Sound Blaster GS3 Compact RGB Gaming Soundbar with SuperWide Technology, Powered via USB, Bluetooth 5.4, Headphone-Out Port, for PC and Mac

Amazing value for the money
I was looking for a soundbar for my gaming / editing / hobby music system because my two satellite speakers died. There are so many options on Amazon for sound bars, from everything for cheap ones that look just like this, to audiophile movie theater quality ones. I, since I’m a gamer, looked at what Creative and Razer had. I was seriously going to drop more cash. I liked some of the cheap similar price other soundbars too that also had RGB but they were from brands I never heard of. This one by Creative randomly showed up for me and one person reviewed it and said, heck, I’m going to try it. The sound seriously is pretty dang good. It doesn’t have as many tweeters and a separate bass as other options, so I was worried but the sound quality is more than enough. It’s not cheap sounding at all. I listen to a ton of metal & hardcore and the bass it does have still gives me a good rumble / boom. The connectivity is awesome and works great too. No fuss. No issues. And it’s well made. The only thing that would be an upgrade from this would be the the highest end from Razer and Creative (like Katana). But I highly recommend trying this out unless you have extra to spend and you’re doing something a bit higher than hobby level, like say Youtube production or Twitch or gaming more seriously. I also bought two more side speakers to get true 5.1 but after trying it out, I decided the single soundbar was enough. I’ve been making music and doing Youtube video editing off this sound bar and when I really need to focus on small naunces on sound, I’ll use my headphones. I found connecting my headphones to the soundbar vs my gaming board wasn’t a noticeable difference other than I had less buzzing at high volume. But seriously, at this price, and right now there’s even a deal, it’s totally worth buying on value alone. It’s just that good for what it is. And even if I do ever go for the Razer Kraken or Creative Katana or similar, I’d still keep this GS3 for something else. It’s that good.

Good Enough
I was looking for a compact speaker that could provide dialogue clarity for watching movies at my computer.So, I recently acquired an ultrawide monitor. It’s really nice to watch movies on. I wanted to finally re-watch the LOTR Trilogy. While watching it and using my portable bluetooth speaker, I sometimes found it hard to hear what people were saying. The start of The Fellowship of the Ring was especially difficult to hear when Bilbo and Gandalf were having conversations inside Bilbo’s home. As they had their quest to destroy the ring, I had my quest to find a speaker for watching movies.After lots of research and a different speaker purchase, I came to this one. At first I tried a Roku Streambar. Unfortunately, that speaker won’t work with a PC as there is no HDMI ARC/eARC from my PC (or most PC’s for that matter). I tried using the SPIDF connection to no avail. Returned the speaker and off to find something else. I didn’t want to spend much money, so this was at a decent pricepoint. The Streambar was just above 100 bucks. But I had a giftcard for a local retailer so it would have basically been free to me. So I shelled out the much lower cost of the Sound Blaster GS3 out of my own pocket.I used the speaker to watch Return of the King. There weren’t many issues hearing any of the dialogue. There were a few parts where it was a bit muddled but at least I could hear it. The clarity isn’t superb, just acceptable. I also have to put the volume up pretty loud to make the sound worth hearing. It’s a pretty compact speaker, which is ideal for a crowded desktop such as mine, but compact has its downfalls (sound quality).Overall, if you’re looking for an improved dialogue quality over some cheaper speakers or music oriented portable bluetooth speaker (mine is a JBL Charge 5) and desktop real estate is limited, then this is a decent choice. My movie viewing experience is improved, and it didn’t hurt my wallet too bad.A decent plus, you can turn off the RGB lol. I know many of us have so much RGB on our desk setups already that maybe this might be overkill. So i’m glad I was able to kill the RGB.

Great deal and quality
Really good sound quality and for a great price! Extremely easy to connect (plug and play, pretty much). I was surprised how easy was to connect with ps5. Kids loved it!

Great value!
Picked up two of these for my desk and my partner’s desk. When compared to my other set of computer speakers that cost six times this soundbar, they do not compare in clarity. However, this soundbar offerss great value for the sound you get and the price you pay. For being usb powered, it saves a lot of space and outputs sound that’s still very pleasing (to me) to listen to.Recommended if you’re trying to add audio to your setup and want to keep a small footprint. Works well for me for listening to music while working or playing games.

Recently built a new system and wanted to go the sound bar route as I didn’t want a 2.1 system with a sub on the floor again. After all the money spent on the new system, I’m on a tight budget and came across this sound bar by chance. For the price, I was extremely skeptical but trust the brand and the Amazon return policy 🙂 Read a lot of reviews and everything seemed very positive so pulled the trigger.I can’t say enough about this little sound bar. It’s not blow the doors off your room loud but it does a great job for day to day sounds, YouTube videos and for music. I have a dedicated gaming headset so don’t use this for gaming at all so can’t speak to that but if you’ve got nothing and want something, I would think this sound bar would be good for gaming if needed.The video doesn’t do the sound justice and the volume was set to 38 out of 100 in my video. The bass isn’t extremely deep but does a very good job to give some punch.I’m not an RGB fan but, it’s subtle enough that I don’t mind it when it’s on and in the video I posted, it’s set to the “Peak Meter” option. There are 6 RGB modes so more than enough for you to find one you like if you’re into that.Overall, I would not hesitate to recommend this sound bar and am really enjoying the connectivity options it has and the really good sound it delivers.

I like this speaker, but one gripe I have is that when I turn off my PC, it turns off the speaker and does not remember the last power state. All my other speakers come back on when power is applied via USB. So this is just yet another item I have to turn on along with my PC and monitor. I’d give this a 5 star rating otherwise.

Excellent sound for the size and price. Tested with 2 games, movie and music. Very good buy!