Creative Sound Blaster Roar Pro Review

Performance

Setting up the Roar Pro couldn’t be easier, simply hit the power button (it came almost fully charged out of the box). I tapped my android device on the NFC tag, and bam! We’re good to go. Once paired up, I was able to play music, take voice calls and any other usual audio tasks through the Roar Pro straight away, with the added benefit that I could use the controls directly on the Roar Pro to skip tracks, control volume, EQ and more, so it’s not essential to keep the devices next to each other, but at least within the Bluetooth range of your device.

The Roar Pro makes big promises about its acoustic performance, but we can’t help but think they understated its capabilities regardless. The sound fills the room with a powerful and detailed sound that really caught us off guard. The speakers all point in different directions, giving you a lot of dynamics to the audio and giving it a very big sound, despite the compact size of the unit. The sub isn’t lacking either, with a heavy and detailed low-end that managed to rip through thundering bass of heavy metal and dance music with ease.

The tone of the Roar Pro is impressive too, and it doesn’t take long to agree that the dual amplifier design can really pull its weight at low volume, as well as the damn near terrifyingly loud maximum; sorry anyone within range of our office! There’s absolutely no distortion to the sound, and due to the multi-speaker design, the whole range of the audio is reproduced in impressive detail. What we love even more is the EQ settings, giving you a choice between warm, neutral and energetic modes, although I do prefer the warm sound, the other modes are hardly lacking in tone .

The dynamics don’t end there either, and when you’re not blasting out high volumes, the Tera Bass button really helps thicken up the sound, handy if you’ve want enjoyable music when you’re also holding a conversation. The Roar button is pretty much the opposite effect, make your music louder, angry, and did I mention louder? It just gives it that power amp kick for party time.

Voice calls work really well too, or anything vocal for that matter, be it a radio show, podcast, or anything like that. The mixture of speakers, as well as setting the amp to warm mode give voices a really natural tone that’s enjoyable to listen to all day and night.