Kanto TUK Powered Speaker with Headphone Out | Built-in USB DAC | Dedicated RCA with Phono Pre-amp | Bluetooth | AMT Tweeter | 5.25" Driver | Pair | Matte Black

Not a bluetooth speaker, not a hi-fi system but something in-between. I tested out the TUK vs the Klipsch 5's and the Audio Engine HD6 - and liked the TUK most of all. I tested them with a turntable, bluetooth, and USB connected to a laptop streaming high-res files from amazon music HD. Klipsch 5's -- Bass was loose and rambling and just way too loud. At low to moderate volumes, they sounded good. Attached to a Audio Technica LP60 turntable, the Klipsch 5's sounded better than the TUK when using the Klipsch's built in phono amp. Overall the Klipsch's did just OK on vocals and brass instruments. The fives look really good. After I returned them, it seemed like I maybe needed to update the firmware to allow for a different bass settings --- these things should have some tone control built in. TUK -- These really sounded pretty descent. Very clear, and the bass was far more musical than the Klipsch. The ribbon tweeters had a high-end quality to them. At high volumes, the TUK started to wear out. The phono amp was good, but maybe a small notch behind the Klipsch, as the klipsch had a nice "warmness" to them. I did NOT try to pair these with a Sub, but doing so would have made these an awesome little stereo. If you live in an apartment having these with a sub connected to a TV plus a turntable would make you very happy. My comments above don't quite tell the whole story, but the TUK's (in my opinion), are a real step up from the Klipsch's and the audio engine hd6. Audio Engine HD6. These also sounded good, but lack a phono amp. After many hours of listening, I decided that these are meant to a computer speaker that you don't crank up much. Sound quality was just below the TUK's from what I could judge. They lacked much of a soundstage. TUK's are great speakers enough to fill most living rooms. Just wish they looked a little cooler. BTW - I ended up spending $5K on a somewhat more proper hifi system. For simple set-ups, I would suggest either the TUK at 799 plus the sub for 289 for $1,100 spring 2021 or the KEF ls50 W for $2,500 and see if high-res streaming works for you on the KEF's. (I did not include the KEF's in my write up. since the above three are at a similar price point)

These things sound amazing, and punch above their pay grade. I can hear things I have literally not heard before in songs or games. The tweeters produce *crisp* vocals that make me feel like the person is right in front of me. I am using these as computer speakers and I am in love. I bought a S8 sub to go with it and enabled the cross over and I think everyone who has the money should do this. The ONLY cons I can think of: * They really are HUGE - I had to rearrange my entire desk to get these to fit. * No Bluetooth 5.x * No app / wireless functionality I didn't care about any of those things so I am giving it 5 stars. I just wanted the best sounding speakers for a thousand bucks or so and I got what I wanted.

fantastic set of bookshelves speaker, controls are fully accessible in the front, it even comes with a remote. for this price point, sound is simply marvelous and it packs quite a punch for the form factor. easily my best audio purchase of 2025. a perfect pair to my pro-ject debut TT. on top of that, its canadian !

When they play, performance is 11/10. But why do they go into standby after only a minute of silence, and take 10 seconds to start up when sound begins? Sometimes when I plug in my headphones it'll take 10 seconds to adjust before I hear sound, while other times I have to cycle through every connectivity option before hearing anything. More inconvenient than any other speaker system I've owned.

First off, I was skeptical about bass from small speakers. I was pleasantly surprised how good the bass is. Short of wall shaking (you need a dedicated sub for that), I have no complaints. Now for the cons, seems most review don't really talk about the little things. It comes with a remote that allows you to set extra settings like bass/treble/bluetooth/led. If you lose the remote, you won't be able to set most of those settings anymore. If you turn your speakers off (rural power, save energy, power blips etc.) you lose all your settings including your source input. No knobs to hard preset volume/bass/treble (only remote). It goes into standby mode by default (after 30mins no audio), but it doesn't seem to wake up when playing audio again (at least not in optical source mode), have to press knob or a button on the remote. I contacted Kanto support, seems all that is by design in general for their models. Boo! Not sure how hard it would be to save settings. Seems every other vendor can do it just fine from dirt cheap ones to uber expensive ones. Minus one star for all the cons. Work around was to connect the speakers to my battery backup, should be good for power blips.