KantoYU Passive 4" Passive Bookshelf Speakers with 1" Silk Dome Tweeter | External Amplifier Required | Pair | Matte White

These passive speakers deliver big, rich sound despite their compact size. The audio is robust and well-balanced, with impressive clarity across the highs, mids, and lows. Whether it's rock, jazz, or anything in between, they make music sound full and immersive.Beyond performance, they also look sleek and modern, making them a great addition to any setup. If you're after powerful, high-quality sound in a stylish, space-friendly design, these speakers are a fantastic choice. Highly recommend!

Great speakers, definitely one of the best options in this price range. I bought these and the 5.25” versions for desk use. The 5.25” had a deeper bass response and sounded slightly fuller, but were slightly too big for my desk.Be aware that both speakers are rear-ported. If you plan to use these on a desk or very close to a wall, you may have issues with muddiness or “boomy” bass. Lower frequencies get amplified with rear-ported speakers the closer they are to the wall, so for my case I had to scoot them forward quite a bit. I also had issues with lower frequencies vibrating my desk, but a set of speaker stands helped this issue significantly. Kanto sells the S4 stands on Amazon which fit these speakers perfectly.Overall, great option for the price range. I would stray away from active speakers and go the passive route for ease of upgradability and longevity.

These are fantastic little speakers. We wanted something for our record player and receiver that were clean looking, small, passive, and most importantly, sounded great. These speakers delivered on all of that. They sound wonderful, they are the most minimal and clean speakers I’ve seen, and they work great as passive bookshelf speakers. I would highly recommend them, especially at this price. We also bought the stands and those are VERY well engineered and look fantastic too.I highly recommend this product.

These Kantos are paired with my loxjie a30 dac/amp for my computer setup. I needed speakers on the smaller size and these fit my situation. Considering the small 4in driver size, the bass quality and quantity fits my needs as I wanted a fairly neutral balance. I even eq'd the bass down a bit. These probably would be ok in a larger room setup, but I would go for the larger versions in that case. They are not overly bright which is what I also wanted. The loss of a star rating comes from the fit/finish. I got the white finish and fresh out of the box, there were "smudges" on the finish, almost like fingerprint marks. Also on the bottom of both speakers, the finish looks marred like they were installed on some sort of stand. I questioned if they were used, but overall the blemishes were minor and they sound fine, so I will be keeping them.

I was looking for better/newer desktop speakers for my 200K FLAC library with about $200 budget. I first tried Neumi BS5. It sounded good but after 2-3 weeks, I could hear crackling sound on high frequency strings, so I returned it for Micca RB42 since many recommend it. I loved its bass but its high frequency was not bright enough for me. Next, I tried Klipsch Promedia THX 2.1 but its high was way too bright and shallow. Finally, I decided to try Kanto YU4 Passive. I was not sure with it because there were not enough reviews online. Well well, its sound was just perfect to me. Clear and bright high/mid and sounded very rich. Good enough bass for many genres except for EDM/hiphop. Currently, I am using Kanto YU4 passive with Aiyima A07 pro amp and Yamaha yst-sw215 sub on my desktop and I love it!

Great desk speakers. Paired them up with a Fosi Audio BT30D. They could probably sound better with a nicer amp, like the newer Fosi models, or a Douk ST01 or Aiyima T9 or A07. But they work great, sound great, and fit well on my desk.

These are terrific for near-field listening! Paired with a Schiit Rekkr, I have more volume than I could use and they sound great!

I was looking for a good sounding but small set of desktop speakers and read a bunch of reviews on the Kanto YU passive 4" speakers. Since I have a pretty nice Schiit headphone DAC and amp, I thought I would add the speakers with the newly released Schiit Rekkr amp. I was a little worried that the Rekkr would not have enough power to drive the Kanto YU but I was worried for nothing. They sound plenty loud in my office and they have pretty good bass for their size. This setup is great for a desktop.