![]() The YU2’s are expensive for desktop speakers with no subwoofer. Or turn the set into the a lusciously decadent computer desk or dorm-room setup. I didn’t try it, but I imagine that attaching a sub would turn the set into a great-sounding living-room system. ![]() It also didn’t matter what genre of music I played through the speakers: Oingo Boingo, Sara Jarosz, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Katy Perry and Korn all reproduced with shiver-inducing results.Īnd then there’s the subwoofer option. Stereo separation was excellent, and made the speakers sound further apart and bigger than they actually were. The YU2s, on the other hand, produced highs and mids unlike anything I’d ever heard from desktop speakers: beautifully rendered, absolutely crystal clear highs that literally sounded like they were being played live right in front of me. Nothing out of the ordinary - until the volume got loud, at which point the bass became exponentially more impressive. The bass is there, and it’s clean but it didn’t deviate from the expectations I had of what a bookshelf set should produce. ![]() But even with optimal placement I wasn’t able to eke out anything boomy form the YU2s. The speakers’ rear-facing slit-like bassports are designed to sit close (but not to close) to a solid surface. The bass was also better at higher rather than lower volume. And what really made my jaw drop was that the YU2s were able to do this with very, very little distortion even at window-shattering levels, the highs were still bell-clear, the bass still buzz-free. With the needle pegged, the set made the whole house reverberate with thunderously loud sound. The volume level I could crank the set to was almost unbelievable.
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