Razer Leviathan V2 PC Gaming Soundbar RZ05-03920100-R3U1

As a musician, I will concede my expectations for audio quality may be unreasonably high. I personally use an RME audio interface and high end studio monitors. My partner, however, is less discerning, and I thought the Razer Leviathan might suit him — especially since his keyboard, mouse, game pad and even headphone stand are all from Razer (he likes the color coordinated LEDs, I guess). And it does, largely. Setup on the Razer is simple enough. It's arguably a cleaner look than the pair of Logitech speakers he had sitting on his desk before, since the Leviathan is a single unit. However, LEDs aside, it's a somewhat unattractive device that looks about 15 years old. No soundbar is especially beautiful, but at least the Sonos Arc under the TV has a more minimalistic, ... MoreAs a musician, I will concede my expectations for audio quality may be unreasonably high. I personally use an RME audio interface and high end studio monitors. My partner, however, is less discerning, and I thought the Razer Leviathan might suit him — especially since his keyboard, mouse, game pad and even headphone stand are all from Razer (he likes the color coordinated LEDs, I guess). And it does, largely. Setup on the Razer is simple enough. It's arguably a cleaner look than the pair of Logitech speakers he had sitting on his desk before, since the Leviathan is a single unit. However, LEDs aside, it's a somewhat unattractive device that looks about 15 years old. No soundbar is especially beautiful, but at least the Sonos Arc under the TV has a more minimalistic, tasteful appearance. The Leviathan's sound quality, unfortunately, is lackluster at best. The soundstage is woefully narrow. There are entire frequency ranges missing. It's just generally unpleasant to listen to. There are much better options — for instance there's a Klipsch 2.1 set that's been around forever that is significantly cheaper than this... and which sounds 10x better. In the end, I think the Leviathan is really just for people who care more about LED lighting than sound. This was a case of Razer overreaching — there are some things they're good at it, but audio is wildly out of their wheelhouse.

Loud, mostly clean, enough bass. Biggest problem is the soundstage. I wanted to replace my Z625 setup with these to save space, but the Leviathan V2 X sounds very similar to mid-range bluetooth speaker - very canned and narrow sound stage. Build quality is excellent though, but I decided to keep my Z625 with optical input.

Excellent sound, once you've tuned it to your liking. The sound stage is a bit on the narrow side, so you're forced to stay directly in front of it to actually enjoy the simulated surround sound, but that is to be expected with such a small design. Very clear highs, tons of bass down low. The lack of input ports is a constant downvote on reviews, but I don't find that to be much of a bother as they are only for my computer. But if I wanted to connect anything else, BT is fine. The only downside to these speakers is the dang software. I had problems with the sound settings within Synapse constantly quit working at random. You'll be able to tell as any changes to the EQ or sound mode within Synapse will lag a second or so behind you changing a setting. I was having ... MoreExcellent sound, once you've tuned it to your liking. The sound stage is a bit on the narrow side, so you're forced to stay directly in front of it to actually enjoy the simulated surround sound, but that is to be expected with such a small design. Very clear highs, tons of bass down low. The lack of input ports is a constant downvote on reviews, but I don't find that to be much of a bother as they are only for my computer. But if I wanted to connect anything else, BT is fine. The only downside to these speakers is the dang software. I had problems with the sound settings within Synapse constantly quit working at random. You'll be able to tell as any changes to the EQ or sound mode within Synapse will lag a second or so behind you changing a setting. I was having this issue even on a brand new install of the OS with no other drivers or software installed. Hoping a new software update will correct the issue because I do like the setup quite a lot. It is very compact, fits nicely under my stacked monitors, and really does sound quite good. Just Synapse being difficult, which is odd as I usually don't have issues with it. At least as far as the lighting controls go.