Review on 🔊 Enhance Audio Quality with HP S100 Speaker Bar - Perfect for ProDisplays, EliteDisplays, and Z Displays by Stacy Sturm

First I would like to thank another reviewer who said they installed this speaker bar on their HP EliteDisplay E243. That's why I bought it and couldn't be happier. It easily attaches to the bottom of the E243 display (although it took me a while to realize that the rubber strip was glued to the bottom of the HP E243 and I had to poke my nails underneath to remove it; two on removal Holes are made on the underside of the E243 where this soundbar is inserted.) The sound is actually quite good. Is it surprising, no. but it's also a lot louder and the sound quality is much better than the speakers built into my other HP monitor (an old HP w2207h) and on par with some of the desktop speakers I've had before. There are two 3.5mm jacks on the left side of the speaker. One of them allows me to plug in my headphones (which is really nice. I used to have to plug my headphones into the computer that's under my desk; now I like that I can plug them straight into the speaker that's in the dead center of the monitor directly in front of me) ; The other lets you plug in a mic, but I can't get it to work. Whenever I plug in a microphone, the computer can't pick up sound from it, and the side effect is that the headset stops working as well. I suspect a defective audio input. but since i rarely use the microphone on my pc, it's not worth sending it back. On the right is a volume control; this works, but its fine granularity makes it easier for me to use the software volume control built into Windows 10. Conclusion; If you have an HP E243 I would definitely recommend it, especially since it doesn't take up any desk space. If my mic button worked I would probably give it 5 stars.