INTRODUCTION

   Sometimes when i look back at the time when i first started playing games in my 80386DX (beginning of the 90's) it's hard for me to believe the how much things have changed in the PC gaming industry. I'm not talking about CPUs and GPUs since these were bound to change (besides back then we did jump from a 80286 to the 80386DX so that wasn't something new), I’m referring mostly to gaming peripherals such as gaming mice, keyboards and headsets. You see back then we enjoyed every available game (who remembers The Lost Vikings or Prince Of Persia?) with just a plain keyboard, ball mouse and a pair of tiny speakers or a pair of low-cost headphones much like the ones bundled with the SONY Walkman cassette players. Today as you all know things have become far better but also far more complicated since the market offers a huge selection of gaming peripherals aimed to cover even the last gamer out there. Today we are taking a look at one of the latest gaming headsets released by OZONE Gaming the Blast Ocelote World 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound Headset.

   OZONE Gaming Gear, is an European brand of gaming peripherals that revolves around the concept “It’s all about Evolution”. OZONE is a brand created by and for gamers, the evolution is part of our gaming life, we all want to improve and evolve into a better gaming contender. OZONE is committed to the development, engineering and evolution of innovative gaming peripherals with a unique style and the best performance, to allow gamers to exceed their limits and become the best. It’s all about evolution. In the recent years the gaming industry has developed into the ultra-competitive arena that we see today, and the gamers have also developed into a more demanding, sophisticated and exigent consumer. There is an ever increasing demand for better design, increase number of functions and higher performances. Due to the development of newer and better gaming peripherals, the market has suffered a transformation. New segments of high performance gaming accessories have grown to become more specialized and subdivided. But this change in the market has also come accompanied of an increase in the price levels of those products. OZONE provides customers a wide range of gaming peripherals. Everyone from the occasional user to the professional gamer is ensured to find a OZONE product at a reasonable price which will fit their requirements to enjoy their favorite games.

   OZONE Gaming has equipped the Blast Ocelote World with two 44mm neodymium magnet stereo drivers which feature a frequency response of 20Hz-20KHz with 119dB (+-3dB) sensitivity and 50 Ohm impedance and a flexible Omni-directional microphone with a frequency response of 100Hz-10KHz, -42dB (+-3dB) sensitivity and 2.2 KOhm impedance. The Blast Ocelote World also features a metallic frame, foldable design for both earcups, pulsating LEDs on the exterior of the earcups (OZONE calls it Lighting FX), automatic mute function for the microphone (when positioned upwards), in-line audio controller and a 3m long cable. As usual the 7.1 virtual surround sound feature comes from a built-in USB sound card (most likely placed inside the in-line controller) and according to OZONE gaming it offers 360 degrees sound without the need for extra drivers (something which we are about to test for ourselves).