HyperX has upgraded the recording quality of its USB gaming mics

HyperX announced new versions of its QuadCast USB gaming microphones today. The QuadCast 2 and QuadCast 2 S present see a streamlined multifunction power dial and invited upgrades to their signaling quality.

The original versions of the HyperX QuadCast mics delivered a batch of functionality astatine a sub-$200 terms point, including aggregate pickup patterns and programmable LED lighting. But signaling prime maxed retired astatine 16-bit/48kHz. The caller QuadCast 2 boosts signaling prime up to 24-bit/96 kHz, portion the QuadCast 2 S goes adjacent higher, maxing retired astatine 32-bit/192 kHz.

The caller versions are inactive priced nether $200, though each has received a terms bump. The QuadCast 2 is present $149.99 alternatively of $139.99, portion the QuadCast 2 S is $199.99, up from $159.99.

Both mics present diagnostic USB-C ports (the archetypal QuadCast was microUSB) and portion the erstwhile versions featured abstracted knobs for changing pickup patterns and adjusting gain, the QuadCast 2 and QuadCast 2 S person a azygous multifunction dial connected the beforehand that handles “gain adjustment, measurement control, mic monitoring, and polar signifier selection.”

HyperX has besides redesigned the daze mounts connected the caller models, making the microphones easier to region without having to unscrew oregon disassemble anything.

The caller mics transportation implicit the LED lighting of their predecessors. The QuadCast 2 is inactive constricted to reddish LEDs that crook disconnected erstwhile the mic is muted, portion the QuadCast 2 S features 100 multicolor addressable LEDs that tin beryllium controlled utilizing HyperX’s Ngenuity desktop bundle to lucifer a gaming room’s aesthetic.

The QuadCast S is owed to go disposable today, but the much susceptible QuadCast S 2 is expected to beryllium released sometime successful November.