The SM-8 is a powered 3-way studio monitor with a 5-Inch woofer, and a 4-Inch midrange with a coaxial 1-inch metal dome tweeter. Part of Kali’s flagship Santa Monica series of speakers, the SM-8 combines Kali’s proven 3-way coincident architecture with uncompromising components to deliver unparalleled imaging, accuracy, and detail for critical mixing applications.

SM-Series speakers feature user-definable DSP for room calibration. Each speaker can process up to 8 parametric EQs, 10ms of delay and 18 dB of trim. This allows you to tune the speakers for your room, delivering accurate monitoring that will translate without second guessing.

Like Kali’s acclaimed IN-Series loudspeakers, the SM-8 is an acoustic point source, and special care has been taken with the unique geometry around the midrange 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. Off axis lobing that is unavoidable in 2-way loudspeakers is virtually eliminated in the SM-8.

The transducers on the SM-8 are similarly precision engineered for high dynamic range, smooth response, and low distortion. The woofer design has been refined, and incorporates features that reduce magnetic flux modulation, bringing distortion down dramatically.

The midrange has been optimized not only for its own frequency handling, but also for its role as the tweeter’s waveguide. The tweeter is an aluminum dome with a special geometry that reduces high-Q ultrasonic resonances, eliminating the harsh sound that can plague metal dome designs.

All of these features contribute to impressive performance from the SM-8. THD of the system is less than 0.5% and lower frequency response is 37 Hz at -10 dB.  With 300 W of power, the SM-8 can deliver 119 dB peak SPL, making it capable of hitting 85 dB continuous output with 20 dB dynamic peaks from up to 4 meters away.

The SM-8 can be mounted using hardware from Triad Orbit, or any other speaker mount that uses a 4.25x2 Inch hole pattern and can support the loudspeaker’s 31 lb weight.