Kanto YU2

Powered Desktop Speakers - Pair - Matte Black

Kanto YU2

Powered Desktop Speakers - Pair - Matte Black
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Overview

Design

The Kanto YU2 is the smallest speaker in the family of compact YU speakers. The YU2 uses a 3” composite material woofer and a ¾” silk dome tweeter. The YU2 is available in a variety of colors, including bamboo, gloss black, gloss white, matte black, and finally matte white. We don’t think you will have any trouble finding one that fits your style!

Features & Technology

The YU2 makes a perfect desktop speaker. On the back, you’ll find a mini-plug aux input, and a USB input to handle the USB out from a computer or laptop. It comes with the cables and speaker wire, so setup is a breeze.

This has a small DAC (digital to analog) converter built-in, which converts the signal to analog and passes it directly onto the built-in amp. This is a very clean and simple signal path.

If you are unfamiliar with connecting up via USB, it is a great way to port sound from your computer to an audio system. Your computer will send a pure digital signal out of its USB connection, while the other end plugs into the back of the Kanto YU2.

Front view of a pair of Kantu YU2 powered speakers with Bamboo finish available at audioadvice.com.
Rear view of a pair of Kanto YU2 Powered Speakers in Bamboo finish available at audioadvice.com.

Performance

Standing alone, the YU2 produces a very nice warm sound, but as you would expect, due to the small size, it is lacking in bass. Luckily, the YU2 has a subwoofer out, allowing you to add one of the Kanto subwoofers (the SUB6 is only $249) to fill out the bottom end.

If you plop these on your desk as an upgrade to your built-in computer speakers or something from a big box store, however, you should undoubtedly notice a huge improvement -- even without the sub.

All and all, for a little over $200 a pair, this is a great little speaker value to improve your computer sound or to connect up to a turntable with a phono stage built-in.

  • Silk Dome Tweeters

    YU2 features 3/4" silk dome tweeters to deliver clear crisp highs.

  • Composite Drivers

    The 3" composite drivers provide distortion-free, mid-range and bass tones - surprising performance for such a small speaker.

  • Inputs & Outputs

    Use the AUX input with the included Kanto 3.5mm cable to connect any device with a headphone jack to your YU2. Lighten the load on your computer's CPU by connecting directly to YU2's built-in DAC via a USB cable for a fully digital, high-quality audio connection. If you want a little more kick, connect a powered subwoofer to the SUB OUT port.

  • Rear Bass Port

    YU2 has a rear bass port that has been carefully designed and tuned to eliminate port turbulence while extending bass response.

  • Knurled Binding Posts

    The speaker connection from left to right uses high-quality knurled binding posts. This standardized wiring system allows you to trim the included premium speaker wire to the desired length or purchase longer lengths for more versatility.

  • Accessible Volume Knob

    Tucked neatly out of the way at the top of your active speaker, the smoothly rotating knob doubles as a power switch.


Reviews

Customer Reviews

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Greg
Excellent!

Best speakers I've ever owned! Very happy with my purchase!

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Albert John
Beautiful, elegant and great sound

These were a it more expensive than I'd wanted to spend, but they are definitely good quality and have good sound to them. I don't know if these were new, though. The box for the power block was terribly damaged. The speakers themselves sound very good and have a bit of bass to them, but I'll probably end up getting a subwoffer later on to add to the sound these provide. Overall, I'd say these are good, especially as computer speakers.

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Dominick
Amazing Budget Speakers

Simple connection to your desktop/laptop with the ability to connect to your media that have a 3.5mm.
The added ability to have a subwoofer out is an additional plus for those who wants an added thump.
Overall sound are crisp with good high and mids. Bass are ok

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Rexie
Kanto YU2

Excellent craftsmanship and beautiful sound with matching stand. Kanto did a great job in manufacturing quality speakers and Audioadvice.com has good price and service!