This Creative speaker sounds quite good. Thanks
for the details. One question is,
Does it have A2DP so VoiceOver is also heard
through the speaker when using an iDevice?
Thanks,
Jeff
At 12:42 PM 12/11/2014, pete gurney wrote:
hi john,
i don't think you would have any trouble operating it.
i don't have enough sight to be of any use so always use these things as if
i am totally blind and i didn't have any trouble setting it up by myself.
most of it talks, so it tells you when your pairing, once paired it makes a
tone to let you know when it re-connects and disconnects.
also it also speaks some things when you move switches on the back but not
all of them.
overall it's a really nice speaker with great sound and lots of functions.
and at £99 it's a good deal, and also when you order it on the creative
website when you go to your basket it offers you the mesh carry case with
shoulder straps for half price so if you want it don't add it to your
basket until you go to the basket otherwise you will get charged the full
price.
pete.
I'm catching up with PC Audio messages a little late. I see Pete has a
SoundBlaster Roar wireless speaker. I've been looking at this off and on
for
a while now but have held back because I've never been sure whether the
controls are accessible to someone who is totally blind. This especially as
it has a lot of features which could potentially make it quite complicated
to operate.
Anyway, two things coincided. I just read Pete's post about the Roar and
Creative have just (possibly temporarily) dropped the price to £99. I'm
just
wondering if Pete has had any issues with the controls as I know it has a
lot of selectable options? I've got the Boes Soundlink Mini which is good
but sometimes a little too bassy. And I had hoped too sometimes use the
Mini
via Bluetooth with Jaws from my PC but found that the Mini kind of cuts off
the beginning of Jaws audio unless it is getting continuous sound. Anyway,
I'm really interested in the versatility of the Ror and it's currently a
great price.
Thanks for any info.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of pete
gurney
Sent: 29 November 2014 13:54
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3?
hi mary,
i've got two new bluetooth speakers a week ago both of which are fine one
is
outstanding but costs more and the other has three diferent versions each
one stepping up in size.
both of these have built in speech that tells you when it's pairing and
when
connected and the cheaper one even speaks what battery power is left.
there both made by creative, the dearer one:
sound blaster roar
has outstanding sound with 30 watts output from a unit that is roughly the
size of an A5 sheet of paper and 2 inches tall.
it has bass boost, the ability to expand the sound field, has a micro sd
card slot it's own built in music player and works as a speaker phone.
if you have an sd card inserted you can either play music that is on it,
press a record button to record memos or lectures and such like or if you
are on a phone call via bluetooth to the speaker a press of the record
button will even record your conversation which you can play back using the
buttons on the speaker.
it also has up to date codex built in so it can play uncompressed audio via
bluetooth or via the 3.5 aux in socket, it even has an alarm switch that
when activated a press of a button makes it work as a siron.
it works from both the mains or from the built in battery.
in UK pounds it cost £129 but i don't think it's much more in dollars
in the states.
the second is the:
creative muvo mini.
which i think is also known as the muvo 10.
this is about 7 inches long and 2 inches tall and deep.
it has a rubber coating and is suitable for use in bathrooms, on the beech
and anywhere outdoors even in light rain or where it will get splashed.
it's not as powerful as the roar but still has reasonable sound and works
as
a speaker phone.
this one cost £50 UK pounds.creative do another couple of models of the
muvo
with the rubber coating with each one being bigger and more powerful and i
think they are called the muvo 20 and muvo 30.
pete.
I have, or should I say had, a Bose Soundlink 3 speaker for use with
portable bluetooth capable devices. For reasons not particularly relevant
to
this list, I won't have access to that speaker during the school year,
since
it will be going to school with my spouse. So I'm wondering about other
alternatives, perhaps even some that might not be as pricy as the Bose.
I've
just read about the B&W t7, which actually costs more than the Bose. Then
there are Braven models which look interesting, albeit not much less costly
than the Bose.
Since all my devices are ios, I could also use airplay, not necessary to
have bluetooth. What are people using and really liking in this category?
Mary
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