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I'm David carne from cnet.com and this is the turbo X a higher-end portable Bluetooth speaker from newcomer Reva audio it's one of the best sounding portable speakers currently on the market although it's pretty pricey at $350 the speakers design is elegant and straightforward but from the outside anyway it doesn't scream premium speaker that said it is splash proof thanks to a hidden rubber gasket on the bottom of the speaker that you can pull off and use to cover the ports on the back of the speaker it also has some nice bonus extras there's a proximity sensor that allows you to wave your hand over the speaker and have the sense touch buttons on top the speaker light up which comes in handy at night and a USB port on the back allows you to charge your smartphone or tablet additionally the speaker's equipped with a high-grade speaker phone it works well and there's app tech streaming for devices that support this feature apdex is supposed to make bluetooth streaming sound better but it's debatable how much of an impact it makes but more and more wireless speakers are offering it while fairly compact the speaker weighs in it 3.5 pounds or 1.6 kilograms it's got a lot inside as chassis and the folks from Revit out it's 45 watts of power and combination of three full range proprietary drivers plus four custom dual piston base radiators battery life is rated at an impressive twenty six hours and while the speaker doesn't come with a carrying case you can buy an optional one for $30 the speaker has a fairly neutral well balanced sound profile and as I said it sounds really good for what it is and shines compared to the competition at higher volumes most compact bluetooth speakers perform well at lower and mid level lines but when you crank things up the speaker restrains itself to keep from distorting and certain frequencies particularly the bass tend to get clipped not so with the turbo X it can play very loud and manage to sound full and retain good definition with minimal Distortion even when you crank it to 11 that's right in a nod to spinal tap you can use Rivas free ground control app for iOS and Android to engage the turbo mode and take the volume 211 giving you an additional seven decibels of sound it's a bit of a gimmick but hey the Bluetooth speaker market is crowded and at least the Riva manages to stand out from the pack a bit I just wish it cost a little less I'm David Conroy that's the Revo turbo X thanks for watching