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Acoustic songs could've used a bit tweaking, and some of my favorite tracks like "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons comes off slightly flatter and more two-dimensional than I would like. The only time the Roar let me down was when I went into the Sound Blaster app and found that I couldn't customize the sound on the speaker, like I've done for Creative products in the past. After several conversations with the development team, it's clear they're not trying to emulate Beats's uncontrollable urge for bass or chasing after highs at the expense of the rest of the system. It has a bit too big of a sound for my small bedroom, but is an absolutely perfect fit for my average-sized living room, which is usually reserved for my Sonos Play:5.Ĭreative covers the entire audio spectrum well, but does a particularly good job with pronounced mids. The Roar is best utilized inside in a small to medium-sized open room.
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The speaker delivers uncompromising audio fidelity at the highest volume levels, and while I don't find it to have the same nuanced attention to detail that high-end headphones have, this is one of the best-sounding Bluetooth speakers. Whether it's the soaring riffs in "God Gave Rock'n'Roll to You" from Kiss, melodic ooh's in Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" or Kanye's terrifyingly powerful lyrics and sirens in "POWER," the Roar 2 takes it all in stride. Meanwhile, the Roar mode fills the room while making some audio details indistinguishable in the cacophony of sound. Listening to all bass, all the time comes at the cost of decent mids and highs. Push the button once, and you'll hear unbridled low-end sound or, push it twice to enable a louder all-around sound that trades some of the audio's clarity for pure volume.īoth Tetra Bass and Roar are best when used sparingly. There's also the Tera Bass/Roar button that's wholly unique to Sound Blaster.
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In terms of inputs and outputs, there's an aux-in for classic 3.5mm cables, a USB port for phone charging, microUSB to charge the device itself or connect to a PC and, finally, a microSD slot that can read music from a card or record sound files to it using the microphone.Ĭontrols include your standard play/pause, forward, rewind, record, mute and shuffle switch that toggles in what order you want songs played from the SD card. Spin it around all the way, and you'll find the rest of the controls and ports. About seven trips in my bag later, however, I'm happy to report that my worst fears didn't come true.
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I often had the fear that a rogue item in my bag might jut into them, ruining any chance I had at listening to "Sail" by AWOLNATION in its full bass-heavy glory ever again. There's a give to them, and they can be manually depressed if you push in on the sides. Spin it left or right, and you'll find either radiator that's responsible for the excellent bass. You'll also find the the NFC chip under the top right corner that you can use with any NFC-equipped cellphone for rapid pairing.
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On top, there's a grille that keeps the three drivers safe and sound, as well as a slew of control buttons that turn the speaker on and off, raise/lower the volume and pair it to your Bluetooth device. The device provided to techradar by Creative for review is jet black and all business, though it does come in white – if that's more your style. If the speaker's laying down, you can spot an aluminum front with a Creative logo dead center. Subtle tweaks take precedence over major refinements, but what's changed has been for the better. Designīeside the reduced chassis, there's not much new to report on the Roar 2. One way or another, Creative took on the challenge and delivered a modified speaker that's smaller, lighter and only slightly more expensive than the original was one year ago.
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However it was conceived, though, doesn't really matter.
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While I'd like to imagine one of the sound engineers at Creative rolling up their sleeves, thrusting out their hand and grinning before accepting the odd request, I can say with 99% certainty that didn't happen.
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(Now's a good time to point out that the Sound Blaster Roar 2 retails for $169/£149, or about AU$235, which is only $20 more than the current price of the Sound Blaster Roar.) Oh, and do that without degrading sound quality, dropping a feature or radically increasing the price. The challenge? Put everything from the Sound Blaster Roar – the five drivers, 6,000mAh battery, the SD card slot and a built-in microphone – into a chassis 80% of the size. It probably didn't happen this way, but I like to think the Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2, the sequel to the Sound Blaster Roar SR20 that blew me away in 2014, was conceived from a dare.