I can't seem to find the answer to this... does it have a speaker like the HVX?

Yes -- it has a speaker under the LCD panel. See the third pic down from the top on this page:

http://www.dvinfo.net/canonxh/articles/images2.php

Thanks Chris.

Chris... your "articles" link is broken on that page... just a heads up.

Yeah, I know... *sniff* -- the entire content side of the site will be getting a facelift pretty soon, hopefully.