Tin Salamunic: It’s been a little over fifteen years since bluetooth technology officially entered the consumer market. Bluetooth began with wireless keyboards and mice, and quickly took over audio and mobile hardware. Until very recently, wireless speakers were functional at best, and completely useless at worst. Fortunately, as more audio manufacturers embraced the technology, they’ve been able to design compact wireless devices with remarkable audio performance and reliability. Wireless speakers today are capable of producing sound that makes even the fussiest of audiophiles drool in awe.
CCG writes - "The Creative Labs Sound Blaster Katana SE is a solid soundbar for those looking for something small and relatively affordable. It would be very difficult to find a small desktop amplifier with all of these features, especially with HDMI ARC, and that doesn't even account for the soundbar/speaker feature itself. When considering all that this offers: the five inputs, the decent speaker, the good headphone jack, the decent microphone, the PC and mobile-friendly app with tons of customization, the sharp looks with an integrated RGB strip - well, that's tough to match, much less beat for $299.99."
For many gamers; audio is just as important to the experience as are the graphics. No matter how good a game looks; the experience can be hampered by bad audio in the game and by bad audio hardware. Creative has released the Sound Blaster AE-7 which combines a sound card and amp to give gamers a new edge.
Skewed and Reviewed have posted a positive review for the new external Sound Card from Creative. They liked the ease of use, portability, and sound the unit offers but noted it does not work with USB headphones.
