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Kanto

Colourful powered bookshelf speakers with built-in phono stages

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Kanto Audio is a Canadian audio company founded in 2007, with a design studio in Vancouver. It makes powered and passive bookshelf speakers — the Yu series, the Tuk and the Ora desktop speakers — along with subwoofers, speaker stands and turntable accessories, and is known for building phono preamps and many colour finishes into affordable powered speakers.

Founded: 2007

Hi-Fi Speaker$450 / pair

Kanto ORA4

A small desk pair with big imaging and a measured-smooth response — heard as neutral by most reviewers, warm or muddy by a vocal minority, and fussy about toe-in.

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Hi-Fi Speaker$580 / pair

Kanto YU6

Kanto's plug-in-everything living-room pair: clean, loud and beautifully finished for most, but with a measured midrange dip, a bass that depends on the room, and standby and hiss habits some owners can't forgive.

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Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated; speaker prices are for a pair.

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