Kali’s Ultimate Speaker

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.

ROOM CALIBRATION

The SM-Series gives users full control of 8 parametric EQs, delay up to 12ms, and loudspeaker trim. These parameters can be accessed and edited using our Kali Control Panel application, available for both Mac and Windows. Importantly, since these parameters are processed by the same DSP hardware already in line, using user-defined DSP adds no additional latency to the system.

Total digital latency is acceptably low to allow tracking using the SM-Series. Onboard calibration removes the need for a dedicated room calibration processor. It also prevents some of the confusion and mishap that is possible with a plug-in based processor.

Calibration is available for any source you could plug into the speaker, without needing to route it through software, and it will never be active on a mix you print. Kali has fully documented our recommended room calibration procedures. When you perform the measurement yourself, we can provide room tuning files for a small fee per speaker. More information can be found at Kaliaudio.com/santa-monica-how-to

Software

User-editable DSP is available using Kali Control Panel software, available for both Mac and Windows. You may find links to download the latest version below.

Kali Control Panel works in both Online Mode, meaning that each speaker is connected to a network with an ethernet cable, or Offline Mode, meaning that you can use a USB thumb drive to load files onto the speaker.

Specifications

• Self-Powered: Yes
• Amplifier: 3-Channel Class D (discrete LF, MR, and HF)
• Amplifier Power: 225 W total
• HF Driver: 1" Metal Dome Tweeter
• Midrange Driver: 4" Optimized Profile Paper Cone
• LF Driver: 5" Optimized Paper Woofer
• LF–Midrange Crossover: 280 Hz
• Midrange–HF Crossover: 2800 Hz
• Frequency Response (-10 dB): 39 Hz – 35 kHz
• Frequency Range (±3 dB): 47 Hz – 21 kHz
• Recommended Listening Distance: Up to 4 meters
• Maximum SPL (Peak @ 1 m): 117 dB
• Loudspeaker THD (90 dB SPL @1m): <0.75%
• Audio Inputs: Balanced XLR/TRS Combijack | 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 | Trim: -12 to +6 dB
• Enclosure: Front Ported
• DSP Latency: <3 ms
• Dimensions: Height: 15.6" (39.6 cm) | Width: 7.9" (20 cm) | Depth: 9.8" (24.8 cm)
• Weight: 9.5 kg