Creative Stage SE 2.0 Bluetooth Sound Bar Speaker - Black - Under Monitor - USB - 1 Pack

Lots of strange reviews on this Blaster. The product is purpose built designed for one purpose. A below monitor, monitor. The higher voltage power supply adds headroom and girth where USB power is great if you have a C port delivering rated current power. But that's the problem, the C spec. can be a range where charging power is great but most notebooks are not at that rating. So, the soundbar doesn't distort and clip starved for power. That's a good thing. The lack of an analog input is common across the industry. You get much cleaner sound processing with an internal DAC vs amplifying a pre signal (with noise). The design is slick from the vol knob feel to the remote features and operation. The term sophisticated comes to mind using this thing. The dreaded banner 'item is often returned' is tagged on this unit. I think I know why. Out of the box, it's well, boxy. Two 'race track' oval drivers, a center diaphragm, and a side port that's flared to prevent 'chuffing'. What did you expect from a 16" brick? Seems kinda mid rangey, a tad nasal, basically a $25 squawker! Back in the box she goes! They missed the secret in the instructions. Download the Creative USB Host Driver. Once installed, go into Control Panel - Sound - Creative (tab) - select 'Wide Mode'. This opens up the stage and is very noticeable. Now poke the remote sound expansion button. The two effects combined change the 'box' to an EQ'd sound stage. Well worth the effort and rewarding to hear as definitely more HiFi. I normally don't like 3D Space Sound, but this one is a game changer. The design is for near field monitoring not a juke box for a room. A two inch diaphragm and 3/4 inch port ain't gonna pound you with bass. It is clear and doesn't suck reproducing audio. If you want a more open sound or boomy bass, get a 2.1 speaker pair (with sub). If you want desktop compactness and clear audio for YouTube reviews or instructional videos, here ya go. Don't think it's a party dance machine. For what it does, it does it well. But understand it's not ideal for music listening or bass rich gaming audio. Used as a portable outside could work, but would sound very thin compared to devices made for that use. It's simply to live under a monitor and what the design was all about. Is this better than a $30 USB powered soundbar. Yes, for the bucks it's well engineered, robust, sophisticated, and not junk. Unfortunately, others can have more bass, flashy LEDs and more stars. To me, for my use, those are disposable LED gimmick toys. Point - the SE is not marketed for teens or gamers. It's a tool more than show. Thus, 5 Stars.

I didn't need a full blown studio monitor setup, nor did I want something covered in unicorn vomit. While I don't like supporting "creative" as they tend to not support Linux very well, it was cheap-ish and fit the space I wanted with minimal gofast RGBz. I'm sure down the road I'll open it up and remove the one facing LED. The sound quality is "okay", a little heavy on the artificial bass, but not in a good way. One thing I do like about it though is vocals really stand out and I do a lot of my work with 8bit mono (mostly talking). I am able to cut, normalize, reduce, and compress without much problem and the end result is very close to the original vocal source. Highs almost disappear past 12KHz vs my other setups which is fine for doing voice work. Pros: * Decent audio quality for the price * No RGB * Works well with Linux * Small footprint Cons: * Rolloff below 60Hz (expected for the size) * Rolloff above 12KHz * Dust magnet (aka piano black) * No Aux-in Other: * It has a remote I'll never use Of the small soundbars I've had, this one has better sound quality overall, just don't expect it to hold a candle to a decent audio monitor setup.

Easy to setup. Sits perfectly underneath my monitor. Connecting the USB audio input to the mac mini usb-a or usb-c works either way. Mac immediately recognizes the speaker. Bluetooth works. Having a remote to adjust the bass and treble, toggling the Surround and Dialog feature is the highlight of this product I think. Sound is good for computer use - mainly for dialogs and playing light/soft music. Don’t expect to have a high fidelity sound from this small speaker.

Small footprint, but has Bluetooth 5.2. Quite a bit of volume to fill a small office, or about half of a larger room. There is a volume and function wheel to be turned on the right side, and this sound bar features a remote. USB-A connectivity to a desktop or laptop pc is provided for easy plug and play. For the price I found the value pretty nice for light gaming, and decent for music. The build quality seems normal, and is likely manufactured in or around Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China PRC.

To start, it sounds better than you think it would, and can get pretty loud without much distortion. This isnt hifi, but when replacing a 1w or 2w soundbar/speaker it is going to be a welcome upgrade. Tone control works well (found it best at the highest setting for general use). The remote was an unexpected win- it also controls the audio source with play/pause ff/rw, etc which is a nice extra in addition to the sound controls. No software to worry about, windows 10 auto-setup the device once plugged in without any actions needed, and the volume on-screen pop-up still pops up when changing the volume on this soundbar (and expect newer OSs to work out-of-box as well). Used my phone to connect to Bluetooth which connected easily and didnt sound bad. The right-sided volume wheel is a great feature when you want to easily lower or crank the volume, and has a nice feel to it. The soundbar doesnt have any unnecessary lights, but does have a single LED that responds to the status and any button pressing. Only downside might be the shiny plastic finish to the top and not sure you can turn off that single led light, but that is about it. Overall easiest install ever, sounds great, functional remote is a bonus, not sure what isnt to love!

This soundbar is ideal for desktop applications, installed under the monitor. It comes with a remote control and it has the sound quality to be expected from Creative Labs...

Ich bin wirklich begeistert von dieser Soundbar und gebe ganz klar 5 Sterne! Für ihre kompakte Größe liefert sie einen erstaunlich kräftigen und klaren Sound, der sowohl bei Musik als auch beim Gaming und Filme schauen überzeugt. Die Höhen sind sauber, die Mitten angenehm und selbst der Bass ist für so ein schlankes Gerät absolut solide. Besonders gefällt mir das schlichte, moderne Design – passt perfekt auf den Schreibtisch unter den Monitor. Die Einrichtung war super einfach und innerhalb weniger Minuten erledigt. Auch die Verarbeitung wirkt hochwertig und stabil. Für den Preis bekommt man hier wirklich eine top Leistung. Absolute Kaufempfehlung!

Cette superbe colonne de son pour ordinateur est vraiment surprenante.Pour un prix très correct on obtient une qualité sonore excellente. Malgré son petit volume on est surpris des aigus et aussi de la présence de graves que l'on obtient. Je suis très satisfait de cet achat. Le seul petit inconvénient réside en l'absence de traduction française. Pour ce qui est de son branchement je conseillerai d'utiliser le bluetooth ,la qualité est vraiment très bonne, d'autant que son branchement est des plus facile.

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Tiene muy buena calidad de audio, se escucha claro y fuerte; es una gran solucion de audio si no tienes espacio para un setup mas propio. La conectividad es por USB y requiere de alimentacion externa para funcionar. Se puede conectar por bluetooth e incluye algunos presets de sonido.