KALI AUDIO LP-6/LP-8 2nd Wave Studio Monitors User’s Guide
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About Your Studio Monitor
Congratulations on your Kali Audio LP-Series Studio monitors! These monitors were de
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signed to deliver exceptional accuracy in all sorts of recording, mixing, and production
applications. We’re confident that no matter what genre or format you’re working in, you
will come to depend on these monitors for their accuracy, reliability, and superior design
and construction.
Where does “LP” come from?
The official name of this product line is “Project Lone Pine.” Kali names all of our product
lines after towns in California. Lone Pine is a small town in the Eastern Sierra that acts
as a departure point for hikers and climbers hoping to summit Mt. Whitney, the highest
mountain in the contiguous US. We felt that this was an appropriately ambitious name
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sake for our first product line.
Features
Output
The LP-6 Professional Studio Monitor is designed to have a continuous output of 85 dB at
2.9 meters with 20 dB of headroom. In practical terms, this means that the speaker has
sufficient output to listen at safe levels for long periods of time in most listening environ
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ments that were designed for 1 or 2 listeners.
The LP-8 has a slightly longer listening distance of 3.6 meters. This makes it ideal for larg-
er rooms, where up to 3 people may be listening at any time.
20 dB of headroom ensures that momentary peaks in sound pressure level, including
instruments like kick drum and effects like gunshots or explosions, can be reproduced
accurately and with minimal distortion.
Limiter
The LP-6 and LP-8 are both equipped with a limiter circuit that will protect the speaker
from unsafe voltage levels. This will be plainly audible as distortion, indicating that the
speaker is receiving too much input signal. If this is the case, it is recommended to reduce
the volume of the playback material.
