Kanto TUK Powered speakers with Bluetooth (Matte Black)

Kanto’s flagship powered speakers

You never know when a great idea is going to hit you. The concept for TUK speakers came to Kanto’s owner while he was motorcycling on Canada’s remote Tuktoyaktuk highway. The folks at Kanto sum the experience up this way: “It’s a place where the colorful and dramatic dance of the Aurora Borealis offers a thrilling experience — one we’ve sought to emulate with sound.”

Each speaker features a highly accurate Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter and a 5″ aluminum woofer in a ported enclosure. The end result is visually striking and sonically impressive — Kanto is proud to call them their flagship line of speakers.

Smart signal processing and selectable low-pass filter

TUK features integrated digital signal processing (DSP) to optimize audio quality and reproduce sound with greater accuracy. And when you enable the active low-pass filter, it sends frequencies below 80 Hz directly to a connected subwoofer.

Handy wired connections

I love being able to plug all of my gear into my powered speakers, and TUK delivers on that score. There’s a Toslink digital optical input on the back for connecting a CD player or TV. A Type-B USB input lets you play music files from a connected computer.

For analog junkies, there’s a stereo analog RCA input and a dedicated phono stage for connecting a turntable. Plus, there’s a front-mounted 3.5mm headphone output for private listening.

And if you want — or even need — a little more bass, there’s a subwoofer output on the back.