It's twice the weight of the UE Boom mentioned above, so not the lightest of portables by any means. It does weigh almost 1.1kgs, however, so it's not dissimilar to carting around a 10-inch laptop or similar in terms of weight. Use your Creative Sound Blaster Roar Pro Bluetooth Speaker (51MF8171AA001) to listen to music an MP3, take phone calls, hear the PS4 sound, voice record and.
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With a battery life that lasts up to eight hours - less if you crank the volume, but we've been getting full office days of use from it - the Sound Blaster Roar is also easily portable. Not a huge issue, but something to think about. It's not got a full 360-degrees of output like Ultimate Ears' competitor product UE Boom does, for example, so you'll get best results when it's raised and facing front-on at you. Our only minor criticism is that you'll need to think about where the Sound Blaster Roar is placed. Volume up on the Roar, add some more via your smartphone. The volume controls on top of the device operate independently from other devices, which gives a two-tier approach to getting the right sort of incremental volume. It's also really, really loud if you want it to be. It's a balanced sound output that doesn't distort or vibrate its own chassis either, so audio remains clean. Indeed we don't think we've heard a £130 Bluetooth speaker at this scale deliver more bass.
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There are two 1.5in drivers for the high- and mid-range, while one 2.5in subwoofer soounds to have bigger bass output thanks to those radiators we've mentioned. Quite a feat to achieve, but there's no trickery: Creative has simply done the footwork and wired the right components in. But the first time we synched music to the Sound Blaster Roar we were seriously impressed because it positively boomed and gave plenty of low-end rumble. Typically small products such as this seriously lack bass.
Unlike the hexagonal format of that sister product, however, the Creative Sound Blaster Roar is a small scale portable - measuring 20cm across, 11.5cm deep and 5.6cm tall - with two side-positioned radiators for added bass enhancement. How much you'll genuinely use these we have to question, but just like the Creative Sound BlasterAxx Axx 200 we have also reviewed they are all present and correct. The additional controls make it possible to record and playback media, making the Roar much more than just a plain Bluetooth speaker.
Typically you'll just use the Bluetooth connection - it works via NFC too and is aptX compatible for the highest sound quality - but there's also a 3.5mm AUX in, microUSB port and even a microSD slot.