Creative iRoar Wireless Intelligent Speaker Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2018-07-07

After fully charging the iRoar as soon as it arrived, we have connected the speaker via USB to our computer, in order to try out the Dashboard but also to check for the latest firmware updates. The software has updated the speaker firmware in about a minute and we were ready to rock! After listening plenty of clips on YouTube, some TV shows and the Death Wish movie with Bruce Willis, we were quite surprised how loud the speaker can get. After enabling Roar mode, everything got boosted, including the bass effects, which is a treat during action scenes. The speaker can deliver when playing games as well, thanks to the multitude of drivers (active (subwoofer driver and the two frontal tweeter drivers) and passive (two radiators on the side)).

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Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

Creative has recently brought into focus their flagship portable speaker again, iRoar by including a very nice reduction in price. This is definitely one of their most interesting offerings in this segment and features modules for upgrade such as the iRoar Rock subwoofer or the lightweight unidirectional microphone.

The product does ship inside a medium-sized cardboard enclosure, which is quite heavy for a portable speaker this small (iRoar itself is 1.1 kg) and the manufacturer is mentioning on the top cover that this particular model does take part from the Professional Series. Here we will also learn that the iRoar does incorporate a SB-Axx1 Digital Audio Processor, used across other high-performance products such as the Sound Blaster ZxR, Sound Blaster X7 and the Sound Blaster E5:

 

 

 

On the side of the box, the manufacturer has listed the product code name, the power rating but also the obligatory serial numbers and the manufacturing date:

 

 

 

The iRoar components are also presented to the customer, which do include the MegaStereo pairing, the optional microphone, the subwoofer dock but also the SDK for developing personal apps:

 

 

 

Depending on the usage mode and optional hardware modules, we can use one of the presented apps:

 

 

 

Creative does also advertise supported technologies such as Bluetooth, NFC and compatibility with a wide range of devices:

 

 

 

The main product highlights are noted on the bottom layer of the box, with the necessary explanations:

 

 

 

After unsealing the box and lifting the top cover, we will be first able to spot the documentation:

 

 

 

We do have two documentation leaflets available, since the manufacturer has decided to explain the operating procedure of iRoar in multiple languages:

 

 

 

 

A Worldwide Warranty document is also supplied for the customer:

 

 

 

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