Kali Audio LP-6 v2, LP-8 V2 User manual
Project Lone Pine
Professional Studio Monitors
LP-6/LP-8 v2
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION………………….................………………….3
ABOUT YOUR STUDIO MONITOR.…………..……….....................………………….5
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 manufacturer. 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.
17. This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing.
18. No object lled with liquids, such as a vase or a glass, should be placed on the apparatus.
19. This apparatus is to be used in a moderate climate. Do not expose to extremely high
or low temperatures.
20. Do not apply any sticker or decal to the speakers.
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Important Safety Information
21. 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
22. 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 LP-Series Studio monitors! These monitors were designed to deliver exceptional accuracy in all sorts of recording, mixing, and production
applications. We’re condent that no matter what genre or format you’re working in, you
will come to depend on these monitors for their accuracy, reliability, and superior design
and construction.
Where does “LP” come from?
The ofcial name of this product line is “Project Lone Pine.” Kali names all of our product
lines after towns in California. Lone Pine is a small town in the Eastern Sierra that acts
as a departure point for hikers and climbers hoping to summit Mt. Whitney, the highest
mountain in the contiguous US. We felt that this was an appropriately ambitious namesake for our rst product line.
Features
Output
The LP-6 Professional Studio Monitor is designed to have a continuous output of 85 dB at
2.9 meters with 20 dB of headroom. In practical terms, this means that the speaker has
sufcient output to listen at safe levels for long periods of time in most listening environments that were designed for 1 or 2 listeners.
The LP-8 has a slightly longer listening distance of 3.6 meters. This makes it ideal for larger rooms, where up to 3 people may be listening at any time.
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.
Limiter
The LP-6 and LP-8 are both equipped with a limiter circuit that will protect the speaker
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.
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About Your Studio Monitor
Features
Low Noise Port Tube
The port tube on the LP-Series was designed to deliver all the benets of a front-ring
port tube, without any drawbacks associated 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 LP-Series was designed to ensure that all of the air leaves the port tube
at the same ve-locity. This helps add to the low end response of the speaker, while keeping the bass clean, tight, and devoid of extra noise.
3-D Imaging Waveguide
The 3-D Imaging Waveguide allows you to hear a 3-D soundstage from a stereo pair of
speakers. By matching the shape of the waveguide to the interactions of the HF and LF
drivers, this waveguide pro-duces a coherent stereo image that is wider, taller, and deeper than the space where the speakers are placed.
The LP-Series accomplishes this by ensuring that the speaker’s reected sound matches
its direct sound. Every time you hear a loudspeaker, you’re hearing both the direct sound
from the speaker, and reections from the the room.
When those reections are congruent with the direct sound from the speaker, listeners
perceive a better sound overall, and are able to make out very subtle details like where
microphones are placed in a room.
High Performance Woofer
The LP-Series uses a woofer with an exceptionally large voice coil and magnet. This allows
for greater linearity, resulting in exceptional dynamic range and clarity, as well as extended low end response. All of this is delivered with minimal distortion.
DSP
The LP-6 and LP-8 are equipped with digital signal processing (DSP.) The DSP on the
LP-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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