Easy to use, great quality
I bought this speaker for my living room setup, and I couldn’t be happier with the sound quality and easy set up.The bass is punchy without being muddy, vocals come through clearly, and the overall balance is just right whether I’m watching movies, playing music, or gaming. It gets loud enough to fill the entire room without any distortion.Build quality feels solid and high-end. Setup was straightforward, and the connection is reliable. It also looks sleek and modern—definitely not something I feel like I need to hide.If you’re looking for a speaker that sounds incredible and looks good doing it, this is a great buy. Highly recommend.

Great sound and great value
It has a well-constructed look and feel, heavy for it’s size, with a nice wrap-around grill, and has a solid feel to it. Top panel has the basics for buttons, and though it doesn’t have a true power switch, which I though was an issue at first, but it goes into standby and turns on quickly.A fair number of bluetooth speakers are either huge for an outdoor party, or small enough for your backpack, where this one fits that sweet spot of being the right size and looking nice in the house.Pros: Good sound and it has some serious volume for something that’s not actually that big.It has speakers on 3 sides, so it’s a good clear room-filling soundEasy setup (if you note the issue below) with AirPlay, regular Bluetooth, and a standard AUX-in, which is nice if you have anything older or just prefer a trusty hard-wired connection.Cons:The app (like other have noticed also) doesn’t do very much, with only a few choices for sound quality- none of which make a very noticeable difference, so I left it at the default settings and uninstalled it shortly afterwards.A note for the setup of the Airplay- the setup guide is confusing and will prevent you from connecting if you follow it literally:Just do the pairing setup like the directions and on your phone make sure you are connected to your regular WiFi network, and do NOT connect to that RIVA* network that shows up, and you will find the ‘Finish setting up your Airplay Device’ prompt at the bottom of the screen.

An impressive compact speaker
TLDR;Riva Arena is an impressive compact speaker that punches well above its weight in terms of sound fidelity and usability.For its size, Arena delivers quite detailed sound. The highs are crisp, the mids are smooth, and while the bass isn’t overwhelming, it is sufficient for most easy listening scenarios. When paired in a stereo setup, as I’ve done in my home office, the soundstage becomes well expansive for such small speakers, and creates a more immersive listening experience. I have paired it as group in Google Home, and I stream audio from YouTube Music and Spotify. However, Airplay on my mac does not recognize them as a pair, rather as L and R (the names I have configured).It also looks good and modern with its minimalistic design. Friends often underestimate how much sound and fidelity these 2 tiny units output.Since last 6 years, I have a Riva Festival as well. Everyone has just loved its sound. It is just amazing for small games, drinks, dinner parties. While the Arena excels for its size (study, bedside speakers), the Festival provides a more complete audio experience with deeper bass and greater room-filling capability. If budget and space allow, I would recommend buying a single Festival might be preferable for those seeking fuller sound without needing multiple units. If the need is just something smart looking, convenient for easy listening which you can stream out of phone you cannot go wrong with Arena.I started with a 4 star, up-ing it to 5 given its price-performance value.