Powerhouse and elegant all-rounder with excellent sound

Powerhouse and elegant all-rounder with excellent sound

Creative Sound Blaster Roar SR20A Portable Bluetooth Speaker (NFC function / AAC / aptX, 5 drivers, integrated subwoofer) (Electronics)

Customer Review

The Sound Blaster Roar SR20A from Creative is a true Sound Master: It's hard to believe what a powerful, warm sound produced the small device. In its compact metal housing insert two powerful amplifier and five drivers. An integrated active subwoofer ensures powerful bass. This is not sufficient, you can bring the handy Lion Roar on the button right to the roar and ensure exuberant party atmosphere: Then the sound fills even a large room, and the music does not go under in the hubbub.

Scope of supply:
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Supplied with a power adapter, a micro-USB cable and instruction manual are included.

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Connectivity
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The Speaker has a Bluetooth 3.0 interface and is NFC-enabled. This makes the coupling of mobile devices a breeze. Likewise, an AUX-In is for connecting wired available. This also PC and Mac can be used as a source, is a Micro-USB port on board. In replacing the Roar connected the internal speakers. In addition, he holds micro SD memory cards with a maximum size of 32 GB. Supported formats are MP3, WMA and WAV.

It makes sense to the settings in the Link Security Mode. This can be regulated, who when has access to the Speaker. Among friends can be so mutually audition favorite music or prevent someone unauthorized, acting on a witty party itself to DJ.

The choices are:

LS mode 2: Creative Bluetooth Multipoint (Standard)
LS mode 1: access-friendly mode
LS: Mode Free access

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Battery Life
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Anyone looking for a portable speaker, is particularly interested in the wireless life: was installed hard a powerful 6000-mAh lithium-ion battery. This is actually about eight hours continuous sound with music in an orderly room volume possible before it needs to the power outlet again.

Is the smartphone or the tablet go out of juice, the loaded Sound Blaster Roar SR20A can use as Power Bank: Two mobile devices can be charged simultaneously.

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Flexible all-rounder
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Those who opt for the device, acquires much more than just a Bluetooth speaker: During the phone call, he can not only be used as a speakerphone, as well as a recorder for music, phone calls or voice notes act. Is stored on the MicroSD card.

About the Sound Blaster control panel, which is available on the website of Creative for download, you can select different sound profiles, make the equalizer to change and adjust the subwoofer.

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Sound
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It is important to know that the Sound Blaster Roar aptX and AAC support. It is HD codecs for Bluetooth audio streaming in high quality. The most important criterion that makes a good Bluetooth speakers, the Sound Blaster Roar SR20A fulfilled completely: It provides for a device of its size fabulously good sound in almost any volume. It is not always desired room-filling sound. Sometimes you just want to listen, relax or has forced down the volume to avoid disturbing roommates or neighbors quiet music. With activated TeraBass function (can be disabled!) Is adjusted the bass compensation degree. The sound is clear, clean and warm.

With increasing volume, the sound quality will however slightly. Who uses the Roar mode, however, will usually also more volume with a lot of bass and no subtle nuances.

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Optics & feel
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Visually, the minimalist-seeming design on high quality and style: the metal conveys quality, and the clearly arranged controls are installed on a rubberized surface. Its simplicity and clean lines make the Sound Blaster Roar of attraction in their own home. Not only on the road, at a party or a barbecue in the garden, at home is the stylish and elegant device from a good figure. For the unusual design of the Roar has been awarded the Red Dot Award 2014.

On the top of the NFC sensor, can be connected via Bluetooth with compatible devices is. The three LEDs next to provide information on the battery charge level. Then comes another light that will light up during recording. , The possibility to regulate the volume followed by the buttons for answering and the Bluetooth pairing. Deserves special attention the eponymous Roar button: By pressing a button, the volume level increases so considerably.

On the back you will find the microphone mute, the recording option buttons to adjust random playback / repeat and Play / Pause.

There are also a number of settings that do not provide any other Speaker: There is a button, which ensures sounds in random intervals. Even if you can not play music, it nevertheless remains awake so. A feature that is useful when you work through the night or has to be highly concentrated on other grounds. A slider to activate the "Life Saver" function: By means of a siren can draw attention to themselves in the event of an accident or other emergency. In Bedtime mode the music volume decreases continuously from ideal to gently slide into sleep. The unit switches itself off automatically.

The solid weighing nearly a kilo in my eyes is a big plus: Holding the Speaker in hand, you can feel on the one hand, that high-quality components and materials have been installed. The mobility is not limited thereby. Secondly, the Speaker integrated discreetly in the own living environment.

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Mega Stereo
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If you're looking stereo playback, can purchase a second SoundBlaster Roar SR20A and a connecting cable and also connect the devices.

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Conclusion
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The Creative Sound Blaster Roar SR20A is recommended in my opinion because of its exceptionally good sound and designs worth every penny and without restriction. The price-performance ratio is excellent. Whether one is planning, outdoor at parties to play at barbecues or relaxing on the lake music or a compact sound system for the home looking for: This Speaker is in a price range of under 200 - a very good choice!

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