Help with speaker issue

Hmmm ….. this is just a guess based on my personal experiences.

I had the KANTO YU-5’s and KANTO subwoofer in a prior desktop PC rig, and then moved to a 2.1 TV audio “ C” system.
The speakers similarly suddenly f****d up royally, with no easy explanation , and no DIY fix available …. No matter what I tried .

These were powered active speakers now assessed as unfixable, and were simply pooched - full stop - with a claim for full brand new unit replacements were made through my dealer. Yes …. The faulty units were shipped back and were replaced with new units directly from KANTO under warranty. ( Thankfully the FUHBAR occurred while they were still under warranty ….)

TAKEAWAY:

These speakers can deliver a modest / yeoman class audio performance with an understanding that they are still just budget class ChiFi options with risks,. The incidence of failure is a harbinger that OEM/distributor warranties matters big-time,

A reality check is that. investing in budget class build ChiFi products to save a few bucks is an understood and assumed potential unit risk in general.

I sold off the KANTOs and replaced them with active TRIANGLE bookshelf speakers . The TRIANGLEs have a clear superior build quality and a discerning stepped up audio performance comparatively.IMO.

Good luck.

@akg_ca  Thanks for the reply. 

I contacted KANTO  and they said there's nothing they can do about it since the warranty has ended a long time ago. 

Obviously  I was willing to pay for the repair or at least find out what's wrong with it so I could take it to local audio repair shop or something but no help at all. Their response was simply the speaker is definitely not working properly but they had no repair center and unable to diagnose and that's was end of it. 

Oh well I guess I gotta look for a better quality speakers from now on. 

Thanks again for the response!

JK 

I would try an external DAC, small about $200. plug that into your Mac and go out from there....you can always use a better Doc then what comes inside the Mac

repairing it would likely exceed the cost of a new pair.... yes, it's cheaper to get another pair.

@smys1031

That’s disappointing but not surprising

the part that KANTO is minimizing is that the “odd” model number KANTO YU active speakers were the “first generation” (V1) models floated out there . The next generation V2 were “even number “ YU models…and so on.

ISSUE:

these Active speakers have a minimalist build Class D preamp and power amplifier built into one of the speakers, with a connecting speaker cable to the other stablemate passive speaker.

This “active” powered unit is generally not a repairable simply because:

- there are no serviceable repair parts for these YU models - its generally just swap-in and swap-out flimsy soldered mother boards built to the cheapest pricepoint .

- Just like with AVR’s, the OEM won’t carry spare replacement motherboards( (if they carry any MB’at all ….) for any unit other than the current model units still under warranty…. Full stop. As such, there are no spare parts YU-3 boards available, period for, old discontinued model YU3’ = and thus no pro tech can help you out . intuitively, having a tech Frankenstein-ing parts from another unit is time and cost prohibitive exceeding its FMV, if those pre-owned unit old model parts can even be sourced at all.

TAKEAWAY:

Discard and replace with an upgrade via different choice.

lol the funniest thing is, just now, the speaker made loud "pop" sound when turned on and it's completely dead now. It still powers on but no sound whatsoever.  

Thanks everyone for the inputs! I now know what to get on this black friday. 

Happy hunting it's happened to all of us

Go with Fluance next time ... 

Sadly, a bunch of cheaper self powered speakers get flaky.  I guess you really do get what you pay for.😕 when you see the markup on products it’s not surprising.  The manufacturer designed, built, designed the packaging and shipped their products for a dollar and makes money from each item sold. They set a list MSRP @ $2.  For the manufacturer to do all that for their wholesale price and shipping, they have to be using lower QQ and less expensive parts and labor.