CreativeStage SE mini Compact Under-Monitor Soundbar with Bluetooth 5.3, USB Digital Audio, for PC and Mobile

I've always been a fan of Creative, their product just seem to work well and last forever. (My pair of D80's are a decade old and sound great!)The Stage SE Mini slides under my monitor just perfectly, provides good sound at a reasonable price.

I haven't used its Bluetooth feature. I have to return it.Pros:- The bass is decent, though you may notice a slight loss in vocal clarity.- Official support and firmware updates are available. When I contacted support, I received replies within two business days.- Volume knob is easy to turn.Cons:- The speaker is slightly large in height.- Firmware updates are not straightforward, as there's no way to see the current firmware version, so you won’t know if an update is needed.- Reason for return: In USB mode, if you cold-start your computer (power off and then back on), the speaker remains off, and you need to manually turn it on. However, during a soft restart, the speaker maintains its former status.

A compact soundbar, the Creative Stage SE fits nicely under most monitors. The volume knob on the right of the unit works quite well; this sounds like a given, but I'd take a large knob (ha ha) over tiny mushy volume buttons.Unfortunately, the Creative Stage SE sounds worse than a car stereo. The bass is muddy and the treble is a bit thin. Applying an equalizer helps a little, but this isn't going to be replacing a home stereo anytime soon. For retro gaming or podcasts, it sounds fine. Price is a little expensive for what you get here.Creative has done better in this department before. Hope the next model ups the sound quality.

Bought 2. They're dandy. Easy to connect to the smart TVs my kids gave me. I'm not an audio freak, so these are very adequate

I bought this and returned it, here's why. The sound quality is awful and muddy. I wasn't expecting anything amazing considering price point, but compared to an equally-cheap Dell under-the-monitor soundbar, the Creative Labs was garbage. Still, that wasn't a total dealbreaker. The real dealbreaker is that this monitor turns itself off EVERY TIME your PC reboots or shuts down. You need to manually turn it on every time you use your PC. What kind of behavior is this? I expected better of Creative Labs.

This sound bar is the perfect size and has wonderful sound quality.

Really good speaker with good sound range if you download drivers for it and enable super wide mode

This soundbar is a convenient size to nestle under a monitor, and its sound quality is not terrible, but the unit I received had a serious problem: the right channel output was extremely faint for wired USB audio connections. I encountered this problem only for wired connections; the stereo balance was fine for Bluetooth connections. I tried several different cables, both USB-A and USB-C; several different computers; and both direct USB and hub connections. I don’t know whether the problem is specific to the unit I received or a general issue with this model.