Aesthetically: It's hard to believe that what I got is a demo version. Take a look at the pics for yourself. My daughter said "Daddy those are pretty" lol. Thank you Vaughn for your patience and assistance in Jorge's absence. Do we recommend it? A little like the IN-8’s themselves, WS-12 is overkill if your studio is small – this thing is huge – but it is a great option for bass producers.

The E8XT is a big, powerful monitor that doesn’t overstep the mark. Simple to set up and, importantly, excellent value for money.

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The front port means you have more ability to move these speakers in to the prime spot for your needs. And thanks to the dip switches you have more ability to place the speakers where you need; whether free standing, near a wall or on a console. Note 2: If hiss bothers you, I'd stay away from the LP series of Kali monitors. My room is very quiet and it drives me nuts, as there are a few favorite songs that have quiet parts that are softer than the hiss. The IN-5 and IN-8v2 fix that. The original IN-8 still has hiss and I use them in my kitchen for non-critical listening though they seem to be fine for most reviewers who aren't bothered.

Subjective listening was primarily at 1.5 meters. Subjective listening was conducted at 80-95dB at this distance. Higher volumes were done simply to test the output capability in case one wants to try to sit further away.Early Reflections Directivity Index (EPDI): is defined as the difference between the listening window curve and the early reflections curve. In small rooms, early reflections figure prominently in what is measured and heard in the room so this curve may provide insights into potential sound quality. Our new IN-5 is dead quiet when not being used. You won’t hear it even if it’s very close to you and your room is very quiet. And you’ll be able to handle sensitive applications like sound design with total confidence. So, to the IN‑8 FuzzMeasure analysis I mentioned a few paragraphs ago. One thing I discovered straight away with the IN‑8 is that it produces slightly flatter frequency response curves when measured with the microphone slightly off axis (about 15 degrees). This 'flatter off-axis' phenomenon is not uncommon and is simply a result of the response discontinuities caused by diffraction from symmetrical cabinet features being averaged out by asymmetry. An example is the ridge around the IN‑8's mid–range driver. When measured with the microphone on the central axis the ridge appears to cause a discontinuity from around 8 to 12 kHz. But measured slightly off axis, asymmetry averages things out and suppresses the discontinuity. The clarity, accuracy, and stereo imaging ability on these monitors puts me in another universe. Mixing decisions are easy and instantaneous. Subtle EQing touches are discernible. And the low frequencies come out powerfully and accurately! I don't think I'll even need a subwoofer for my home studio. With a coaxial (or concentric) drive unit such as the one used in this speaker, the tweeter should be terminated in a way that it meets the midrange cone very smoothly. The reason for this is because the midrange is the waveguide for the tweeter. Any discontinuity between the tweeter edge and the inner edge of the midrange creates diffraction. As you can see in the below photo, the voice coil (or so it appears) protrudes beyond the midrange cone and beyond the tweeter’s crossing point with the midrange center. I measured this to be about 1 mm. The audible detriment due to this is something I can’t speak on. I can just say it is not “ideal” to have such a discontinuity. It would take having the ideal profile/termination design measured and listening tests conducted. The distance from the center of the tweeter to this edge is about 20mm which puts the first reflection at around 8kHz, which also coincides with the on-axis response dip. This could be coincidence (no pun intended). I don’t want to harp on this too much but I do think this is worth noting.