Creative Stage Air V2 2.0 Portable Bluetooth Sound Bar Speaker - 10 W RMS - Black (Renewed)

I use this every day in wired mode for conference calls, it's so much richer than the audio on MacBook or Windows laptops. I have it plugged into a USB hub. Almost all the time my Windows laptop recognizes and starts using the speaker right away when I plug in the hub or when the laptop comes out of sleep mode; very rarely do I have to manually turn the power on and choose the source.Occasionally I used this in bluetooth mode, sound quality is nice with a surprising amount of bass, and the built-in battery is handy. The volume control on the right side is convenient.One pet peeve is that when I disconnect my computer it says "Waiting to connect" pretty loudly, so if your office is near your bedroom it could wake someone up, but I'm sure it's something that can be disabled.

If you use this as a sound bar for a PC, where it is always plugged in, be sure to update the firmware. By default, it turns off after a few minutes and you have to keep turning it on. After the update, as long as it is plugged in, it stays on. Now it works PERFECTLY and has great sound.

I actually got a refurbished one for about $15 a few months ago! It was the larger looking 10 rms version. It has fantastic bass and wonderful clear sound. I couldn't have expected more for that price. I see alot of people expecting it to function as a sound bar for a tv and they are disappointed. Yeah, it's not louder than my regular large screen tv, but it might be for a small screen, I don't know. I am using it for an electric guitar going through a preamp jamming with backing tracks, and for that purpose it is amazing. Too loud, almost, very clear, and very satisfylingly bassy with clarity. Great portable boom box for picnics i'd say (not dance parties!) . For $14 that was a steal and everything is working great, looks and feels brand new. I bought another for $20 just now, hopefully that will work perfectly too.

Horrible! The speaker sound quality is bad and the Bluetooth connection is spotty. It sounds like the speaker is cutting in and out. when I turn my computer off it doesn't even have the basic function to shut itself off after like 5 minutes or something, it just continues to try and pair to something. super annoying. I'm going to buy the Logitech z207, Logitech is a superior company this was a total waste of money.I was playing a game and the audio kept cutting out, like the sound was lagging...I switched to my Logitech Bluetooth headphones and it was perfect. So its not the Bluetooth in my PC that's the problem its the Creative speaker. garbage.

Used it as a speaker for my desktop. Worked fine for about a year at 20-30% volume, but now certain sounds make it peak and it shuts off. Fix the quality control and it would be good.

A pretty versatile, if not large, soundbar, the Creative Air V2 2.0 can plug into your computer, a sound system, or be used as a Bluetooth speaker.Documentation is pretty poor; my computer required a reboot for Windows to recognize the sound bar. The use of different colored lights on the front to indicate what mode the soundbar is in is a bit irritating, as are the black buttons on the side. It's hard to tell if a button press registers.Default sound out of the box is heavy on the bass, but this can be configured to a less muddy sound after setting it up. Note that you can't plug a wired headphone into the output for listening; this is a bet of a letdown.This is good for a computer speaker, OK as a bluetooth speaker, and lacks enough of a punch to be an effective tv speaker.

Sound quality not stunning but OK. A bit of a hassle to keep in aux mode. It always goes through BT pairing first. Could use some mounting holes too.

What I received doesn’t work. I don’t think it was renewed.Although the unit lights up, the power button on the sound bar does not work. It worked for about an hour via remote but now even that doesn’t work.Requested replacement—if that works, I’ll revise me review.I did notice the only other review had a similar experience as mine, so be mindful of that.I received a replacement that works so far.