Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- YU2GW
- SKU:
- 5533124
to a friend
- Pros mentioned:Design
These should be used as satellite speakers only.
Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These speakers look beautiful, appear to be very high quality, and very well made. You will be very impressed by their appearance, the packaging was even impressive. When was the last time anyone mentioned the packaging of a product? It is definitely a high quality speaker and I wanted to love them, but if you are currently using good sub and sat system you will not be able to enjoy these speakers on their own without a subwoofer. I know that a 2.0 system will have a hard time matching a 2.1 system but since my current 2.1 computer speaker system is 17yo and is 20w for the sub and 6w each sat, I thought that this $200 original price system with 25w each speaker would come a lot closer and look amazing on my computer desk with a piano black finish. I was wrong. I got this on sale for $150 with tax so why would I invest more to buy a sub, when I can just return them and buy the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 system for $150 before tax. I gave these speakers 2 stars on how beautiful they are and and the way they look on the desk and they would honestly be good satellite speakers. if you are not currently using sub and sat system wherever you would be using these speakers, and you mostly listen to music/watch movies on your headphones and not an actual home theater system then you will love these speakers. You will not know that the low to mid-low bass is missing. But if you really want get enjoyment from your music and movies get a sub to go with these or get a different system.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Kanto Living
Posted .Jason,
I'm happy to hear you appreciate the quality and design of our YU2's but I am sorry that they didn't live up to your expectations. We engineer our speakers to be accurate across the frequency range that they can faithfully reproduce. As you heard for yourself the 3 inch drivers on the YU2's cannot produce the bass that a subwoofer can. The frequency response of the YU2's is 80Hz – 20kHz which does not fall into sub-bass territory and is one of the reasons we include a subwoofer output on the rear of our speakers.
As you mentioned the YU2's are good satellite speakers with smooth midrange and natural sounding high frequency response. The build quality and cabinet are excellent and they have a wide soundstage. If you listen to the Kanto's and Klipsch's side-by-side you'll be able to hear the difference in sound quality, especially if you're utilizing the USB DAC built into the YU2's. With that being said we understand that there are 2.1 computer speakers that fall within the same price-range and may suit others better especially if one is seeking the tactile sound that a subwoofer provides.
Contact us directly if you have any additional questions or need our help with anything. Our email is support@kantoliving.com and at the end of the day we want to make sure you’re happy. Thanks!
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