Considering the burgeoning popularity of soundbars in living room setups, it’s surprising they’re mostly missing in action on the PC side of things. By and large, the PC has stuck to 3.5mm input dual-speaker systems, occasionally with a subwoofer included. It’s strange for a few reasons:

Tired of all the clutter on your desk? Creative’s Sound BlasterX Katana brings the soundbar to the PC. Big sound, small form factor, and one eye-popping price tag.

Sleek package compared to most PC speakers; Easily tuneable audio and plenty of volume; Software is simple and unobtrusive;

Subwoofer has a hard time keeping up at high volumes; RGB lighting missing some obvious customizations; Audio doesn’t sound as wide or directional as 2+ discreet speakers;

It's been quite a while since we've had a Sound Blaster branded audio product in our setup. In fact, the last Sound Blaster product we used was one of Creative's Audigy sound cards in a...

Excellent sound

Excellent sound

Owned for a month and am in love with the katana. Nice clear sound, small and elegant design. Best desktop speakers ive owned

For $300, you can dramatically improve your gaming audio setup.

Sound quality; Design of the soundbar; Lighting is subtle and can be turned off; Decent connection options

Subwoofer is big and not built as well as the soundbar; The only Bluetooth codec available is AAC

It took me a while to find a decent speakers for my gaming rig and I'm happy to tell you that I'm pleased with this soundbar at the begging I was skeptic but I was like "what the hell lets give a try" and I do not regret my decision.

I was sitting at a restaurant with a group of friends one Sunday afternoon after church when a couple of girls started talking about makeup. "I spend an hour every day putting on makeup before I leave the house," the first girl said. "I just do not leave the house without it.

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First to share my opinion on this marvelous product? OK
What can I say...just blown away by the build quality and the amazing sound that Katana deliveres into your heart and brain.
It is a expensive 5.1 sound bar? no.

When Creative first announced they were bringing the world's first gaming under-monitor audio system to CES this year I was cautiously intrigued. I mean, how good could a sound bar be given the limited form factor.

Built in Sound card functionality; Great Amp/DAC solution; Class leading sound quality; Could easily double as a home theater sound bar; Powerful amps; Easy to use software controls; Includes an IR Remote

Requires software for many features; Stand height is not adjustable; No headphone toggle; No sound activated lighting mode; really?