Creative Stage Air Portable and Compact Under-Monitor USB-Powered Soundbar for Computer, with Dual-Driver and Passive Radiator for Big Bass, Bluetooth and AUX-in, USB MP3, 6 Hours of Battery Life

The Creative Stage V2 2.1 is a well built, compact sized 2.1 sound bar with good dialog clarity. Both movies and music sound very good on this sound bar. Note that the remote on the original version had buttons to select EQ modes for movies, music, concert, and gaming, however, the new version does not have these buttons. It does, however, have buttons for surround and dialog enhancement mode. It also has buttons for bass and treble level adjustment. The bass is decent on bass heavy music, not super booming but it's decent. It's not a super loud soundbar, but it's good enough for a bedroom or a small room.Only observations thus far are that the HDMI-ARC sound output did not work correctly with my Samsung TV at first. That was fixed by replacing the HDMI cable with a better cable. Also, the LED display on the front of the soundbar is very nice, but the display never turns off, it's always on, which is kinda stupid. For the most part though, it's a really good compact sound bar with great build quality and sound, as long as you're not expecting to crank it up really loud.

Be aware, the sub isn't very powerful and the bass is mostly for movies orTV, not music. The speakers are alsodramatically better for tv and mobies than music. As a replacement for the tv speakers its amazing, night and day difference; its also good for using with my computer to play World of Warcraft. For music they are, and I don't say this lightly, profoundly underwhelming. But for the price they are very , not much better than he widest soundboard without a separate sun you can buy from Walmart as ONN brand (for music, not video or games); but I assume Creative will last better. For music that sound bar was arguably better with louder bass, for everything else this one is way better. Only other thing is that the cord for the sub should be longer.Super easy to install and connect to, super easy interface to deal with. The "surround" doesn't work like a full set of speakers but if you sit in front of it, it does dramatically increase immersion. The dialog setting improves the experience way more for video or games. The volume control is very easy to use and accurate (it doesn't get very loud, if that's important to you).Connectivity is great, super easy to connect to, sync to my router tv controller. Bluetooth works great with my computer.For the price, I'd buy it again, if it was for a space like mine.If you have a big room, want very loud noise, or are trying to get quality sound for music; spend more money and get something with more power and a better sub.Very good value for the money. But very lackluster for music. I think it would be a lot better for classica, jazz, or like acoustic music than hip hop/rap or harder rock, it's essentially useless for listening to electronic music. The less hard bass you want the better this system is.If you live in an apartment and want quality sound but don't want to piss off your neighbors, I'm not sure this could be beat. Which is my position currently. It's not too big, looks very clean, and unless you want to place the sub fairly far away it's easy to install.

Good volume and sound.Not a ton of bass but good enough for my room. Probably not good for some audiophiles living room.No complaints. Would be nice if the remote was backlit.Bluetooth works great with the phone, no crazy extra complicated steps, works every time. Well worth the price.

Let me preface this review by saying that I purchased this for a friend whose speakers in his laptop died, but I did play with it for a couple of days before he came over to get it. The price was nice considering it was a Creative product and had a good set of features. I thought the audio could be a little brighter, but overall it is a solid product. The Bluetooth connection is sometimes a little janky, but that could be due to the older version being used. I had read a few professional reviews that said it wasn't loud enough, but honestly if you can't hear it, I have to question what kinda of noisy hellscape they tested it in and whether they needed to have their hearing checked. This is not going to be the soundbar you want for pumping music out for a giant party, but it certainly doesn't whisper either. The size could be a bit smaller but it isn't huge, nor is it heavy. All in all it is serving it's purpose, it sounds decent enough for what it is designed and being used for and most importantly, my friend is happy with it!