Riva Audio is best known for its Bluetooth speakers,
but earlier this month, the company released its new multi-space
wireless speakers much later than originally planned. The WAND series is
comprised of two speakers: the Arena and the Festival.
Both include multiple ways to play music, including Wi-Fi, DDMS,
Spotify Connect, AirPlay, DLNA, Bluetooth, and Chromecast. The more
expensive Festival has an optical input, too. You can also distribute
analog inputs over Wi-Fi to other speakers. For comparison, Sonos only
works over Wi-Fi.
The larger Festival costs $499 while the Arena costs
$249. Because it’s smaller, the Arena is portable and can be bought with
an optional battery pack that Riva says should last for up to 20 hours.
(That figure likely changes at different volumes, but we have yet to
test it out.) It’s splash-resistant, too. A companion iOS / Android app
is available for controlling the speakers and customizing EQ settings.
So Riva made some intriguing speakers that we’re
definitely going to want to test, but what it says powers them is a
patented technology called “Trillium.” This apparently creates stereo
sound that fills a room. They achieve this through custom drivers on the
front and side of the speakers. Again, this technology is impossible to
vouch for when we haven’t actually tested the speakers, but the promise
of better audio always sounds like a great thing.
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