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Kali Audio SM-8

Name: Kali Audio SM-8
Brand: Kali Audio
SKU: KALISM8
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Active 3-Way Studio Monitor

The SM-8 is a powered 3-way studio monitor with a 8-Inch woofer, and a 4-Inch midrange with a coaxial 1-inch metal dome tweeter. Part of Kali’s flagship Santa Monica series of speakers, the SM-8 combines Kali’s proven 3-way coincident architecture with uncompromising components to deliver unparalleled imaging, accuracy, and detail for critical mixing applications.

3-Way, Coincident Architecture

The SM-Series speakers use a coincident 3-way design. The midrange and tweeter are coaxial, meaning that they share an acoustic center. The woofer is offset, but its physical placement and the crossover mean that it is never out of summation with the midrange. These features give you all the spatial resolution benefits of a coaxial speaker AND all of the frequency response and distortion benefits of a 3-way speaker with none of the usual drawbacks.

Onboard DSP

Each SM-Series speaker is capable of processing its own room calibration. Users can adjust 8 parametric EQs, delays, and trims per loudspeaker to get their speakers accurate in their rooms. The DSP can be accessed via ethernet on the back of each speaker, allowing for real time adjustments and button press switching between different tuning profiles. DSP parameters can also be updated via USB drive, with a convenient socket on the front of the speaker. In either case, per-loudspeaker tunings can be saved to the speaker’s DIP switches for easy recall.

Flux Stabilized woofer

The SM-Series’ woofer incorporates components that assist in inductance linearization and flux stabilization. These features reduce magnetic flux modulation, meaning that the voice coil is moving through a clean magnetic field, which dramatically reduces distortion.

Optimized Profile Midrange

The midrange is not only optimized for its own frequency handling, but also for its role as the tweeter’s waveguide. It controls the directivity of the tweeter so that off-axis reflections in all directions are congruent with the direct sound of the loudspeaker, which is part of what gives the SM-Series such excellent imaging. Peak-to-peak excursion on the midrange does not exceed 1mm, eliminating intermodulation distortion that is typical in coaxial designs.

1-Inch Aluminum Dome Tweeter

The tweeter on the SM-Series is a 1-inch aluminum dome. The dynamic response of the aluminum is excellent, resulting in clear high frequency response without distortion. The tweeter uses a unique geometry to reduce high-Q ultrasonic resonances, eliminating harshness that can make metal tweeters fatiguing over time.

Mountable

The SM–Series features mounting holes on both the top and bottom of the loudspeaker. Kali recommends using a speaker specific U-bracket from Triad-Orbit, but any speaker mount with a 4.25x2-Inch bolt pattern that is capable of holding the SM-5s 21lb weight or SM-8s 31 lb weight will also work.

Low Diffraction Baffle

The baffle around the midrange follows the shape of that driver, blending seamlessly from the edge of the driver and into the rest of the speaker cabinet. This eliminates on-axis diffraction artifacts in the frequency resposne, and helps reinforce the excellent imaging characteristics of the SM-Series.

Low Noise Port Tube

On most port tubes, air leaves at different speeds from different points of the opening, creating noisy turbulence. This turbulence can be heard as "chuffing," or an audible air sound coming from the system. This sound will add to the noise floor and obscure the details of the low end. The port tube on the SM-Series was designed to ensure that all of the air leaves the port tube at the same velocity. This helps add to the low end response of the subwoofer, while keeping the bass clean, tight, and devoid of extra noise.