Moreover, the speakers support a plethora of inputs with RCA (with phono switch), 2x optical connectors and a 3. The album’s brighter textures made it possible to hear that the CD was just slightly smoother, and it left me more relaxed. Control your music, tone and more with the included remote control, and keep your music going all night long with the built-in USB charge port. The YU6 doesn’t have the most musical midrange, but it is refined, clear and balances instruments and vocals with aplomb.

It won’t replace a dedicated 10” home theatre subwoofer, in fact, the unit is very compact even for an 8” unit and physics cannot be overcome when it comes to the sheer displacement of air. Luckily, that cannot be said here, Kanto’s clean, minimalist designs are just the garnish atop solid acoustic tuning. It fills an important niche, seeking to augment a market consumed by convenience with traditional quality and style.Listeners with small to medium-sized rooms likely won’t have an issue here though those with more mixed media uses such as film and gaming in addition to those wanting to supplement a TV or home theatre setup will want to opt for a subwoofer.

If you look across Kanto's lineup of their YU speakers, you will see how all of them have a very similar look.

Then, cueing up the CDs on the Oppo and their ripped files on the Samsung tablet, I ran them simultaneously.