RIVA FESTIVAL Smart Speaker Mid-Size Wireless for Multi-Room music streaming and voice control works with Google Assistant (White)

The RIVA Festival Wireless Multi-Room Speaker has a sleek and contained look, with a nice heft and smooth lines. The design is pleasing to the eye, and the entire unit looks well-constructed and elegant. The physical controls on the speaker are fairly intuitive and easy-to-use, along with an informative light to indicate the speaker status. The size is large enough for a strong sound projection, but easy to handle and compact, not bulky at all.The entire setup is very quick and easy. It’s basically as simple as plug and play. Google Home guides you smoothly through the process of connecting the device to the network. Connecting via Bluetooth, USB, and AUX works as well. RIVA has its own lightweight app to manage the playback, and the app’s controls are also very easy to operate. I was able to painlessly play music from a variety of libraries, including my local library and Spotify.The sound quality is excellent, and it carries well even far below full volume. Having tested the speakers outdoors and within various large rooms, it is safe to say that the RIVA’s sound is outstanding in a broad range of situations. Both bass and brass sound are well-defined on the RIVA, without any distortion. The speaker has produced exceptional sound with all the music that I have tested on it, on a level comparable to other much more expensive high-end speakers (Reference 3A, Made in France) that I own. I am very pleased with the RIVA and would highly recommend it to anyone--including audiophiles--looking for a high-quality wireless speaker.

Édit: WOULD NOT BUY. Seem to be out of business. No response from company, check the Facebook page in the community section to see all the complaints.Whilst the sound quality is good, the speaker would disappear on the Riva app stopping any remote control use. Whilst it could still be manually controlled it limited the ease of use. After a year, it no longer shows up on the app at all and cannot be connected to using Chromecast. Even after a factory reset it won't respond, which severely limits to functionality of this device, one of the main reasons it was purchased. I contacted their customer service on Jan 5, which states they will respond within 1 business day. Considering it is now 8th March I'm giving up on any response from them, even though I have tried numerous times since.The app is poor, the connectivity is unreliable, the customer support is non-existent but the sound quality is good.A shame as it had the promise of a Sonos rival.

Like other reviewers I am very impressed with the quality construction and sound production from the FESTIVAL. For larger rooms the sound fidelity is quite stunning for a speaker under $500. The factory settings can easily be tweaked via the RIVA app but the app is still a bit quirky as others have mentioned. I just used it to bump up the treble a bit to balance the amazing bass produced by this unit. However, you don't need the app to play music as the FESTIVAL can be controlled by a variety of ways, I currently just use Airplay on my iPhone and it's very easy and more stable.The packaging and construction of the FESTIVAL is similar to Apple's design approach and very reassuring. The wood construction must contribute to the rich tone achieved by the FESTIVAL which easily handles higher volumes without distortion. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the FESTIVAL and recommend RIVA to all my music friends.Like the smaller ARENA, there are multiple ways to deliver music either thru streaming, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, AUX, or USB inputs. This flexibility is great in this age of digital and resu

I searched long and hard looking for a powered tabletop speaker that could fill a kitchen with sound, and keep accurate sound detail even at higher volume levels and chose the Riva Festival. The Riva's Festial's sound was better than I could have hoped for. The frequency curve does sound accurate and flat without fake boomy bass. The speaker box is heavy and inert, which helps with loud and accurate sound reproduction and the 3 side array of active drivers makes the playback more immersive. Placement is important, and the unit will get a little more bass heavy if the passive radiators are right next to a wall, so I pulled my Riva a little bit away from the wall. I am using Chomecast Audio on 3 other systems and integrated the Riva without a hitch. I've only had the unit for several hours now but so far the stereo's and Riva have all stayed kept themselves in time and in sync during music playback. I played cool jazz and the horns sounded breathy and had presence, and were enjoyable to listen to without any ice-pick highs to deal with. I listened to classic hip-hop and rock and I was impressed at how low the bass response went on this speaker before it hit roll off. I haven't had this speaker long enough to say anything about it's reliability, but the unit is solid, substantial and appears to be well built.

