Kali Audio IN-5 Active Studio Monitor 5” 3-Way Black
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Kali's IN-5 is one of the most innovative studio monitos ever made. Combining the natural benefits of a 3-way design with ultra-realistic imaging of a coaxial midrange and tweeter, it delivers more transparency, lower distortion and a soundstage that has to be heard to be believed.
Power. Detail. Soundstage.
The IN-5 Studio Monitor is a speaker like no other. Using the same woofer and tweeter from Kali's famous LP-8, the IN-5 adds a medium-diameter driver that surrounds the tweeter and acts as its waveguide.
In this way, both the tweeter and the woofer, are equipped with a lower workload, are able to play clearer and with less distortion.
The coaxial nature of the midrange and tweeter make the IN-5 an acoustic point source. This eliminates deviation from the lobe axis, resulting in a stereo soundstage that presents the listener with a hyper-realistic level of detail.
All of this means that the IN-5 is extremely accurate and easy to mix, and that the blends made in the IN-5 will be perfectly transferred to other systems.
IMAGING
We know. We continue to talk about the "surreal" depiction of IN-5. What does this mean?
When you listen to a stereo speaker set, you hear information about where the instruments and players were placed when the material was recorded. Even with purely digital material, producers can manipulate the physical locations of the elements in the mix, and you will hear them in a stereo recording.
Not only does this allow producers to create interesting spatial effects, but it also means that you can work faster and with more confidence. An accurate audio track lets you see every element of the mix in front of you, so you can hear exactly what happens when you make changes.
2-way systems with good waveguides, such as the Kali LP-6 and LP-8, do a good job of transmitting this spatial information. However, because the tweeters and woofers on these speakers (and most studio monitors!) Are separate, this information is lost in the space just above and below the speaker. This means that in the listening position, you do not hear the full stereo image.
IN-5 solves this problem. The tweeter and midrange share an acoustic center, and the woofer cuts through 330 Hz, so the distance between the woofer and midrange is much less than a quarter of a wavelength at the crossover point. This means the IN-5 is acoustically a point source. As such, it has the same excellent directivity that the LP-6 and LP-8 have on their sides in a full 360 degrees around the speaker. You hear all the spatial information at your listening position, so the soundstage you hear will have every detail in the mix.
CLARITY
The IN-5's total harmonic distortion is less than 1.4%, which is excellent. This is the result of unloading both the woofer and the tweeter so that both do less work. The woofer cuts through at 330 Hz, 2.5 octaves lower than the LP-8.
The tweeter crosses over at 3000 Hz, almost an octave higher than the LP-8. Taking up the space in between is the hero of the IN-5 system: the 4-inch, optimized mid-range driver. This guide is a lot of work. In addition to reproducing the mid-range frequencies, it also acts as a waveguide for the tweeter. This means that the shape must be precisely engineered to provide an ideal dispersion characteristic of the tweeter.
It also means that the middle intervals must remain still. In many other coaxial or concentric systems, the large deviation from the largest driver causes intermodal distortion and degrades the accuracy of the system. The midrange on the IN-5 is limited to less than 1 millimeter of peak deflection, making it aurally stable while still providing midrange to keep up with the powerful woofer and tweeter.
EASY USE
Marginal EQ control
The given speaker position in a room can drastically change the frequency response. A speaker mounted against a wall or desk will sound very different from a speaker mounted on a stand, even in a well-crafted space. Hard surfaces such as walls, desktops, and recording consoles can alter the screen's low-frequency response and degrade overall sound clarity.
Fortunately, most of the common positions are quite predictable and easily corrected.
Kali's team did the Boundary EQ tuning at The Village Studios in Los Angeles and found EQ settings for offsetting to help you get the perfect sound for where to place your speakers.
Combined with the LF and HF fins, this will ensure that the speakers sound better, regardless of the room in which you mix or where the speakers are placed.
