Given it’s on the top and towards the rear though, you’ll rarely notice it.īefore we even get into a discussion of sound quality, let’s talk sound quantity. The nearby Sound BlasterX logo is a bit of an eyesore, very video game-centric in its aesthetic on a device that’s otherwise sleek and high-end looking. An LED panel on the front gives you rudimentary control of the Katana, with five buttons spanning the top: Power, Volume Down, Up, Source, and the “SBX” button that cycles between various preset profiles. Anything bigger-like, say, a TV-and it’d look a bit small and silly.Īside from its relatively diminutive size, it’s a pretty standard soundbar design-black grill on the front, housed in a brushed-aluminum chassis. But really, anything up to around 35 inches will work fine.
It’s a particularly good fit on a 24-inch monitor, with the tweeters lining up almost perfectly with the corners of my own panel. At two feet long and a mere three inches tall, its slim profile fits comfortably under your monitor whether it’s on a stand or a movable arm. So Creative isn’t stretching the truth too far when it calls its new Sound BlasterX Katana the first “Under-Monitor Audio System.” Sure, you could still use it in your living room-it’s got all the necessary inputs, and it gets damn loud (more on that later). Razer sort-of made an attempt with its Leviathan a few years ago, but even that was more geared towards the living room. But for some reason the soundbar hasn’t made its way to desktop PCs, even as it’s become a hit with everyone else.
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