Kali Audio IN-5 v2, IN-8 v2 User manual
Project Independence
3-Way Coincident Studio
Monitors
IN-5/IN-8 v2
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION………………….................…………….….3
ABOUT YOUR STUDIO MONITOR.…………..……….....................…………….….5
FEATURES/2ND WAVE.......................................................................................7
FULL SPECIFICATIONS………………………………...……......................……...….……8
INPUTS AND CONTROLS……………………………...………....................……..………9
DIP SWITCHES........................................................………...….................………….12
CLIMATE CONSIDERATIONS..........................................................................15
FIRST TIME SETUP……………………..…………………..........................…...…….…....15
TROUBLESHOOTING…………………………..………….....................…...………..…...16
LIMITED WARRANTY…………………………………..……………….......................……17
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Important Safety Information
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instructions.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water.
6. Power the product down, and unplug it from power before cleaning.
7. Clean only with a dry cloth.
8. Do not block any ventilation openings.
9. Keep ventilation opening free of dust or other matter.
10. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including ampliers) that produce heat.
11. No naked ame sources (such as lighted candles,) should be placed on the product.
12. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized
plug has two blades, with one blade wider than the other. A grounding-type plug has
two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided
for your safety. If the provided plug does not t into your outlet, consult an electrician for
replacement of the obsolete outlet.
13. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs, receptacles, and at the point where they exit the apparatus.
14. Use only attachments and/or accessories specied by the manufacturer.
15. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, plate, bracket, or table specied by the manufac-
turer. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
16. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of
time.
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Important Safety Information
17. Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when:
A. The apparatus is damaged in any way
B. The power supply cord or plug is damaged
C. Liquid or other objects have fallen into the product
D. The product has been exposed to rain or moisture
E. The product does not operate normally
F. The product has been dropped
18. This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing.
19. No object lled with liquids, such as a vase or a glass, should be placed on the apparatus.
20. This apparatus is to be used in a moderate climate. Do not expose to extremely high
or low temperatures.
21. High sound pressure in excess of 85 dB can cause hearing damage and/or loss. Do
not expose yourself to high sound pressure levels.
The lightning bolt with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle
is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous
voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert
the user of the presence of important operation and maintaining (servic-
ing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
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About Your Studio Monitor
Congratulations on your Kali Audio IN-Series Studio monitors! These monitors were designed to deliver exceptional accuracy in all sorts of recording, mixing, and production
applications. The unique coincident architecture of the midrange and tweeter make the
IN-Series an extraordinarily innovative system. Combining reference level accuracy, very
low distortion, and wide bandwidth with a hyper-realisitic 3-D image, the IN-Series will
reveal an exceptional level of detail in every mix.
Where does “IN” come from?
The ofcial name of this product line is “Project Independence.” Kali names all of our
product lines after towns in California. Independence is a town in the Eastern Sierra. On
the map, it is “one up” from Lone Pine. As the IN-Series shares many components with,
and offers many improvements over, our Lone Pine series of monitors, we thought it was
a fun way to distinguish the two products.
Features
3-Way Coincident Architecture
The IN-Series features an 5-inch woofer in the IN-5, and an 8-inch woofer in the IN-8. Both
have a 4-inch mid-range driver, and a 1-inch soft dome tweeter. The mid-range driver and
the tweeter are coincident, meaning that they share the same acoustic center. You might
have heard the terms “coaxial” or “concentric” to describe this arrangement. Those terms
are technically correct as well.
Because of the coincident placement of the mid-range and tweeter, and the crossover of
the woofer to the mid-range IN-Series monitors act as an acoustic point source. This gives
them an ideal directivity characteristic for a studio monitor. You will be able to hear a very
lifelike stereo image, with details placed clearly and consistently. Off-axis lobing that is
unavoidable in a 2-way system is virtually eliminated with the IN-Series monitors
Substantial work was done to optimize the mid-range driver not only for its own acoustic
performance, but also for its role as the waveguide for the tweeter. The shape is very precise to allow for controlled directivity at mid range to tweeter crossover, ensuring accurate
summing both on- and off-axis. Excursion on the midrange is limited to less than 1mm
peak to peak, so that the oscillation of the mid-range does not have a negative effect on
the tweeter.
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About Your Studio Monitor
Features
Output
The IN-5 and IN-8 are designed to have a continuous output of 85 dB at 2.2 and 3.5 meters, respectively, with 20 dB of dynamic headroom. This makes the IN-5 ideal for most
near-eld monitoring applications, and the IN-8 ideal for near-to-mid-eld applications.
20 dB of headroom ensures that momentary peaks in sound pressure level, including
instruments like kick drum and effects like gunshots or explosions, can be reproduced
accurately and with minimal distortion.
The IN-Series monitors are equipped with a limiter circuit that will protect the speakers
from unsafe voltage levels. This will be plainly audible as distortion, indicating that the
speaker is receiving too much input signal. If this is the case, it is recommended to reduce
the volume of the playback material.
Low Noise Port Tube
The IN-Series monitors share port tube technology with Kali’s LP-Series, which was designed to deliver all the benets of a front-ring port tube, without any drawbacks associ-
ated with noise.
On most port tubes, air leaves at different speeds from different points of the opening,
creating noisy turbulence. This turbulence can be heard as “chufng,” or an audible air
sound coming from the monitor. This sound will add to the noise oor and obscure the
details of the low end.
The port tube on Kali’s speakers was designed to ensure that all of the air leaves the port
tube at the same velocity. This helps add to the low end response of the speaker, while
keeping the bass clean, tight, and devoid of extra noise.
DSP
The IN-5 and IN-8 are equipped with digital signal processing (DSP.) The DSP on the
IN-Series controls the loudspeaker’s tuning, the limiter function, the crossover, the
boundary EQs, and user denable HF and LF trim.
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