KALI AUDIO LP-6/LP-8 2nd Wave Studio Monitors User’s Guide
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Features
Low Noise Port Tube
The port tube on the LP-Series was designed to deliver all the benefits of a front-firing
port tube, without any drawbacks associated with noise.
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 monitor. This sound will add to the noise floor and obscure the
details of the low end.
The port tube on LP-Series was designed to ensure that all of the air leaves the port tube
at the same ve-locity. This helps add to the low end response of the speaker, while keep-
ing the bass clean, tight, and devoid of extra noise.
3-D Imaging Waveguide
The 3-D Imaging Waveguide allows you to hear a 3-D soundstage from a stereo pair of
speakers. By matching the shape of the waveguide to the interactions of the HF and LF
drivers, this waveguide pro-duces a coherent stereo image that is wider, taller, and deep-
er than the space where the speakers are placed.
The LP-Series accomplishes this by ensuring that the speaker’s reflected sound matches
its direct sound. Every time you hear a loudspeaker, you’re hearing both the direct sound
from the speaker, and reflections from the the room.
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.
High Performance Woofer
The LP-Series uses a woofer with an exceptionally large voice coil and magnet. This allows
for greater linearity, resulting in exceptional dynamic range and clarity, as well as extend-
ed low end response. All of this is delivered with minimal distortion.
DSP
The LP-6 and LP-8 are equipped with digital signal processing (DSP.) The DSP on the
LP-Series controls the loudspeaker’s tuning, the limiter function, the crossover, the
boundary EQs, and user definable HF and LF trim.
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