Believe Everything You Hear

Kali Audio’s Santa Monica Series are the best studio monitors we’ve built so far. With unparalleled accuracy, imaging, and translation, they present every detail of your mix with pinpoint precision and fidelity. 

Kali’s founding principle is to deliver the best possible product for the price. Our speakers have always been praised for their accuracy, translation, and ease of use. The SM-Series builds on these ideals, and incorporates the best available materials, components, and manufacturing.

The result is a high performance studio monitor that is ready for the most demanding mixing and mastering applications.

With onboard processing for room calibration, each speaker can be programmed with delays, trims, and EQs to deliver accurate response in your room.

• The SM-Series features user-editable DSP to process room calibration profiles on board, for a perfect fit in your room. 
• Available in 5- and 8-Inch versions.

Specifications:

• Self-Powered: Yes
  
• Amplifier: 3-Channel Class D (discrete LF, MR, and HF)
  
• Amplifier Power: 300 W
  
• HF Driver: 1-Inch Metal Dome Tweeter
  
• Midrange Driver: 4-Inch Optimized Profile Paper Cone
  
• LF Driver: 8" Optimized Paper
  
• LF-to-Midrange Crossover: 280 Hz
  
• Midrange-to-HF Crossover: 2800 Hz
  
• Frequency Response (-10 dB): 37 Hz – 35 kHz
  
• Frequency Range (±3 dB): 43 Hz – 21 kHz
  
• Recommended Listening Distance: Up to 5 Meters
  
• Max SPL (Peak at 1m): 119 dB
  
• Loudspeaker THD (90 dB @ 1m): <0.5%
  
• Audio Inputs: Balanced XLR/TRS Combi-jack, AES/EBU over BNC
  
• Control Inputs: Ethernet (RJ45), USB-A
  
• Other I/O: AES/EBU over BNC Thru, AC Power Input
  
• User-Definable DSP (per loudspeaker):
  • 8 Parametric EQs
  • 10 ms delay
  • -12 to +6 dB trim
  
• Enclosure: Front Ported
  
• DSP Latency: <3 ms
  
• Product Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)
  
• Product Depth: 12 in (30.5 cm)
  
• Product Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
  
• Product Weight: 32 lbs (14.5 kg)

More info: SM-8