{"id":44004,"date":"2012-08-31T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44004"},"modified":"2012-08-31T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T11:28:55","slug":"razer-blackshark-gaming-headset-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44004-razer-blackshark-gaming-headset-launched","title":{"rendered":"Razer BlackShark gaming headset launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Razer has deployed its latest, greatest gaming headset – a pair of aviation-style ‘phones that will instantly boost your ability to get to the choppaaaaaah<\/em> by approximately 300 percent.<\/p>\n

According to the press stuff, the headset is “designed to look and feel like the headsets worn by attack helicopter pilots”, and features full circumaural ear cups for maximum sound isolation. The whole world could end around you, and you wouldn’t hear a thing.<\/p>\n

“Soldiers in intense combat situations need to be fully focused with minimal distractions to take the objectives successfully and come out alive.\u00a0 The same goes for gamers seeking the win \u2013 and that\u2019s what the Razer BlackShark gaming headset was built to deliver,\u201d said Robert \u201cRazerGuy\u201d Krakoff, president of Razer USA. \u201cWhen you stop gaming to get out and about, detach the boom microphone and you\u2019ve got the perfect sound-isolating headphones for your audio on-the-go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BlackShark’s specs include:<\/p>\n

Product Features:<\/strong>
\nStereo sound with enhanced bass
\nSound-isolating circumaural ear cup design
\nDetachable boom microphone for voice chat or added mobility
\nAudio \/ mic splitter adapter cable
\nMemory foam leatherette ear cushions for maximum comfort
\n40mm neodymium magnet stereo drivers<\/p>\n

Technical Specifications:
\n<\/strong>Drivers: 40mm neodymium magnets with copper-clad aluminum voice coil
\nFrequency response: 20Hz \u2013 20KHz
\nImpedance: 29 \u03a9
\nSensitivity @ 1KHz: 105dB \u00b1 3 dB
\nInput power: 50mW
\nCable:\u00a0 1.3m rubber sheathed
\nConnector: 3.5 mm gold-plated audio + mic combined jack<\/p>\n

Microphone:
\n<\/strong>Frequency response:\u00a0 50Hz \u2013 16KHz
\nSignal-to-noise ratio:\u00a0 50dB
\nSensitivity @ 1KHz: \u00a0-37 dB +\/- 4dB
\nPick-up pattern:\u00a0 Unidirectional<\/p>\n

Audio Usage<\/strong>
\nDevices with 3.5mm audio jack<\/p>\n

Audio + Microphone Usage<\/strong>
\nDevices with 3.5mm audio + mic combined jack OR separate 3.5mm jacks for audio and line-in. (Works with all portable audio\/mobile\/computing devices including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Android phones, Razer Blade, Macbook Pro, and today\u2019s newer Ultrabooks.)<\/p>\n

Audio \/ Mic Splitter Adapter Usage<\/strong>
\nDevices with separate 3.5mm audio and microphone jacks. (Works with most laptop and desktop computers.)<\/p>\n

It’s shipping out next month, and priced at $119 \/ \u20ac119, although no local pricing is available yet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t