We can only hope that bringing extra Riva speakers into a multi-room mix won’t spoil app stability, however at this time multi-room functionality (that is, the ability to group and simultaneously control multiple Riva speakers around a household) is on the Concert’s ‘coming soon’ list. But credit to Riva, and to borrow a Steve Jobs adage, “it just works”. The Riva app is more functional than fancy – scrolling through media server libraries is in list form, which can be fairly wearisome when they are thousands of songs strong. Offline connectivity also justifies the existence of Riva’s optional Arena battery pack, which offers 15 hours playback on the fly – plenty of juice for even the most hardcore summertime picnic-er. So while you miss out on the built-in access to other streaming services such as Apple Music, Tidal and Deezer, the Riva can at least play their catalogues via Bluetooth.
Internet down? Then you have 3.5mm and USB (the latter is also a charging port) inputs in addition to Bluetooth. Streaming services span Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited and TuneIn Radio, with Airplay, as well as DLNA for streaming networked files (up to 24-bit/192kHz) stored on a media server, also available over WiFi.
The whole process is only as long as it takes to make a brew.įrom there, you have a choice of music sources. Power up the Concert, and once you’ve downloaded and opened the Riva Voice app (free from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store), the in-app set-up instructions are intuitive and grandparent-proof.
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