User's Manual
KALI AUDIO LP-6/LP-8 USER MANUAL 5
About Your Studio Monitor
Congratulations on your Kali Audio LP-Series Studio monitors! These monitors were designed to deliv-
er exceptional accuracy in all sorts of recording, mixing, and production applications. We’re condent
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 ofcial 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 namesake for our rst product line.
Output
The LP-6 Professional Studio Monitor is designed to have a continuous output of 85 dB at 2.2 meters
with 20 dB of headroom. In practical terms, this means that the speaker has sufcient output to listen
at safe levels for long periods of time in most listening environments that were designed for 1 or 2 lis-
teners.
The LP-8 has a slightly longer listening distance of 2.8 meters. This makes it ideal for larger 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 dis-
tortion.
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.
Features
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 deeper than the space where the speakers are
placed.
The LP-Series accomplishes this by ensuring that the speaker’s reected sound matches its direct
sound. Every time you hear a loudspeaker, you're hearing both the direct sound from the speaker, and
reections from the speaker's signal bouncing off of objects in the room.