SoundBlaster Katana V2 review — The best PC upgrade you can make

I used the Creative SoundBlaster Katana for years. That soundbar was very good for its price. And I loved it for its formfactor, which made it ideal to fit under most monitors. Recently, I’ve replaced the Katana with a few different speaker systems, but I wasn’t satisfied with anything until SoundBlaster’s own Katana V2. This thing is incredible, and for most people, it will make a bigger improvement to the quality of your gaming and media consumption than almost anything else you could do.

The Creative SoundBlaster Katana V2 is available now for $330. For that, you get two 63mm mid-range drivers, two 19mm tweeters, and one 165mm subwoofer driver with a mean power of 126W. That is a significant increase from the 75W mean power of the previous Katana. You also get support for Bluetooth 5.0, HDMI ARC, and SXFI-out in addition to the familiar optical-in, AUX-in, and USB connection. Oh, and it comes with a handy remote.