It’s solely been a couple of weeks since Logitech kinda-sorta “killed” the Blue microphone model, six years after shopping for the much-loved audio {hardware} firm. Logitech mentioned that the Yeti product title would stick round, built-in into new choices but to come back. Immediately we’re seeing the consolidation effort. The Yeti GX is Logitech’s new flagship USB microphone, full with a jet-black aesthetic and gamer LEDs. A smaller Yeti Orb is the successor to the Blue Snowball.
The Yeti GX, for which Jaden Yuki would little doubt get his recreation on, takes a extra compact and minimalist method than the ever present Blue Yeti. The pill-shaped physique has a heavy steel stand that swoops to 1 facet, with an RGB strip on the base the place the USB-C cable plugs in. Regardless of the novel aesthetic shift, Logitech says the brand new mic is “primarily based on the long-lasting Yeti design.” However audiophiles will word that the cardiod-only setup (designed for single-user recording) and Logitech G Hub software program management is a fairly steep departure from the Yeti’s authentic plug-and-play setup.
The GX’s promotional web page says that it makes use of a customized dynamic supercardiod capsule to seize broadcast-quality audio, and certainly, the 24-bit/96KHz recording is barely larger than the unique Yeti, although its frequency vary is a little more restricted at 50Hz-18KHz. In layman’s phrases, there’s a bit on the very high and really backside of the audio vary that it received’t seize. It additionally has a gamer-focused analog limiter, a function designed to maintain the loudest sounds from clipping. So these intense on-line gaming moments when your vocabulary consists solely of four-letter phrases received’t be blown out.
The Yeti GX is listed for $150, a bit costlier than the unique Yeti however cheaper than the retail value for the up to date Yeti X, which was the primary new Blue USB mic underneath Logitech’s stewardship. It’s displaying as a pre-order on Logitech’s on-line retailer, however is able to ship at Greatest Purchase.
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For these whose desktop house and/or price range is a bit more restrictive, the smaller Blue Snowball is getting its personal reinterpretation because the Yeti Orb. (I assume “Yeti Ball” didn’t make it previous advertising.) The Orb has RGB, however solely on the “G” emblem, and retains the cardiod recording sample and old school condenser setup from its progenitor. At 4.53 inches vast, it’s really a bit smaller than the Snowball, and its triangular base is type of lovely. The Yeti Orb is $60, additionally displaying as a pre-order on Logitech’s retailer and dwell on Greatest Purchase.
If you happen to’re nonetheless a fan of the unique Blue Yeti design, and notably don’t need to mess with Logitech’s software program to be able to optimize settings, I wouldn’t fear. The basic Yeti remains to be on sale in Logitech’s retailer, to not point out kind of each electronics retailer. I’m betting it’ll keep in manufacturing for a couple of extra years a minimum of, and nonetheless be straightforward to seek out on the secondary market lengthy after.
