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Watts covers the subwoofers, and the range is rounded out by the Mammoth MM-6, the MV-BT monitor controller and the HP-1 headphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictory Musical Instruments carries the Kali Audio range. Orders ship free, local pickup is available in Miami, and financing is offered at checkout. Call 844-687-4208 for help matching monitors and a subwoofer to your room.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kali-audio-lp-6-v2-powered-studio-monitor","title":"Kali Audio LP-6 V2 6.5 Inch Powered Studio Monitor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP-6 V2\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cstrong\u003e6.5 inch powered studio monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e from Kali's Lone Pine series, the speaker that made the company's reputation by measuring flatter than monitors costing several times as much. Boundary EQ dip switches on the back let you correct for desk and wall placement rather than pretending every room is a treated one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe measurements are the whole argument, and they hold up.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"vmi-benefit-bar\"\u003eFree shipping · Free local pickup in Miami · Financing at checkout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost nearfield monitors are sold on the marketing around them. Kali went the other way and published the response curves, which is why the LP series became the default recommendation for a first serious pair of monitors and why it keeps turning up in shootouts against speakers at three times the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe V2 refines the original with revised tuning and improved low-end control. 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Each speaker holds 8 parametric EQs, up to 10ms of delay and 18dB of trim, so the monitor is tuned to the room rather than the room being blamed for the monitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePer-speaker room correction, stored in the speaker, not in your DAW.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"vmi-benefit-bar\"\u003eFree shipping · Free local pickup in Miami · Financing at checkout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery room does something wrong to what a speaker produces. The usual answers are to treat the room, which is expensive, or to correct in software, which only fixes what passes through the DAW. Putting the correction inside the speaker fixes everything the speaker plays, from any source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SM-5 carries 8 bands of parametric EQ, 10 milliseconds of delay and 18dB of trim per speaker, set over network control. 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It comes from a company that publishes its measurements, which is the reason to take a claim about reference accuracy seriously here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAt a Glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eBrand\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKali Audio\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eModel\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHP-1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMulti-reference studio headphones\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFeature\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSwitchable reference curves\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eIncluded\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCarrying case\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat Does Multi-Reference Mean?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe headphone offers more than one voicing, so you can check a mix against several targets without swapping headphones. That removes the variable of fit and seal changing at the same time as the sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAre These for Mixing or Tracking?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are built as a reference headphone, so mixing and critical listening. For tracking, isolation and comfort over long sessions usually matter more than reference accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat Comes in the Box?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe headphones and a carrying case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy Kali Audio\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eKali Audio was started in Burbank in 2018 by engineers out of the professional audio industry, and the whole company is built on one idea: measure everything, publish the measurements, and let the numbers do the arguing. Every product line is named after a California town. Lone Pine is the entry range, Independence is the 3-way coaxial line, Santa Monica is the flagship, and Watts is the subwoofer series. 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