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.

The key to the SM-Series’ high performance is its 3-way coincident architecture. This design allows for the ultra-lifelike imaging of a coaxial speaker, while delivering the low distortion and midrange clarity that only a 3-way can achieve.

Not only are the midrange and tweeter coaxial, they are also coincident, meaning that they are physically time aligned and thus phase coherent from all angles.

The SM-Series speakers are acoustic point sources, and particular care has been given to the transition from the midrange to the baffle. This transition is seamless to the edge of the speaker, resulting in an engrossing stereo image where details are lifelike and crisp.

Specifications:

Self-Powered: No
Amp Options: Single Wire, Bi-Amped (Woofer, Midrange+Tweeter)
MR+HF Power Handling: 20VRMS into 3 Ohm (100W at 4 Ohm)
LF Power Handling: 20VRMS into 3 Ohm (100W at 4 Ohm)
Single Wire Power Handling: 20VRMS into 3 Ohm (100W at 4 Ohm)
HF Driver: 1-Inch Metal Dome Tweeter
Midrange Driver: 4-Inch Optimized Profile Paper Cone
LF Driver: 5" Optimized Paper Woofer
LF-to-Midrange Crossover: 280 Hz
Midrange-to-HF Crossover: 2800 Hz
Frequency Response: (-10 dB): 39 Hz - 28 kHz
Frequency Range: (+/-3 dB): 47 Hz - 21kHz
Recommended Listening Distance: 4 Meters
Max SPL: (Peak at 1 meter) 117 dB
Loudspeaker THD, Single Wire: (85dB SPL at 1M) <1% from 100-700 Hz, <0.5% above 700 Hz
Loudspeaker THD, Bi-Amped: (85dB SPL at 1M) <0.75% from 100-450 Hz, <0.5% above 450 Hz
Inputs: Single Wire Phoenix Connector
Bi-Wire Phoenix Connector
Enclosure: Front Ported
Product Height: 15.6 Inches (39.6 cm)
Product Depth: 9.8 Inches (24.8 cm)
Product Width: 7.9 Inches (20 cm)
Product Weight: 21 lbs (9.5 kg)

More info: SM-5-C