It probably didn't happen this way, but I like to think the Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2, the sequel to the Sound Blaster Roar SR20 that blew me away in 2014, was conceived from a dare. The challenge? Put everything from the Sound Blaster Roar ? the five drivers, 6,000mAh battery, the SD card slot and a built-in microphone ? into a chassis 80% of the size. Oh, and do that without degrading sound quality, dropping a feature or radically increasing the price.