Kali Audio SM-5-C 3-Way Passive Studio Monitor (Single)
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Like Kali's acclaimed IN-Series loudspeakers, the SM-5-C is an acoustic point source, and special care has been taken with the unique geometry around the midrange tweeter to ensure a seamless transition to the edge of the speaker. This gives the loudspeaker an ideal directivity characteristic, resulting in an engrossing stereo image where details are lifelike and crisp.
Features
3-Way, Coincident Architecture
The SM-5-C is a coincident 3-way design. The midrange and tweeter are coaxial, meaning that they share an acoustic center. The woofer is offset, but its physical placement and the crossover mean that it is never out of summation with the midrange. These features give you all the spatial resolution benefits of a coaxial speaker AND all of the frequency response and distortion benefits of a 3-way speaker with none of the usual drawbacks.
Flux Stabilized Woofer
The SM-5-C's woofer incorporates features that reduce magnetic flux modulation, bringing distortion down dramatically.
Optimized Profile Midrange
The SM-5-C's midrange is optimized not only for its own frequency band, but also for its role as the tweeter's waveguide. The shape is precision engineered for ideal directivity and peak-to-peak excursion is limited to under 1mm to prevent intermodulation distortion.
1-Inch Aluminum Dome Tweeter
The tweeter on the SM-5-C is a 1-inch aluminum dome. It uses a unique geometry to reduce high-Q ultrasonic resonances, eliminating harshness that can make metal tweeters fatiguing over time.
Low Diffraction Baffle
The baffle around the midrange follows the shape of that driver, blending seamlessly from the edge of the driver and into the rest of the speaker cabinet. This eliminates on-axis diffraction artifacts in the frequency resposne, and helps reinforce the excellent imaging characteristics of the SM-5-C.
Optimized Crossover Network
Since the SM-5-C uses amplifier tuning to handle frequency response optimization, the crossover network can be purely optimized for its use in directivity transition. This level of optimization allows for premium components to be used, including ultra-low dissipation polypropylene capacitors, air-core inductors, and ultra-low inductance resistors.
The crossover network is fully optimized for bi-wire (LF+MR/HF) use, but care has also been taken to allow for single-wire use.
Mountable
The SM5-C features mounting holes on both the top and bottom of the loudspeaker. Kali recommends using a speaker specific U-bracket from Triad-Orbit, but any speaker mount with a 4.25 x 2-inch bolt pattern that is capable of holding the SM-5-C's 21lb weight will also work.
LEA Amps
Tuning files for the SM-5-C for use with LEA Connect series amplifiers can be downloaded from the Kali Audio website. Simply load these files onto your amp, and you're ready to go. The LEA Connect Series is also available with Dante inputs. The LEA Connect series amplifiers are also available with Dante connections, allowing easy networking of your audio with Kali's speakers.
Low Noise Port Tube
The SM-5-C uses a fluid dynamics-derived port tube for clean, punchy bass with very low noise from the port tube.
Specifications
Self-Powered: NoAmplification 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-Inch 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
*Important: The SM-5-C requires a power amplifier. Kali recommends bi-amplifying the speakers using an LEA Connect Series amplifier with at least 100W per channel. The amplifier, or some other component after the amplifier in your signal chain, will need to include a peak limiter. Using the SM-5-Cs without a peak limiter will void its warranty.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| SM-5-C 3-Way Passive Studio Monitor (Single) | 787901 |
