Razer’s new soundbar tracks your head to optimize sound

Soundbars won’t be the audio system of alternative for many desktop setups, however Razer is attempting is providing a brand new one for individuals who don’t need to mess with headsets or finicky encompass sound methods. The well-liked gaming tech firm simply introduced the Leviathan V2 Pro at CES 2023, the newest addition to its present vary of soundbars designed to offer compact, low-profile audio for PC avid gamers.

Created in partnership with THX and Audioscenic, Razer claims that the Leviathan V2 Pro can envelop a person with “3D audio” by combining beamforming encompass sound with head-tracking AI expertise. A built-in IR digital camera can detect the person’s place, permitting the soundbar to optimize sound by adapting the audio beams to the listener’s place in actual time.

There are two modes out there for the 3D audio characteristic: THX Spatial Audio Virtual Headset for stereo content material that allegedly mimics positional audio sometimes present in headsets and THX Spatial Audio Virtual Speakers for multi-channel audio that fills a room like a house theatre system. Given this can be a Razer product, it additionally comes with customizable Chroma RGB lighting results throughout 30 totally different lighting zones — dwarfing the 18 zones you get on the usual Leviathan V2 soundbar.

The Razer Leviathan V2 Pro additionally comes with a subwoofer to reinforce bass. A devoted 3.5mm enter for the subwoofer is included on the rear of the soundbar, alongside a second 3.5mm port for headphones, an influence adapter port, and a single USB-C port to hook up with your PC. The Leviathan V2 Pro additionally helps Bluetooth 5.0 if you wish to wirelessly join it to your pc or cellular gadget.

Interesting options and funky lighting apart, pricing goes to be the toughest promote for the Leviathan V2 Pro. Starting at $399.99, it’s significantly costlier than each the usual Leviathan V2 ($249.99) and Leviathan V2 X ($99.99), however you do not less than get extra ports with this newest mannequin. The inclusion of the three.5mm headphone jack (which is lacking from each of the opposite Leviathan fashions) is sweet, however the lack of HDMI enter and HDMI output/ARC port is just a little disappointing at this worth.

The Leviathan V2 Pro can be that can be purchased from February 2023 (when you have deep sufficient pockets for the acquisition).