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Creative Sound BlasterX Katana

nataku411

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Feb 20, 2017

I'll go ahead and write a small review piece after owning for a few days. To start off, this thing is LOUD. At half volume it is still almost too loud for my room. I did notice some static/distortion in the higher frequencies at higher volume, and I kind of think it's pushing too high of a range of frequency to the tweeters(not an expert), but nothing that's a deal breaker. It's surprising how much volume you can get out of the tiny sound bar. Using a 'Natural' EQ is a bit disappointing as it doesn't really feel like a natural balanced EQ, but it really shines when using the added Immersion and Crystalizer settings in the Acoustic Engine in the software, which bring the higher frequencies to a more full crisp feeling and widens the sound stage(I assume that's what the Immersion setting does). I found the default bass setting was too high so I set it to a more pleasant -3. Though I guess it's that high for when you're immersed in a game.
To the cons, the main problem I have is the lighting setting inside the Sound Blaster Connect software. It still feels a bit unpolished. When you make a lighting preset, it applies itself to the sound preset you currently have it set to, but I have found that often when shutting the Katana on/off, it will forget what lighting preset it was set to, and sometimes even erases your custom lighting preset, replacing it with the default rainbow wave. Other than that, I don't have much of a problem with the product, and have been happy so far.

DigitalRonyn

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Creative Labs

Feb 24, 2017

nataku411We're constantly rolling out updates to our driver sets and lighting. If there's anything in particular you request or would like to see (other than what you've posted above) please send me a mail at socialmedia@creativelabs.com and I'll gladly get it over to our product team.

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