If you recall, some time back we did a review on the Xjacker Soniq Rush which allowed you to use a standard PC headset (standard means 3.5mm audio jacks) on all your gaming consoles and even offered chat on the Xbox 360 all the while amplifying and shaping the sounds (the mids were brought out more as that is the major range of sound in most games).
Xjacker has been busy since then as they have hooked up with CompuExpert and the latest fruit of their labors is the amplification unit on the Yapster Blaster.
The Yapster headset, from TekNmotion, is a low cost headset aimed at PC gamers with an adjustable, flexible metal boom mic, standard 3.5mm audio jacks and a good response range of 20-20kHz.
The Yapster Blaster, is that same headset but with a detachable high-gain amplifier which not only amplifies the sound but also gives you universal game console usage. The amp uses USB power and plugs into the sound from the console via two RCA jacks. If you are like me you have an A/V receiver that everything runs through so tapping into the console sound was as easy as plugging into the RCA audio out on the receiver and no matter what I am listening to, radio, CD, X360, PS3, Wii and even TV and film, I can use the Yapster Blaster. All for just $29.99 which is an amazing deal.
Yapster Blaster Headset Technical Specs
- Speaker: Neodymium 40mm Driver
- Impedance: 32ohm +/- 15
- Frequency Response: 20-20kHz
- Sensitivity: 100dB +/- 3dB
- Maximum Power Input: 50mW
- Total Cable Length: 12 foot
- Microphone: Adjustable, Flexible, Omni-Directional
Yapster Blaster Amp Technical Specs
- Power Supply: USB powered via console/PC
- Max. Power Output: ~50 mW per channel @ 4.5V, 32 Ohms
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz ~ 50,000 kHz (@ 32 Ohms)
- Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): ~0.2% (@ 8/16/32 Ohms)
- 3.5mm TRS input jack; 3.5mm TRS output plug;
You’ll notice that the amp actually has a wider range of frequency response than the headset, that allows you to plug in any other standard headset and still get a full rich sound scape out of it.
