🎶 Enhance Your Listening Experience with the RIVA ARENA Smart Speaker: Compact Wireless & Multi-Room Music Streaming with Voice Control via Google Assistant (Black) Review

Riva manages to deliver excellent sound quality with this small arena speaker. Riva's device management app is boring and shouldn't be used. My biggest complaint is Bluetooth (or lack thereof). I actually returned the Sonos speaker set in preference to the Arena as Riva touts Bluetooth connectivity for this speaker. I tried a total of 4 different devices and none of them stayed connected for more than a few minutes. Riva's website claims there is a problem with my phone or tablet trying to…

I bought this speaker at the end of August 2019 to replace the UE Boom that my roommate took with me Has. Initially I was very happy with the sound quality and speaker connections. After about 3 months I noticed that the REPEAT speaker lost connection temporarily. This happened on both a WiFi and Bluetooth connection. Weekends of leisurely cleaning the apartment turn into the need to constantly adjust the speaker's location. I am a recent graduate and my apartment is by no means large. Also…

As an IT professional, I've somewhat ignored reviews where people have had issues with this model and WiFi. Huge mistake. When delivered, there were no problems setting up the Google Home app. However, once complete, the device will only work for 2-3 minutes before the WiFi goes down, stopping the flow. Disconnecting and reconnecting was the only way to reconnect it, which got connected every time. With my experience in IT I can say that it is the device and not my WLAN. It was 3ft from the…

Two out of three devices are working properly; This review focuses on the newest device and the TERRIBLE customer support. When I set up and switched on the third Riva Arena for the first time, everything was fine. One day, about a month after purchase, it started making both static noise and music. I did a factory reset and when connected to Wi-Fi there was a huge blast of static electricity. The music flowing through him was still static. I've tried moving it to another location with no…

We ordered these speakers for our office, so we ordered 6 pieces in total. We chose them over Sonos because we've read that the sound quality is better. I've read reviews that some of them have failed but figured we could work with their support team if that happens. Of course, two of them failed within 2 months. The reason they fail is because when turned on they stop playing music and randomly turn off after 30 minutes. We contacted their support team and sent them back. It took them several…

Update: Added mounting screw size to title as I couldn't easily find it on Riva's website when I ordered the mount. I asked Riva for information. You reacted quickly. This is a quality speaker that works well. The sound quality is of course objective, but in my opinion it sounds great. You should really set your expectations accordingly. This is a small speaker so of course there are physical limitations. However, I find that it has a more powerful sound than its size would suggest. It does a…