Kanto YU2MB PC Gaming Desktop Speakers | 3" Composite Drivers | 3/4" Silk Dome Tweeter | Class D Amplifier | 100 Watts | Built-in USB DAC | Subwoofer Output | Pair | Matte Black

I’m so in love with these speakers! Size & Style: The size is exactly what I needed to fit my desk setup. Small enough to fit around and between my screens. They’re positioned around a 27” monitor for scale. Wasn’t expecting to find quality speakers that matched my colour theming perfectly either so I’m insanely hyped about the look of these! They’re beautiful in person, well made, stylish and cute, with a beautiful finish. Sound: Great sound. It was pretty much what I expected from a speaker of this price point. It’s not blow-your-mind fantastic, but it sounds pretty damn nice, perfect for your day-to-day desk audio needs. If this is what you can afford and you like the look, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Setup: I’ve never set speakers like these up before tbh, I’ve been living in headsets and headphones for a long time, but Ive been wearing my headsets and headphones less and less lately and wanting a way to listen to good quality music outside of my headphones. The instructions in the manual were easy to follow, most of it you didn’t really need a manual for, just common sense, though I did bring up a Yu4 YouTube tutorial for the speaker cables. I’m sure they’re not a dissimilar setup to other similar desk speakers.

I had these for about three weeks (read on!) and they were excellent. The sound quality and particularly the sound staging was fantastic. Set up on my corner desk as far apart as the desk would allow and then angled up slightly, it was very absorbing just listening to different music on these. They are - roughly - about the size of four paperback books stuck together so could fit into most spaces and on my corner desk they did not overtake the space. I bought the angled stands that go with these but they don't angle up enough and so I ended up putting a piece of rubber under that as well so they were directed towards my ears. The only reason I ended up returning these was that I had been after some Bowers & Wilkins MM1s which came up on eBay (as they are no longer available new). I bought the MM1s and then spent more than an unhealthy amount of time comparing them to the YU2s. Initially I thought - 'damn' - as the YU2s sounded a lot better than the MM1s in terms of sound staging - much better in fact. But the MM1s came back strongly on styling, form factor on the small desk and particularly bass. Back to back, some tracks sounded slightly better - or at least different - on the MM1s and some on the YU2s. Bass though was no comparison and the YU2s sounded bass 'non-existent' compared to the MM1s. If I could have kept both YU2s and the MM1s I would have for different types of music but, space, and wanting to just pick one, made me go with the MM1s. If you get the YU2s and then get their small sub then I think you would have a fantastic desk system. You never know, I made do this in the future anyway and put the MM1s somewhere else! Even if you just get the YU2s - and don't compare them to anything else which has some bass - you will still be very, very happy sitting at your desk!

I was looking to buy a pair of sleek desk speakers and was deciding between these and the Audio Engine A2. I went for these because the walnut design matched my desk aesthetic. I’m super pleased I did because the build quality is great, they look great and sound great. Be warned though that the powered speaker is the left one so it’s something to be aware of if you’re planning your cable management under your desk depending on where your power sockets are. I had to move the speakers as I initially wanted to right speaker to be the powered one but then my audio was flipped. Not a huge deal but something to be aware of. I’d still definitely recommend them.

Overall, good speakers for the price. Compact, so the will fit on the desktop without dominating it. Sound quality is good for the price, though top end is disappointing. Perfect for speech, games etc. If you want to listen to music then a bigger speaker would probably be more suitable. The only disappointing element is the on/off/volume control which is on the back of the speaker - mounting it on the front would have been better. 27/11/21 Update. Having purchased the Kanto speaker stands, these have made a worthwhile improvement to the overall sound by tightening the bass response.

Brilliant speakers !!.. researched these before my purchase and watched YouTube video on them .. and they did not disappoint.. ordered for my son as his new gaming monitor had no speakers .. they match his walnut desk .. sound is good .. may buy the stands to stop any vibration.. but in all a good buy

Amazing sound, I have tried many others speakers, I am using for near field on desktop, the sound is perfect for this scenario, I tried the bigger one yu4, but the bass sounds muddy, and needs equalization, the yu2 on the other hand was projected for this scenario, the projection of the stereo is excellent, and the sound gets centralized, it is great when you have a dac, amp and speakers in one device, that is the case of the yu2 The bass is more than enough for me, and if you need more there is a sub out I just felt that overall I really I don't need more than this to listen good music while working on my pc I have tried before, yu4, cheap creative speakers, q acoustic i20

Great speakers haven’t tried the onboard DAC as I use a separate. Won’t get tons of bass but mid and top excellent. Paired with suitable sub overall sounds are great. Love the finish as well.

great desktop speakers, small stylish and they pack a real punch. I was happy with the speaker sound from my Mac until i plugged these in. The audio separation is excellent for speakers that only sit about 3ft apart, the sound quality is very impressive. If I could have one thing different it woudl be to have the on/off/volume button knob on the front of the unit and not at the back, it can be just a little fiddly when wanting to turn them on or off. The volume is controlled from the keyboard once the master volume has been set with the knob. This knob on the back placement isnt restricted to Kanto, other manufacturers I looked do the same thing. This in no way detracts from how good these speakers are and how pleased I am with them though. Overall a superb pair of speakers for my desktop