The official introduction video was released 2 weeks ago but not posted in this thread:
Introducing Project Santa Monica: The SM-5-C
Kali claims that the new tweeter design doesn't have the high frequency diffraction issue on the IN series:
They also said Erin or Amir would get a pair (I...
That's not good news considering how bad the MV-BT measured: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/kali-audio-mv-bt-review-balanced-bluetooth-receiver.21083/
Unless the performance of the bluetooth module is improved greatly by firmware, it would be better to use external...
Have you considered the possibility of your unit being defective? If other people doesn't encounter such issue, you should contact the retailer or Kali to get replacement.
Erin said it's "probably the best speaker in that size class he has come across" in this Daily HiFi discussion:
It seems that we can expect a very favorable review.
Genelec are made in Finland and Kali are made in China. For me personally, Kali needs to offer significantly better price/performance to justify the purchase.
I'd argue that people looking at $1500+ speakers usually have more flexibility in their budget than people buying $500 speakers, since...
https://www.youtube.com/live/FUMHMGFMNbw?si=9MOYjiAhiPv4WSE9&t=2960
Kali said they plan to get these on the market in Feb 2024.
They also said the powered ones will be $1700 each. That's much more expensive than I expected. Hope they beat Genelec.
When listening to designers of coaxial speakers, a lot of them talked about limiting intermodulation distortion by limiting the excursion of the woofer surrounding the tweeter. This is done through either adding another separate low-frequency woofer in Genelec, KEF and Kali design or using a...
Kali repled to me in the Facebook post that there will eventually be an active version:
https://www.facebook.com/kaliaudio/posts/pfbid02PLhNQGNANLAUPYrW4QUC6RPwsKz3rim8xxuCXA6mhdyJRvyQ8CqzUKuSDWieeSwFl
Don't know how long it'd take though.
It’s impressive that Focal manages to achieve this level of performance without DSP. However, at this price bracket the Kali IN-5 should be a better choice for most people. I’d argue that even the LP-6 2nd Wave measures better than this one.
Surely the LP-6 is better value. However, the IN-5 is flatter and has more consistent directivity between 300hz and 3000hz which is another advantage of 3-way due to having a dedicated midrange driver. Since human ears are more sensitive to sound in this frequency range, I think this should be...
I asked Topping when will the DX3 Pro come out on their official Taobao store (in Chinese). They said Nov.11 or Nov.12.
However, I don't know if it'll be available at the same time globally.