Kali Audio LP-8 V2 8-inch Powered Studio Monitor (Each)

Second-generation refinements yield sonic excellence

Despite so many rave reviews among studio engineers, Kali Audio saw room for improvement with the LP-8’s already impressive sonic signature. The LP-8 V2 features a refined amplifier design that lowers the noise floor even further than it was, and offers a smoother high frequency response too. The LP-8 V2’s Boundary EQ settings have been tweaked based on user feedback, enhancing transparency when your monitors are positioned close to a wall or on a desktop. And with the LP-8 V2’s lower-mass woofer design, you’ll experience even more detail and clarity in the bass regions.

Cutting-edge waveguide design yields rock-solid imaging

When you listen to a speaker, you hear both its direct sound and its reflections. When the reflections are consistent with the direct sound, the speaker sounds better. Its stereo image will sound three-dimensional, enabling you to observe subtle details such as spatial information and microphone placement. The Kali Audio LP-8 V2’s cutting-edge waveguide design minimizes unwanted reflections, thereby preventing the smeared sound stage that’s inherent in many low-cost studio monitors. With the LP-8 V2, you’ll know the exact location of every instrument in your mix’s stereo field. This will also you to mix faster, and produce better results.

Low-noise port tube exhibits clean, punchy low end

One of the LP-8 V2’s most novel features is its low-noise port tube. Many port tubes emit turbulence, as air leaves the tube at different speeds from different points of the opening. This turbulence produces chuffing, a noisy sound that obscures the low-end details of your mix. The LP-8 V2’s port tube, on the other hand, ensures that all of the air exits at the same velocity. The end result is clean, punchy bass with zero added noise.