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chucking out these old speakers in exchange for the creative soundbar well I got to be honest it didn't require a whole lot of Korean school walking bag attack City this is brand coming to you guys said it was easily my favorite product from creative today this is the Blaster X katana which is a 2.1 sound bar and sub speaker setup the features a unique configuration with essentially a 5 speaker 3-way design with 2 15 watt RMS 2.5 inch neodymium midbass drivers and - 7.5 watt RMS rated aluminium don't 1.3 4 inch tweeters 1 inch for the left and right for a total of 4 speakers on the sound bar itself then you have 130 watt RMS 6 inch subwoofer to give you a true 3-way stereo sound with the 4 mention unit separately dedicated to bass mids and treble respectively TV blends of the construction of this unit has a metal finish on the top rear front sides with the front sides being meshed in the middle of the unit there is the sound blaster ex branding with the power and Bluetooth button press this to turn the unit on and voila hold it down and you can pair with your smartphone then there is the volume which you can control via the unit itself or Windows or even on a keyboard with a volume control knob and the good thing here is that it is all intertwined into one controller so you won't have to worry about changing 5 different volumes to get the right level of volume for input and output the unit has a micro USB in USB flash port drive optical in aqsa Larian headphone out and also mic in now the unit itself does have an inbuilt 96 kilohertz 24 bit DAC 24-bit 48 kilohertz ADC and a 75 watt RMS amp all built into the sound bar itself so you can use a different sub or not even use the sub at all if you wish to then moving on to the last part of the unit it has seven segments of 49 individually controllable RGB LEDs with present patterns that you can change from the unit self without having to install any software at all though for customizing not just the RGB LEDs but also the sound then I highly recommend installing the sound blaster connect software suite which comes included with the and here you can change the colors flow and styles of your RGB LEDs for your desired look you can also save them to separate profiles me I have two profiles one for editing which is a flat neutral profile no gimmicks here just flatten boring this is for when I'm editing content need a balanced sound but for gaming and listening to music then I jump on the EQ and pump up the bass and treble now depending on the game I can also use the immersion setting now there are other settings here that can do stuff for different people with different needs for instance the dialog + can bring out the voices over other volumes which is great for nighttime listening smart volume is essentially a nominal Iser great if you are wearing headphones then the setting beside that is the crystallizer which can bring out more detail and music though the side effect is that it can also make your music sound very edgy or too crisp then the last setting besides that is the immersion setting or software surround which can essentially emulate 7.1 surround sound even though it doesn't work like the legit thing it can still help when you're hearing things like footsteps and games like counter-strike csgo for example though after you've found your favorite profiles you can then save them in the Sound Blaster Kinect dashboard and bring out not only the best audio but the best bling-bling for your setup also in the software you can save and share your profiles and copy other people's profiles for new ideas that is if you are running out of new ideas what about the quality of the audio coming out of the katana well I absolutely loved it and as I said in the intro it is hands-down the best creative product I have tried to date the audio can go really damn loud and even at max volume I heard no Distortion but let's take a quick listen you you in my opinion I think it is good enough for a whole room and still have some volume to go though for house parties you'd probably want something with a bit more power though we'll do gatherings pretty easy as well and what about that mic input well it just wouldn't be a taxi D review without me testing that mic import so let's take a listen this is what a v-moda boom pro will sound like through the Sound Blaster katana on the out-of-the-box settings now let's quickly try and turn off a noise suppression or noise removal so this is the second test with noise reduction turned off so I thought the noise reduction was pretty good even though it altered my voice a little bit I thought it was still consistent reduction so my voice still sounded really good with little noise and also there is a voice changer to there where you can alter your voice to sound really crazy or even really freaky here's a little example if you want to sound like a robot then you can you can also sound emo you can format a chipmunk or you can sound like an elf so there it is guys the katana all in a one phenomenal unit there really is perfect for my needs and couldn't come at a better time replacing my old 2.1 sound system that was cutting out all the time though honestly there really isn't anything I can take here except the price it is quite expensive however it is one product that is sure to make you happy and will blend in pretty much with any setup that even has a shred of black in it anyway guys I hope you enjoyed this review of the Sound Blaster X and if you did then don't forget to Hulk smash that like button and let me know in the comments section below what sounds setup are you running at the moment and if you are in need of a new sound upgrade would you want a creative katana bowls 2.1 sound bar setup let me know we'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions as always and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye