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Hope Corrigan

A simple $5 hack triples the wireless range of this Corsair gaming headset

USB dongle surgery

Good headsets are one of the PC peripherals it can really be worth investing in but there's nothing worse than dropping a few hundred bucks on a great headset only to have it let you down when out of range. That is unless you can perform a simple $5 hack like this DIY champion.

Hackster spotted this great mod created by Hackaday User rafii6312 which triples the range of their Corsair HS80 wireless headset. This is a headset known for having great audio quality, but not the best wireless range. It's a fairly simple hack that only requires messing with the headset's 2.4GHz dongle that plugs into the PC. Some light soldering is required, but other than that it shouldn't be a difficult procedure.

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