What else you need to use it
Worked out from HyperX’s own specifications and box contents for this model. The setup builder checks the same parts against your computer and the rest of your gear.
Check first
- A USB-A port on your computer. The cable in the box is USB-C to USB-A. If your computer only has USB-C ports, use a USB-C to USB-C cable instead.
Optional
- A boom arm, if you want it closer. A desk stand is in the box. An arm lets you bring the microphone nearer your mouth without it sitting in the camera shot; check the arm fits its 3/8-inch or 5/8-inch thread.
- HyperX NGENUITY. The maker’s app sets its processing and controls.
When this model makes sense
- Record one voice straight over USB; get the placement right before adding effects.
- Listen through your interface’s headphone output, and play back a test recording before going live.
- Keep a simple one-voice setup without buying an XLR interface. Add one only when you need another input.
The USB versus XLR guide weighs it against the other ways to fill the same role.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- HyperX SoloCast 2
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Microphones
- Connection
- Connector shape
- USB-CA plug’s shape doesn’t tell you its speed →
- Audio outputs
- USB
- Microphone type
- Condenser (one 14 mm electret capsule)
- Pickup pattern
- Cardioid
- Connects by
- USB
- Sensitivity
- -7.8 ±3 dB (1 V/Pa at 1 kHz)
- Self-noise
- ≤ -79.5 dBFS (A-weighted)
- Audio resolution
- Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
- Software
- HyperX NGENUITY
- Voice processing
- High-pass, low-pass and voice filters stored on the microphone
- Controls
- Tap to mute
- Yes
- Size and mounting
- Mounts
- Built-in tilting desk stand; 3/8-inch and 5/8-inch threads for a mic arm
- Weight
- 12.9 oz
- In the box
- Included parts
- SoloCast 2 microphone with built-in tilting desk stand and pop filter; USB-C to USB-A cable; Quick Start Guide
- Computer
- Operating systems
- PC
Check these conditions first
Not yet confirmed from HyperX’s documents: dimensions, frequency response. The builder treats them as unknown, never as a yes.
For a microphone, set your distance and input gain before adding any processing. Speak as loudly as you will on stream, listen back to a recording and leave some headroom. Judge a USB/XLR microphone in the mode you will use: its USB voice processing does not carry over to XLR.
What is included, and what may be missing
- SoloCast 2 microphone with built-in tilting desk stand and pop filter
- USB-C to USB-A cable
- Quick Start Guide
Both cable ends and the data rating matter more than the plug shape: streaming cables and ports explains how to match them.
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Webcam USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a simple USB setup. Find where the HyperX SoloCast 2 goes, then follow each input back to what feeds it and each output on to where it goes. HDMI and XLR gear needs a capture card or audio interface between it and your computer; it doesn’t plug straight in the way this USB example does.
The setup builder turns this into a connection list for your own computer and gear, and the pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.
Compare it head to head
Each page sets the two models’ specs side by side and says what else each one needs.