How to Spot Fake Sony WH-1000XM6 Headphones
Teardown
The earpads use 4 pins to anchor to the earcups, you need a spudger to remove them. Once removed, we can see the drivers and the feedback NC microphone.
The feedback NC microphone is visible near the driver.
The middle section is held on with 4 Phillips screws, the driver and NC microphone are attached to this section.
Removing the screws, we can see the inside of the earcups. The major reveal is the metal weights glued to the flat sides of the both earcups. The left side weight is smaller as it has the battery and the PCB. A clever and sneaky trick to increase the weight.
On the right side, there is the 40mm driver, electret microphone. and the metal weight.
A shot of the metal weight on in the right earcup. The cable carries the driver and NC microphone cables to the left side.
A closeup of the feedback electret NC microphone.
A close up shot of the microphone slot near the top of the earcups.
A closer look at the internal hinge connection.
For comparison, here is the genuine WH-1000XM6 internal hinge connection from iFixit’s WH-1000XM6 teardown video.
