![]() Kali say that they have been designed for moderate and safe working levels (85 dB 2.2 metres) with enough headroom (20 dB) to allow for sharp, dynamic sounds like drum hits or gun shots there is a safety limiter to prevent damage to the speakers this causes distortion (an indication the limiter is operating) but I didn't notice this in the wide sweet-spot during my sessions. Perhaps the upcoming LP-8 would have been more suitable for tracking rock music? I recorded session musician Rob The Guitar, DI'd into an UA Apollo x8p with Tube Screamer and Marshall 'real-time' plug-ins, against a dense mix and I think Rob would have gelled better (in terms of his monitoring) with a slightly larger monitor. I didn't get the same sense of efficiency for tracking (along to a mix in a DAW session) as I do with more expensive and powerful monitors but with careful room placement and testing they are certainly workable (especially given their very reasonable price). In fact Kali recommend the LP-6 as suitable for home hi-fi and consumer entertainment systems and, sonically, IME they are perfect for this role (especially with the room tuning modes) although they are quite bulky compared to the latest generations of media playback systems. ![]() ![]() The Kali's worked well with 'devices' and consumer-gear in addition to the more usual studio configuration connected to an audio interface. I mixed through them, and 'leisure-listened' (vinyl: David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, John Mayall The Turning Point sounded good but the Kali's really came alive with 12” Goa trance and various techno/DnB). In the sweet-spot (not too quiet/not too loud) there's a density and presence and solid soundstage that makes them hard to distinguish from expensive monitors. If, during blind-testing, I was unaware they were low-cost 'plastic' monitors and you told me they had wooden cabinets and cost several times the price then I might have believed you. They were a bit cheeky but not brash or rude. There's a lot of vibrancy and dynamic bounce but not like a beach ball. They sound 'new' and they have an edge that isn't plastic but more of an high-quality vinyl. What I should say is: “go listen to a demo.” It certainly sounded silent and didn't disturb the independent soundstage in the room I had no sense of noise artifacts tying the sound to the monitor and destroying the illusion.Īnother easy-to-grasp engineering concept is that the 6” woofer is powered by a large, powerful magnet and voice coil leading to more 'oomph.'Ĭontinuing the Gonzo-review style, I'll try to convey how the LP-6's sound in spite the futility of doing so. The low noise port is a little easier to conceptualize: if air leaves the port at different speeds across the surface it can create unwanted sound ('chuffing') so Kali have designed the LP-6 to have a consistent pressure across the whole port. Not sure how exactly a waveguide achieves alignment of direct and reflected sound but I will be finding out soon. When those reflections are congruent with the direct sound from the speaker, listeners perceive a better sound overall, and are able to make out very subtle details like where microphones are placed in a room. Every time you hear a loudspeaker, you're hearing both the direct sound from the speaker, and reflections from the speaker's signal bouncing off of objects in the room. The LP-6 accomplishes this by ensuring that the speaker’s reflected sound matches its direct sound. By matching the shape of the waveguide to the interactions of the HF and LF drivers, this waveguide produces a coherent stereo image that is wider, taller, and deeper than the space where the speakers are placed. The 3-D Imaging Waveguide allows you to hear a 3-D soundstage from a stereo pair of speakers. System THD (94 dB 1 M):<3% 80 Hz - 1.7 kHz <2% above 1.7 kHzīoundary EQ Settings: Free space (On stands, away from walls) ![]() Listening Distance: (85 dB Continuous, 20 dB headroom) 2.2Meters
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