Kanto YU4MB Powered Speakers with Bluetooth and Built-in Phono Preamp | Auto Standby and Startup | Remote Included | 140W Peak Power | Pair | Matte Black

I originally bought Vanatoo Zero. They are great for imaging but the vibration and passive radiator along with the weird form factor added up returning them. I am old guy and I've had expensive, quality stuff. I need to down-size and "down-cable" at a smaller work station. I was ready to go to Kanto Tuk but it's too big for my desktop. So I have the YU4 now. I am very happy with them. They sound better all the time; actually blooming to my ears. The form factor is subtle and acceptable. The bass is not going to kick your ass but if you expect something this size to do that you have a bigger problem than low bass response. The are clear and the imaging is good...not great, but good. They are versatile, well-made and have great features...except there should be a usb input. For me they are keepers. I was also close to KEF lsx ii but why spend that kind of money? For desktop sound at enjoyable volume you aren't going to get better. These few morons that complain about noise probably have trouble with light switches. There is 0 noise, and all the input sources work great. Great product at a reasonable price.

I absolutely love these Kanto 4U4 speakers and am shocked they aren't more popular. Not only do they look sleek, they have every single input you could need including a phono pre-amp, two optical inputs, a sub out, bluetooth, stereo, and aux! I also love the volume knob being on the front. I use them as TV speakers in my bedroom and have programed my smart learning Sideclick remote to control the volume on these seamlessly. They auto turn on when the TV turns on and plays audio! The sound profile isn't flat like studio monitors but they are honestly really perfect for music or tv listening. These things are basically sound bar killers! I added a Chromecast Audio to the back and can power it using the USB power output on the speaker! Most versatile speakers I could find and are honestly really affordable for what they can do.My only negative is that the IR sensor on the front is not sensitive at all and sometimes has trouble picking up the remote when I'm trying to change the volume. You need to be directly pointing the remote straight on to the left speaker for it to pick up. Annoying at times but everything else makes up for it plenty.Also, I diy mounted these to the wall and did a poor job. Long story short, I messed up and they fell down hard but they haven't skipped a beat and work perfectly.

I was looking for a pair of speakers to replace a set of computer speakers I've been using in our bedroom for many years. The existing 2.1 Altec Lansing speakers sounded pretty good, but there was no balance control, and the volume adjustment was on one of the speakers itself, so I had to keep the speaker within reach on the night stand which took a lot of real estate.So I was looking for a good sounding speaker system which was bluetooth and had a remote control.I was initially looking for a Bose solution since I have a few different Bose speakers and I think they sound really good, but sadly they don't seem to make a solution like this, and the bose store wanted to sell me two of their $400 360 degree speakers which I could play in stereo via a phone app, but not from a computer, so I wasn't into that solution.So, my initial reaction to these is that they sound very good. I won't say they are "Amazing", because my little Bose Soundlink mini is amazing because it sounds about as good as this, but it's a sixth of the size and runs on a battery. They have a lot of bass which is fully adjustable, and they sound very full and I'm very happy with how they sound. They can get pretty loud, even though that's not really what I got them for.So, bottom line, I would recommend these to anybody who was comfortable spending the money for them to get a speaker which is going to sound better than your typical low end speaker.I do have three cons about them however...The speakers have an Auto Power Down (APD) feature which you cannot disable which causes them to shutdown after 15 mins of no signal detected to save power. It also has an Auto Power Up (APU) feature which detects a signal and turns them back on. This would ordinarily be a great feature, but the APU doesn't work with bluetooth, so I am unable to use it like I did before where I just turn on my notebook and the music is on, I must hit the power button on the speakers. Not a big deal, but disappointing.The other issue is that the "main" speaker, much like lots of other bluetooth devices on the market, has a fairly bright blue light denoting an active bluetooth connection, as well as a not that dim bluish white light which denotes that it is on. This probably won't affect most people interested in these speakers, but if you want them for your bedroom like I do, they are bright enough to bother you when you're trying to sleep. Happily, I have faced this issue before and I covered it with window tint, which doesn't appear to affect the remote control function, so all is well in the world.There is no dust cover included (or available as far as I know). Some mention of this was made in other reviews and a lot of people replied saying how "cool" these speakers look and that a dust cover might interfere with their good looks, but quite frankly I assume that most people care more about what they sound like rather than what they look like, and I'm afraid that in a few months that there's going to be dust all over the speakers which is a bit of a shame. If you care more about what your speakers look like, you should probably just just buy something from Kmart...So I didn't remove any stars for any of these because it probably wouldn't affect most people, but I thought they were worth mentioning...So overall, a very nice set of speakers.