TUK

I love Kanto. I have a pair of Oras in my office and a pair of TUKs in my bedroom. Awesome speakers.

I got the same Kanto TUK speakers. I LOVE them.

I love my Kanto speakers too! I recently upgraded my living room from Kanto TUK to Martin Logan XT B100, and honestly I prefer the sound of the TUK. I just wish Kanto made a louder TUK. I have the Kanto yu2 as desktops and those are nice too.

Kanto Tuk is worth considering. Build in phono stage, so you won't need the Mani. Easily hooks up to your tv as well. Speakers are powered, and include Bluetooth. They will sound fabulous in your space!

OP is ignoring this so I'll answer. I have Bifrost/Jot2 with LS50 Metas driven by an Vidar. Paired with an SVS SB-2000Pro at my desk. Using a PC as my source running lossless through Roon (massive difference) I am super happy with this setup. I've been through a bunch of setups over the years from A

I have several Kanto speakers and none of them arrived broken or damaged and I'm listening to a pair of TUKs right now as I type this. It sucks that this happened after you had waited so long. Get in touch with Kanto support, I'm sure they'll send out a replacement straight away. My experience with

I haven't listened to the Kanto ORA4 and ORAM. I prefer the Kanto TUK over the Kantu Yu6. I would avoid the Edifiers as the 1700bt are less than 100usd where I'm at. Feels like a scam if you purchase it for more than 200usd.

Kanto TUK is worth considering

Get a powered set from Kanto. Either the YU6 or the TUK.

You're kind of trying to violate the laws of physics, which obviously isn't possible. You say you want good bass without a subwoofer (absolutely possible), but also want small speakers. You've got to give one of those up. Do keep in-mind that the performance of a set of speakers is extremely depende