No annoying sound or light notifications - just an on and off noise, a chirp to let you know you are connected to a device, a tiny power on light, and 3 tiny lights that indicate battery levels

After playing music for a little while they developed a hissing noise so pronounced that it made them virtually unusable

Most Bluetooth AD2P compresses audio from the source and decompresses it at the sink (Speaker or BT Headset), so you lose audio quality from normal Bluetooth, as well as gain background noise

http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=710486High sound quality is important to me; the hissing noise at low volumes greatly detracts from this otherwise fantastic product.

Creative > UE > BoseBackground Noise Performance: Creative

However, since I acquired the second Roar, I noticed my first Roar make a funny chirping noise sometimes when I restart the computer where the second Roar was connected to.

When you connect via bluetooth there is a very noticeable white noise ( static noise ) when no audio is being played

he loves the siren noise to attract attention

However, the hiss on the Roar 2 is much, much less audible than say, my Jawbone Big Jambox, which has a (subjectively) very audible noise to me, especially in quiet environments with music at low-volume

but if you are camping or stuck somewhere and in need of a loud noise...

The loud noises.

I was so impressed that I quit working for a while just to enjoy what I

Fantastic!I was *this close* to ordering another compact speaker (rhymes with rose) when I happened upon a review for this little beast

I’ll cover the basics, and will just assure you that whatever question you might have will almost certainly be covered in the well written user’s manual

The Sound Blaster Roar SR20A has got to be one of Creative’s stellar flagship devices at this time