KALI LP8 Measurements

[muad]

Pretty damn impressive. Would love to see this in the klippel!

https://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/kali-audio-lp-8/conclusion

 

[Sancus]

The dip at 800hz is very weird, doesn't show up in manufacturer measurements at all. Wonder if it's another case of port cancellation.

 

[muad]

The dip at 800hz is very weird, doesn't show up in manufacturer measurements at all. Wonder if it's another case of port cancellation.

Or surround diffraction? But it doesn't coincide with an 8" woofer

 

[Ilkless]

The dip at 800hz is very weird, doesn't show up in manufacturer measurements at all. Wonder if it's another case of port cancellation.

LSR705 has an almost identical dip and it was a slot port at the bottom front too.

 

[hardisj]

I just saw that review. I replied there but will share here.


Thanks for the review! Some comments...


You stated the following:

"The response rises to a bump past 15kHz, but there isn’t much content in that range, and many people’s hearing isn’t very good in that range either, so that bump is not very consequential."

"The Kali Audio LP-8 does have one shortcoming and that is the background noise present when the speakers are turned on."

Speaking from 10+ years experience of using active systems, a boosted signal above 10kHz will often bring out "noise", especially if the components already have a low SNR. If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the 15kHz +5dB peak being the reason this noise is audible (if only in the nearfield).


I am assuming port resonance around 800Hz. I can say from experience with the last couple speakers I tested, this wasn't an audible issue. At least not glaringly so. But it stinks to see from Kali.


For the price, I guess this isn't terrible. But, at the same time, I was hoping for better if I am being honest.



At any rate, thanks again for the testing.

 

[richard12511]

Pretty damn impressive. Would love to see this in the klippel!

https://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/kali-audio-lp-8/conclusion

Looks similar to the 705p reviewed here.