YU6

I looked into the Kanto TUK when I was getting the YU6 and there were too many negative opinions on the high end 'brightness' essentially saying it would start to be painful... so I just got the YU6 as a stop gap whilst I found some R3's (there was no way I was going to pay anywhere near retail on R

Depends on your budget and size, but Kanto Yu4 or Yu6 are good. You can also get a receiver(with Bluetooth compatibility) and get two powered speakers.

I have those already so asked the Ai for the difference, here's what it said: Here’s a straight comparison between the KEF LSX II LT speakers you’re looking at from Costco and the Kanto YU6 powered bookshelf speakers — to help you decide which sounds better for your needs: 🔊 Sound Quality & Performa

As the Behringer UFO is giving you line out a pair of Edifier powered speakers from $100 might provide more bass and a better stereo. Going for Edifier r1280bs with the option of adding a sub-woofer might be sufficient and affordable whilst not increasing the clutter. Going for Klipsch the Fives whi

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

Doubtful. Cheapest speakers I know of that would sound decent and fit your requirements of an optical would be from Kanto. Look at the YU4 or YU6. The ORA gets good reviews for a little less, but have usb in and not optical. YU 4 cost a bit under $500 and can be found on sale for about $360-400 in c