Not good connections, wi-fi gets disconnected all the time and the app sometimes don't even see your speaker

After reading a lot of critics about connection issues, i was a little scared opening the box.As matter of facts, i had not troubles at all, my device was connected in few minutes (i tried bluetooth, googlecast and aux). The sound is excellent, even at low volume.The only criticism is about the physical controls and their color codes: i found impossibile to use them. Anyway it's not a big deal because the mobile app works just fine.

Cercavo un diffusore multiroom che avesse caratteristiche le più vicine ad un buon diffusore convenzionale Hi-Fi, e che fosse dotato di molteplici possibilità di connessione. Non ero interessato ne alla portabilità, ne all'alimentazione tramite batteria ne alle dimensioni particolarmente contenute (quasi 7kg), che limitano inevitabilmente l'escursione in gamma bassa. Dopo aver ascoltato i diffusori multiroom più papabili per me quali Audio Pro C10, Sonos Play 5, Marshall Stanmore e persino il carissimo Naim MU-SO QB, in tutta sincerità lo sconosciuto statunitense RIVA Festival è stato quello che per fedeltà della gamma, dal basso potente ma sufficientemente frenato e non invadente, il medio musicale che riproduce le voci con grande naturalezza e gli alti acuti ma mai gracchianti o fastidiosi, e per il volume di suono raggiungibile senza distorsioni davvero incredibile, ha fatto al caso mio con mia grande soddisfazione. La sua collocazione ad angolo, poi, non fa rimpiangere troppo l'ascolto stereo da due diffusori. Per non parlare della costruzione, sicuramente da prodotto premium. Andate a sentirlo suonare, unica pecca, se lo trovate in qualche sala d'ascolto.

Ich hab den Riva Festival nun genau ein Jahr und bin nach wie vor sehr zufrieden mit dem Lautsprecher.Vorher besaß ich eine Beolit 17. Daran störte mich, dass nur eine Verbindung via Bluetooth möglich war und somit immer neu aufgebaut werden musste. Zudem benutzte ich die Beolit 17 so gut wie nie im Akkubetrieb.Darauf hin schwankte ich wie vermutlich viele hier zwischen Sonos Play5 und Riva Festival. Ich muss sagen, dass mir rein subjektiv der Klang von Riva etwas besser gefallen hat. Deutlich kräftigerer Bass und wesentlich bessere Raumabdeckung. Der Riva bedient einen wirklich spürbar größeren Winkel. Den Bass habe ich über die App etwas reduziert, da der Lautsprecher bei mir direkt vor der Wand steht. Mein Wohnzimmer ist etwa 30qm groß und der Lautsprecher ist viel zu stark. Der Riva Festival lief wirklich noch nie über 50%.Weiterhin besitzt Riva eine viel bessere Konnektivität. Bei Sonos, wurde ich immer auf Airplay 2 vertröstet worauf ich dann aber nicht warten wollte. Ich bespiele die Anlage mit Macbook und iPhone. Vorm ersten Gebrauch ein mal die Riva Wand App runtergeladen um mit dem WLan zu verbinden danach wirklich nie wieder Probleme gehabt. Seit einem Jahr gehe ich einfach in iTunes oder Music beim iPhone und wähle den Riva Festival als Lautsprecher aus und es geht los. Das funktioniert bei mir wirklich perfekt.Kleiner Kritikpunkte ist evtl. eine fehlende Fernbedienung für den TV-Betrieb.Der wohl größte Vorteil zum Songs Play5 ist jedoch der Preis. Der Riva Festival ging glaube ich wie der Sonos bei 600€ los und wäre auch diesen Preis wert. Ich habe ihn vor einem Jahr für knapp 400€ ergattert und aktuell hat er sich bei unter 300€ eingependelt. Zu diesem Preis kann man wirklich nichts falsch machen. Beolit17 als auch Sonos5 kosten mehr und die schlägt der Riva Festival zweifelsfrei.Nobrainer würde ich also sagen;)Beste Grüße und viel spaß damit.

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