Creative Sound BlasterAxx SBX gets its stream on

This is the Creative Sound BlasterAxx SBX. Yes, it’s a mouthful of a name, but Creative (once a champ of the MP3 scene) hopes its hexagonal tower will give us an earful as well.

Creative says the Sound BlasterAxx SBX 20, the biggest of a three-part range, uses a stacked stereo design to fill the room with powerful, clear sound and can be synced via Bluetooth with mobiles, tablets PCs and Macs. It also claims the dual-microphone array means you can pair it with your phone or tablet to chat with “CrystalVoice” clarity from anywhere in the room.

We’re not sure we need a fancy speakerphone in the living room, but when we do we’ll be sure to take a closer look at Creative’s plug-and-play hexagon before shelling out the requisite £180 for the SBX 20. There’s also a smaller SBX 10 (£130) and a non-Bluetooth SBX 6 (£80) for those who prefer their sonics to come bite-sized.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home