Creative iROAR Go powerful, weatherproof Bluetooth Speaker with 5 Drivers, black

Finally I've found the perfect bluetooth speaker after going through a fair few brands. I'm very fussy when it comes to sound quality and none of the speakers had the oomph I was looking for. Most would distort fairly easily or had extremely tinny bass even though reviews mentioned "powerful bass" etc. From the speakers I own none provided a good nutral sound signature with an emphasis on hard hitting mid and deep bass. I push my bluetooth speakers pritty hard as I prefer to run them through the line out of my Sound Blaster E5 headphone amp with SBX surround processing enabled and using a very bass heavy custome EQ.The Creative Iroar Go is a true beast of a speaker you have to truely hear this beast to appreciate how powerful this speaker is it can truely pump out a lot of sound for its size as well as pushing insane levels of bass. Even when running this through a bluetooth connection or a line out jack from a computer etc it pushes a lot of bass for its size its truely impressive and the audio is crisp, punchy and hard hitting without getting distorted at moderate to high volume levels. When connecting this to my E5 amp it transforms into a monster portable system at low volumes the passive radiators on both sides of the speaker pulse nicely to the bass even at loud volumes there is no distortion what so ever which is truely impressive. I've tinkered with the Sound Blaster connect 2 app on Windows 10 with absolutely no issues the Iroar go was detected within seconds and works flawlessly with the app and drivers using both my Chuwi Hi10 Windows 10 tablet running October 2018 update as well as on my 7 year old Dell Vostro 3550 running build 1803 from a 500GB bootable SSD.Before purchasing this I ordered the Creative Roar 2 which is just as powerful though as other reviews have confirmed the Iroar Go is slightly louder than the Roar 2. I'm now using the Roar 2 as my laptop/tablet speaker of choice at home and taking the Iroar go out with me when required.Personally I have two slight issues with the Roar series in general firstly I wished they supported micro USB charging the Roar 2 only pulls 0.75A when the speaker is turned off and takes an age to charge the battery and the Iroar go doesn't support micro USB charging at all so you must use the 15VDC mains plug to recharge the unit. I also have the SB Axx Axx200 which happily pulls over 1.8A when the unit is connected via USB and charges up very quickly. This isn't a major issue for me as I have a 38 DC tip set which works with the Omnicharge 20 powerbank and one of the tips fits the Iroar go's charging input perfectly and charges fine through the Omni 20's DC output set to 15V.One positive of the size of DC charging tip used is the Iroar go and Roar 2 plugs fit my Albrecht AE 2990 AFS transceivers battery charging input so finally I've finally found an adapter that pulls enough current to charge the 2990's 9 AA batteries at a fast rate as well as being able to power the radio even during transmit.My second issue with the Iroar go is the low volume cut off. As I use screen reading software if know keys are pressed for a few seconds audio is muted completely and the speaker takes a couple of seconds to wake up once the TTS kicks in which can be slightly annoying though I have seen similar behaviour on some bluetooth devices to save power.One way they have improved the internal electronics of the Iroar go compared to the Roar 2 is when roar mode is enabled if applying DC power to the Iroar go the volume level remains the same so the internal battery is strong enough to handle the extra power of roar mode whereas on the Roar 2 there is a marked increase in volume when switching to DC power.Overall, deffinatly buy this speaker you wont regret it one bit I should finally mention I've tried the super wide imaging profile and it is outstanding you can really pinpoint instruments in complicated passages of music.This is truely the speaker to put all other bluetooth speakers to shame I'm going to have a lot of fun with the Iroar go when out and about with the E5 connected to it it is a true portable hard hitting bass monster.

Great portable speaker, it's very loud and sound very good!

I haven't yet tested the full extent of the battery life but the unit connects easily and has good sound. I will be using it with ipad and android tablets. Apps available for both. Mostly using it for watching tv/film, occasional music.

OK, so, there are tons of bluetooth speakers out there in all shapes and sizes. This one is truly unique in that it is capable to play music not only via bluetooth but also from an SD card or USB stick or directly connected to a laptop or other media device.If your requirement is to have a mobile player that works without a phone connected to it and you simply want to copy your extensive collection of mp3/wav/flac music on an SD card and play it wherever you are and enjoy decent sound quality at the same time this is the only product out there!As for the sound quality, everyone's taste is different, I use it on the preset super-wide equaliser mode (not the iRoar setting as it lacks clarity and is too bass-heavy), but don't worry, it sounds very good whatever your favourite music is.There is one problem, the firmware it came with has a serious bug that prevents you from controlling the player from your phone using the Sound Blaster Connect app. Luckily there is an update available on creative.com and once you upgrade to the latest firmware everything works well.Yes, it costs more than many bluetooth speakers out there but it is well worth it.

This speaker is awesome! It is as good as the Roar 2 which i owned previously so i'm not new to this speakers impressive sound stage. The volume is ridiculously loud just what i love about this speaker its one to blast loud and proud when you are out with it and watch peoples heads turn as they wonder where the sound is coming from haha i always enjoyed that with the Roar 2 and this one is just as good. The sound quality is the best i've heard from a bluetooth speaker and to put simply if you really are curious about how this speaker sounds i will put it this way for you. The iroar go doesn't deserve to be called a bluetooth speaker, it is more on the lines of a true portable hifi system if there is such a thing, thats what this sounds like. The bass is outstanding and will truly impress you it is boomy and hard hitting and will definately satisfy you if you love bassy music like myself. Bluetooth connection is good too it played flawlessy when i left the roar in my kicthen downstairs and took my phone upstairs so no problems there. It advertises as splash proof but haven't tested it and don't want to for obvious reasons haha i wouldnt put water on this gem. The design is also pleasing to the eye as it has aluminium rings on the edge and machine finished radiators which look gorgeous too! All in all this speaker is a true gem of speaker and best i've had and possibly the best i will ever have unless something better comes out so trust my words of wisdom and don't hesitate on buying this you won't regret the purchase. Hope i helped you with your purchase decision ask questions if you need help. :)