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Well if you want portabliity that is quickly connecting to tv or desktop than go for Kanto Yumi otherwise go for AudioEngine A5+,if you end up choosing Kanto Yumi please let me know how is it's audio quality.

Glad I went with the Yumi's. The quality is excellent. This is probably the clearest sound I've ever heard. The functionality is great too. The Bluetooth works great, and I use the remote a lot. The adjustable bass and treble is nice.  They do get very loud too. They are in my room (which is very big for a bedroom) and I cant even max them out, unless I never wanted to hear again.

 

Im not an audiophile so im not sure how the lows/mids/highs compare to others but it sounds great to me. Very full clean sound. Overall I would give these a 10/10 thouth

 

I have them paired with a 100W sub from a sony home theater system and I sounds killer. Will definitely be busting these out for parties at our house. 

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So im looking to get some good powerful speakers. I am stuck between the Audioengine A5+ and the Kanto Yumi.

I am leaning toward the A5+'s currently. They are a higher wattage and can get louder, which might be good to use for a party or something. They also seem to have a very good reputation. The Yumi's have more features though like bluetooth and a better remote.

They will mostly be sitting on my desk plugged into my computer though so im not sure how much of a benefit the bluetooth or higher wattage would be.

 

The Kanto Yumi's are on sale on Massdrop right now for $240 at the lowest price. The A5+ is $400 on amazon :(

I am not sure if i should wait to see if the A5+ goes on sale on massdrop again (or somewhere else), but I dont want to wait forever. $160 is a lot to save. Can anybody vouch for either of these speakers?

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i would wait to get the A5+ because they always have a good sale on massdrop. thats whee i got my A2+

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Yumi's seem to have more features. I can attest to the A5+'s sound quality but I can't with the Yumi's.

 

I'd say get them, $240 isn't a bad deal.

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is 30 Watts per channel plenty of power?

Yes, that's very loud considering at 1 watt they hit 87 db.

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Yes, that's very loud considering at 1 watt they hit 87 db.

 

It is all relative.

 

Kanto's quoted specs aren't very reliable (they are conflicting). Computing at its claimed 6 ohm nominal impedance and 2.83V sensitivity measurement, it tells us that the 87dB measurement was likely in the vicinity of 1.335W. It also does not mention the measurement frequency (I assume 1kHz), and if it was an anechoic chamber measurement or an in-room measurement. The THD measurement may also only be for the built-in amplifier (0.7% rating).

 

Let's assume that you'd be using them from a meter away and that your listening area has acoustics similar to Kanto's measurement setup. 30W can get you about 13.5dB (dB scale referenced to 1.335W) of headroom over 87dB (without power compression or other non-linearities), if the resulting distortion (from amp and speaker) is acceptable to you. This is good for peaks upto 100.5dB at 1kHz, which is indeed quite loud. If we follow a crest factor of 20dB (for dynamics), then a safe nominal listening volume for these speakers would be 80.5dB. That is 4.5dB below THX reference level, but few people actually go for 85dB nominal for extended periods (a lot actually stay in the 75-80dB region).

 

If you don't crank the speakers to reference levels or do not use it from afar, it should have more than enough capacity. That's why I said that it is all relative. This pair could play louder than many PC speakers, so some may say that it's plenty. Someone used to a reference theater system or even a public address system could find it weak, on the other hand.

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Would it get really loud in a bedroom?

 

That depends on what loud is for you. How far do sit from these speakers?

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is 30 Watts per channel plenty of power?

 

The A5+ have 50W per channel.

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Good analysis mate!!! Really interesting.

 

And yes, it all depends. We recently used 900W per channel for an open air event at my school...Very different use case...

 

Both speaker options in question should be loud enough if that is the concern.

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Thanks guys. I think i will go with the Kanto's since they are a lot cheaper and have bluetooth. They will mostly be used at my computer in my room so I guess they will suffice.

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So im looking to get some good powerful speakers. I am stuck between the Audioengine A5+ and the Kanto Yumi.

I am leaning toward the A5+'s currently. They are a higher wattage and can get louder, which might be good to use for a party or something. They also seem to have a very good reputation. The Yumi's have more features though like bluetooth and a better remote.

They will mostly be sitting on my desk plugged into my computer though so im not sure how much of a benefit the bluetooth or higher wattage would be.

 

The Kanto Yumi's are on sale on Massdrop right now for $240 at the lowest price. The A5+ is $400 on amazon :(

I am not sure if i should wait to see if the A5+ goes on sale on massdrop again (or somewhere else), but I dont want to wait forever. $160 is a lot to save. Can anybody vouch for either of these speakers?

Well if you want portabliity that is quickly connecting to tv or desktop than go for Kanto Yumi otherwise go for AudioEngine A5+,if you end up choosing Kanto Yumi please let me know how is it's audio quality.

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The A5+ have 50W per channel.

I thought 75,but i stopped looking at w long before.There are so many other features that factor in audio quality.Time of me fooled by 1000 w home theater speakers is over.

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I thought 75,but i stopped looking at w long before.There are so many other features that factor in audio quality.Time of me fooled by 1000 w home theater speakers is over.

 

Yes wattage does say nothing about sound.

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Well if you want portabliity that is quickly connecting to tv or desktop than go for Kanto Yumi otherwise go for AudioEngine A5+,if you end up choosing Kanto Yumi please let me know how is it's audio quality.

Glad I went with the Yumi's. The quality is excellent. This is probably the clearest sound I've ever heard. The functionality is great too. The Bluetooth works great, and I use the remote a lot. The adjustable bass and treble is nice.  They do get very loud too. They are in my room (which is very big for a bedroom) and I cant even max them out, unless I never wanted to hear again.

 

Im not an audiophile so im not sure how the lows/mids/highs compare to others but it sounds great to me. Very full clean sound. Overall I would give these a 10/10 thouth

 

I have them paired with a 100W sub from a sony home theater system and I sounds killer. Will definitely be busting these out for parties at our house. 

My PC: http://imgur.com/a/WPYx8

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