Kali IN-8 v2 in room response

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I had initially bought the Adam Audio T8V monitors, to replace my JBL LSR305s which I had bought over 10 years ago. Three things I didn't like about the T8V:

• The listening window was a lot narrower due to the ribbon tweeter having a small sweet spot.
• Imaging seemed a bit off, it more just sounded like sound coming from two speakers vs. a cohesive soundstage (to me, in my room).
• It generates a lot of hiss. I'm about 40" away from each speaker.

I decided to try the Kali IN-8 v2 instead, with its coaxial driver and being a 3-way design. Anyway, there's a detailed review of it done by Erin (https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/kali_in-8v2/)

Decided to take some measurements in REW and adjust the response. Pleased with the final results given the limitations in my untreated office:

• The red line is the response without any filters. The blue line is what REW recommended using a house curve that has +6dB at 30hz, sloping down to 0dB by 200hz (no further corrections above 200hz).
• Both the unfiltered response and REW filters create a big null around ~120hz or so, and also a boosted bass response around 58hz. I added an additional filter at 58hz to lower that boost (cuts it by -27dB with a Q of 4) - all of this only applied to the right speaker as that appears to be the main culprit due to its positioning.
• End result (green line) is a significantly flatter response between 40 - 200hz vs. how it initially was, also minimizing the impact of the null around ~120hz.

Not sure if it's wise to apply such a large cut on one speaker, but the combined L+R output looks good at least, and it sounds good too.

 

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I had initially bought the Adam Audio T8V monitors, to replace my JBL LSR305s which I had bought over 10 years ago. Three things I didn't like about the T8V:

• The listening window was a lot narrower due to the ribbon tweeter having a small sweet spot.
• Imaging seemed a bit off, it more just sounded like sound coming from two speakers vs. a cohesive soundstage (to me, in my room).
• It generates a lot of hiss. I'm about 40" away from each speaker.

I decided to try the Kali IN-8 v2 instead, with its coaxial driver and being a 3-way design. Anyway, there's a detailed review of it done by Erin (https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/kali_in-8v2/)

Decided to take some measurements in REW and adjust the response. Pleased with the final results given the limitations in my untreated office:

• The red line is the response without any filters. The blue line is what REW recommended using a house curve that has +6dB at 30hz, sloping down to 0dB by 200hz (no further corrections above 200hz).
• Both the unfiltered response and REW filters create a big null around ~120hz or so, and also a boosted bass response around 58hz. I added an additional filter at 58hz to lower that boost (cuts it by -27dB with a Q of 4) - all of this only applied to the right speaker as that appears to be the main culprit due to its positioning.
• End result (green line) is a significantly flatter response between 40 - 200hz vs. how it initially was, also minimizing the impact of the null around ~120hz.

Not sure if it's wise to apply such a large cut on one speaker, but the combined L+R output looks good at least, and it sounds good too.

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Curious what dip switch settings you used on the LN-8 with these measurements? High pass and low pass settings? Also, were you able to use the speaker’s DSP to do some of the correction in REW measurements?

 

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Curious what dip switch settings you used on the LN-8 with these measurements? High pass and low pass settings? Also, were you able to use the speaker’s DSP to do some of the correction in REW measurements?

I ended up replacing this setup for Neumann gear. I splurged and went straight to end game.