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hi everyone and welcome today I thought we'll compare that old creative soundblaster or two against the new IRL go as many will be probably interested in hearing the difference between the old and the new model currently the Sound Blaster O'Toole is listed on the European creative side at $99 while this is listed with 169 reduced from 199 so quite a bit more expensive so it would be great to see where the differences are as you can see the our goal is claimed to be splash resistant so all the ports are protected probably the drivers are also different the track controls here also work for Bluetooth while these track controls only control a SD card playback otherwise not really that much difference one big difference is that the road 2 can also be charged through microUSB while this micro USB port here does nothing when you attach it to two mains so it's rather only meant for connecting to a computer and work as a digital audio converter or something this needs a property charger which is a pity I'm not sure if it can be enabled as well as I think it might take too long to charge from usb but in case of emergency it's also great to have this option as well other differences are maybe that you have an app for the I'll go now which gives you some options you can control music that you have saved on the SD card directly from the iPhone so we can start David from here so switch between tracks and so on alright here you can also change volume remotely which is a nice feature of course but of course it would be interested to know how both sound compared and first before having a listen I thought we'll check out some frequency response measurements you can see the old Sound Blaster roar tool which measures quite flat but nothing exceptional so there is already based roll off at 80 Hertz and rebel doesn't extend rate at that time and if we overlay the eye or go here you can see that it has a slightly wider frequency response so there is slightly more bass treble extend slightly a father but they still sound really similar so the mid-range is small as equal the only thing you get is quite likely more powerful sound here with roll or Tara bass enabled you can see that both start to boost bass for lower levels but this is only a fixed boost which doesn't change dynamically so at very low levels both can still sound a bit tinny maybe the I roll go can play quite a bit louder but it also starts to distort earlier than the old sound blaster - probably because of the stronger bass post but yet now let's check out how both sound live if the difference is really that noticeable as always I'm of course using high quality binaural microphones so you should listen headphones I will start with the sound blaster roar and a kind of acoustic track so please have a listen you're not that much difference the eye or ball maybe sounds slightly more refined let's try something else here's some Mississippi music you can maybe hear that the treadle is slightly finer also bass is a bit more from the IRA goal but they still both sound pretty similar something else maybe let's place them flat I think the our goal has slightly better treble dispersion of exes although yes sounds a bit nicer I would say something else so on this issue mentos for those wonder dancing for you here close again romance and ranch home grown man died a slow game for my girls aiming my cocaine the monkey it's cool game take my would change premise that we won't change so me love loves movies sixty miles of track so you remember me you started with a microphone when I wasn't on God yes long fitfully sound with better treadle from the i logo but the difference is not really that huge they both are playing at neutral settings now what we could do is enable roll first is there are bass roar in this case includes Tara bass together with some further processing while the our goal doesn't have Tara bass anymore only roll which includes therapies it broadens up the stage the Sun stage makes the sound to 3 DB louder therefore we will reduce volume one step in it yeah obviously it lost some connection it sometimes does this yeah I which it's gone oh it's here and we'll check out maybe another track again starting with the sound blaster roar tool this is even after all that soundstage you this is slightly more on strange some said to do the other thing you another trick I will try this is entered here get this definitely sounds a bit broader as some more powerful although you will hear that with some stronger mixes the I will go will distort earlier here the Samba throw tool sounds still clean why the IRA gold starts to have this strange distortion with the bass one maybe let's listen to them at maximum or let's say at higher levels so I will increase volume on the aisle or gold on the Sound Blaster road to as well so we can also hear the difference in loudness it's not really that clean maybe something else and let's increase volume and switch it to maximum on the IRA boys well although it takes some second time feel get the sound of fun roar creepiest s loud although he another fact the obviously tries to be louder I think this is because of because of a role mode let's turn this off again and this one moves obviously because when stronger base is coming in and I will increase volume again to maximum so we get a difference again yeah I will go if you flatten order opening you the difference is not that big maybe the our goal slightly more powerful at maximum but you can also see that the Sun pastor or two moved again yeah it doesn't really have feet although it sounds better one place like this they now edit these rubber feet here so you can really place it and it remains stable when placed upright I mean 499 dollars or Euros I'm not sure it's a nice pickup but I think the I'll go sounds a bit better also you have much more options to tune the sound let me try to demonstrate you this uh here we have the and we can okay it didn't find it's always a bit no and when I switch to to my user EQ which looks like that it looks quite extreme but these are only three DB range so I reduced 250 Hertz which because there is some boost I increased 125 as me as high as possible also it used 500 a little bit increase treble and then we will get a much more neutral sound if if we compare I will have to reduce volume on this one again and if we compare again both let me try to match them a little bit better for example with this smooth just like you will hear that the sound blaster roar the IRA gosari will sound a bit more refined now it sounds fuller more sparkling you're not easy to match them now it definitely sounds much better thanks to this adjustment here equalizer so if we turn it off again it becomes again a bit flatter sounding yeah of course I will prepare a more detailed review of the higher goal also comparing it against that JBL charge 3 and maybe some other speakers this was just to demonstrate you the difference between the older and the newer model as yeah I currently have this at home and I also wanted to hear the difference by myself I didn't I didn't have the option to listen to it yet now I have I definitely prefer the IRA go although it's also more expensive it's smaller as you can see a better design these track controls work for Bluetooth and SD card playback only pity is that it cannot be recharged through USB anymore I don't know if they can enable it with some future update I hope so because if you don't have any charger you can still charge it or maybe even with some solar panel if you are outside otherwise you will need the the power brick so yeah not sure if it's really worth nearly twice the price of the original sound blaster roar - I prefer the I will go also because you have lots of adjustments with the with the app the sound blaster one doesn't have any app and it looks a bit I don't know you see this as if it was not ready or if it was not finished or if something was missing here you have the protective covers so yeah it's definitely the better speaker although the Sun blaster or $4.99 is not bad both are more - sounding what I would say and not really boosted so don't expect any miracles although the iron or gold really can can impress with some adjustments like I'll show you with the app so if you increase based slightly and increase treble as well you get this nicer sound although you are missing therapies so base adjustment at low levels is only available with roar but you cannot enable role together with equalizer which is a pity also there is some stronger distortion at levels around half with particular tracks I will demonstrate you this with my with my full review later on which for example the Sound Blaster roar tool doesn't show to that amount because it doesn't for the bass is not as big as on the arrow go yeah for all those who are interested in hearing the new one against the old one may be thinking of an upgrade yeah I hope this was helpful I hope this could give you an insight about the higher goal it has more features better design slightly better tuning although still not perfect but yeah this is much cheaper therefore why not go for this one so yeah thanks a lot for watching I hope you liked it and see you in the next video have a nice time and bye