THE SOUND BLASTER KATANA V2X

Measuring 600mm in length, 95mm in width/depth and 62mm in height/thickness the 1.52Kg heavy Sound Blaster Katana V2X is identical to that of the Katana V2 model.

Placing these two soundbars side by side reveals that even though they are identical in shape and size Creative used a metallic/silver color for the V2X model.

Once again at the front of the soundbar we find a long VFW screen, the two beamforming microphones (left and right from the screen) and the 3.5mm headphones port.

The media buttons are typically located at the top and include the on/off/bluetooth pairing, increase/decrease volume, source (USB/optical/aux/bluetooth/TV), mode (movies/music/gaming/effects) and SXFI buttons.

Each side of the soundbar has two drivers, one 63mm up-firing mid-range driver and a 19mm forward-firing tweeter.

Moving at the rear we find the HDMI ARC, USB-A (SXFI output for use with USB headphones), USB-C, aux-in, optical in, sub-out and power ports.

At the base of the soundbar we find two rubber feet and a very long RGB LED bar (again there should be around 30 LEDs here).

The subwoofer used with the Katana V2X is made out of MDF and measures 423mm in height, 250mm in length and 116mm in thickness.

This time over Creative has used textured plastic for the vent port.

The 133mm long-throw driver is facing the right side of the subwoofer.

A comparison with the subwoofer of the Katana V2 is of course in order and here you can see both the reduced thickness and length of the one used with the Katana V2X (it is taller however).

As expected, the IR remotes are again identical between these two models (a short video of the soundbar should be up soon on TikTok and YouTube).