Creative iRoar - most fancy portable speakers in the world
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Two years ago, the editors Layfhakera came the first portable speaker Creative Sound Blaster Roar. Then we found out what may be capable of a small musical box, if it is designed and collected sensei.
It was replaced by a paradoxical Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2That at smaller dimensions and weight sounds louder and more powerful predecessor.
A couple of weeks ago Creative brought to our office set its newest portable speakers.
We still do not know, we will give it after the review and will be asked back, but immediately and firmly decided that this miracle will remain in the wording, even at our expense.
Creative iRoar - a triumph of advanced acoustic engineering in an elegant shell, and that column is already something called incorrectly. The term "computer music" will approach here is much better.
Review, by the way, not advertising. Everything is written as it is, without embellishment and withholds.
Dolby normal
During that first abuse portable acoustics? That's right, for the bass, or rather the lack of them. The fundamental laws of physics do not allow you to create a compact loudspeaker that would reproduce bass frequencies over long distances.
Creative engineers have solved the problem more in the first version of the Roar, and in the newest iRoar putting professional use almost to perfection technology, which are the result of several years of scientific research, trial and errors. We have gone through this path together of Creative, listened to the entire range of portable speakers, and make sure we continue to increase the sound quality in each new generation Roar.
Central 2.75-inch speaker iRoar upwards boomed and more aggressive, juicier and more deeply.
It is noteworthy that it is served by a dedicated amplifier. The second amplifier operates on two dynamics responsible for the mid and high frequencies.
Apart from the central "howler" two passive low-frequency oscillator installed in iRoar. These are the membranes that vibrate evenly across its surface and provide even more bass.
It is a pity that Creative decided to go back to basics and re-hid these lateral radiators under the lattice. In the model 2 Roar membranes were open and provides an ideal means for gaining inner harmony and balance.
These fluctuations can watch for hours. Consciousness is thus completely leaving the reality.
However, open or closed emitters - is a matter of taste, but in fact the owner iRoar gets five speakers with a total power 44 watts, outstanding smooth and powerful sound in the entire range, which is further enhanced proprietary mode if desired Roar.
Those who have not heard iRoar previous models Roar before, at first did not believe my ears, and I can understand them. This compact speaker does not sound so cool! Where it so much dope?
During a blind test in which participants were asked to guess the format and size of the audible sound music system, thus frequent suggestion was full-length acoustic 2.1. People believe that for the shutter work is not just the column, and the column subwoofer. So it goes.
Acoustic engineers Creative wholly fulfill their bread and deserve the highest praise and respect.
Design, performance, features
With dimensions of 225 × 120 × 57 mm and a weight of only 1.1 kg column will fit a battery to 9000 mAh which is enough for 20 hours of battery life or four full charging of a typical smart phone, and pile electronics.
Generally, technological tricked - is the foundation and essence of iRoar. Every square centimeter surface cubic centimeter and the viscera is a refined high-tech concentrated in luxury version.
Just look at the control panel. It is only one physical button, and all the rest - continuous sensor and backlit display.
The location and number of buttons change depending on the mode selected. In the presence of additional small screen showing the status of the device, the volume level and other supporting information.
There really is not a cheap plastic. Dominated by metal and glass. Black case, bezel emitters under a dark gold - it is beautiful and stylish.
It seems that the number of elements on the rear panel has decreased, but actually removed only frankly unnecessary buttons and ports became more.
In addition to the standard microUSB for wired connection to a computer, USB 1.5 A charging gadgets, audio input and microSD slot for added optical input. With the help of the column is connected to TVs and similar techniques with not the best built-in acoustics.
IRoar two speakers can be connected to a special cable MegaStereo. Get powerful stereo that compete with any home acoustics.
On the top panel is iRoar NFC for easy pairing with your smartphone, as well as two microphones, which can be supplemented with a separate wireless microphone iRoar Mic, and acting more as a remote control for column.
iRoar Mic - this is quite an advanced device, very high quality, with fastening for wearing clothes own line input, an input for an additional microphone and microUSB port for charging, but we have in the office could not find him application.
Such a thing will come in handy during presentations and to record speeches, lectures, that is where you want the highest quality sound regardless of speaker location iRoar and speaker.
More about quality
On the hardware side, we have already told iRoar. It is time for the software component responsible for reproduction.
The weak point of many wireless speakers, whether speakers, headphones or a headset, the music is very quality. The reason lies in Bluetooth, and more precisely in the codecs. Most often, we listen to music in MP3 format, meaning it already pinched. Impose even more brutal clamping SBC, and it turns out that very funky sound wireless headphones.
iRoar able to work not only with higher-quality AAC, but also with melomanskimi APTX and aptX Low Latency. If your smartphone supports advanced codecs, then paired with iRoar you get amazing sound comparable in quality from the CD.
Ten out of ten technologies
How to make sure that you really fancy is the acoustics? Check whether her own store of applications and SDK for developers. IRoar I have both, and two more dedicated apps for Android and iOS.
The first is called iRoar Remote Assistant and expectedly provides the user with advanced remote management features.
Price: Free
Price: Free
The main function - a remote music playback on a column of third-party sources, including SD-card installed in the column. As Assistant allows you to record the sound around the speaker to a memory card. This function can be used to create voice memos and napominalok.
The second application is called iRoar Dashboard, and that it gives the user a lot of useful and unusual chips, which are not found in any other portable acoustics.
Price: Free
Price: Free
- Equalizer with fine tuning.
- The preset sound profiles, including music, movies, games, joy audiophile, and so on.
- Create and save your own sound profiles.
- The choice of microphone modes: broadcast all ambient sounds for conferences or focus area in front of the machine with filtering background noise to talk tete-a-tete.
- Change voice in real time.
- Updating the firmware over the air column.
Separately are mini-applications that are downloaded to the memory card in a column, and subsequently launched without the participation of the smartphone. What kind of applications and what they do? We list the most interesting and useful:
- Alarm clock.
- Timer.
- Countdown.
- Adjuster for the guitar.
- Babysitting for a child. Upon detection of child crying included music from a special folder. A list of lullabies tracks of the user.
- Sound alarm. Turns on when the speaker picks up sound.
Other applications, such as animated faces on the screen speakers with whom you can chat, are rather entertaining and does not deserve a detailed description. With them fun to play around once or twice, but no more. Using the SDK, you can do to become a developer and write an application for your own needs.
instead of a conclusion
We will complete the review of the topic, with which he began. Especially with his music Creative made for fans to vibrate the whole body iRoar Rock - Powerful wood subwoofer with 3.75-inch speaker and bass reflex located on the side, which works in conjunction with iRoar.
To connect enough to put a column on the subwoofer, and the rest will take care of gravity and contacts at the bottom of iRoar and the top panel iRoar Rock.
The clever system automatically will pair the device reconfigures the speakers work, and now you have speakers present physical subwoofer, which also acts as a charger.
That is, using iRoar with iRoar Rock, connect the wire to the column itself is no longer necessary. Power subwoofer is enough for all.
At the beginning of the review stated that the low-frequency transmitters hidden in iRoar and monitor fluctuations will not work. Subwoofer corrects this deficiency.
Fun fact: during the recording of the video girl came running from a nearby office with a complaint about the fact that "she had the walls shake."
iRoar column will cost 29,990 rubles, subwoofer iRoar Rock facilitate the purse another 12,990 rubles. Expensive? For this technique - not at all. Thirty-odd years Creative creates amazing electronics. This acoustics on the sound guru worth their money.
Layfhaker expresses gratitude Official Shop Creative for perfect gifts.
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