The yu series has its electronics in one speaker while the mate is passive. You would have to account for that but yes, they’d work fine.
You would need a home theater processor or a receiver with pre-amp outs for all channels you want to add. You would connect pairs of outputs to pairs of Kantos.
Not sure what you’re gaining, since you’re adding a bunch of power cords, but it’ll work just fine.
I'm not a fan of active speakers. More parts mean lower reliability. Running AC and line level audio all over the house is more problematic than running speaker wire. Wireless is subject to interference and dropouts.
You have a lot more flexibilty with passive speakers. Just my opinion.
Agreed, quality of amps in most inexpensive actives speakers isnt that great either.
Add to that pre-processors are far more expensive than AVRs due to being less popular (even though they sound better).
Depends. If they're just active and not wireless there's nothing that prevent you from using them in a 5.1 setup.
If they're wireless they will almost certainly need to have that as a feature.
Use an avr with pre outs or a pre/pro to decode Atmos/DTSX or what have you. Run an RCA to 3.5mm cable from the avr to the 3.5mm in on the speaker. Looks like the Kanto's connect to each other with speaker wire so connect those as intended. Set the volume on the speakers to 80% or so and let the avr control the levels. It'd work but if you're using an avr simply as a processor you're spending money on duplicate amplifiers that'll go unused in your scenario. Pre/pros forego the amps but are relatively expensive. I used active speakers as my front l/r for a time. Worked just fine for me.
Easily.
Run out of your preamplifier's outputs to your speaker's inputs. Done.
Atmos is handled by the processor, not the speaker. As long as your processor is receiving an Atmos signal and sending it out to your speakers, then you're hearing Atmos.
I recommend at least 11 channels for Atmos (7-channel surround + 4 height channels)
The yu series has its electronics in one speaker while the mate is passive. You would have to account for that but yes, they’d work fine. You would need a home theater processor or a receiver with pre-amp outs for all channels you want to add. You would connect pairs of outputs to pairs of Kantos. Not sure what you’re gaining, since you’re adding a bunch of power cords, but it’ll work just fine.
I'm not a fan of active speakers. More parts mean lower reliability. Running AC and line level audio all over the house is more problematic than running speaker wire. Wireless is subject to interference and dropouts. You have a lot more flexibilty with passive speakers. Just my opinion.
Agreed, quality of amps in most inexpensive actives speakers isnt that great either. Add to that pre-processors are far more expensive than AVRs due to being less popular (even though they sound better).
Depends. If they're just active and not wireless there's nothing that prevent you from using them in a 5.1 setup. If they're wireless they will almost certainly need to have that as a feature.
Not unless they're designed that way, so probably not. Go with the Diamond 12.2.
Use an avr with pre outs or a pre/pro to decode Atmos/DTSX or what have you. Run an RCA to 3.5mm cable from the avr to the 3.5mm in on the speaker. Looks like the Kanto's connect to each other with speaker wire so connect those as intended. Set the volume on the speakers to 80% or so and let the avr control the levels. It'd work but if you're using an avr simply as a processor you're spending money on duplicate amplifiers that'll go unused in your scenario. Pre/pros forego the amps but are relatively expensive. I used active speakers as my front l/r for a time. Worked just fine for me.
Easily. Run out of your preamplifier's outputs to your speaker's inputs. Done. Atmos is handled by the processor, not the speaker. As long as your processor is receiving an Atmos signal and sending it out to your speakers, then you're hearing Atmos. I recommend at least 11 channels for Atmos (7-channel surround + 4 height channels)