle via the supplied USB-C to USB-A charging cable if necessary, if it is not to be plugged in behind the PC. A pop protection completes the accessories. However, I miss a splitter for the analog TRSS jack to operate the headset analog with microphone and headphones separately on the HD audio port of the PC. Please make improvements.
Technical data and manual
First of all, the data sheet with the supplier’s specifications, which definitely need to be questioned. But that’s what the measurements and the listening test are for. I also recommend this to all influncists and finders, because even without measuring equipment you can still hear the difference between the two modes. Here we go:
Before I get to the look and feel and the connectivity, here is the manual in PDF format, which I had to obtain via the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). And it also saves me a lot of redundant explanations later on:
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