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Kali LP8 V2 or Adam Audio T8V
- Thread starter AObando2002
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What's the equilateral triangle dimensions from your listening position relative to the placement of these monitors? I ask because an 8" is a lot of monitor for most people's application.
To answer your question: It will be hard to go wrong with either. The newer ADAM TV line sounds great. It's step up from their previous F series, of which I have the F7s in my studio, except that ADAM moved the porting to the rear on the TV line. For the vast majority of spaces the ideal placement for a monitor is going to be as close as possible to the front wall without actually touching. This will cause rear port interference. To resolve this you'll need to move the monitor off the wall a bit which will move the half and quarter wavelength cancellation frequencies in the space to a point that's more difficult to treat acoustically. Depending on their performance this might be such a small shift as to be a non-issue, or it could be a real problem for low frequency accuracy. By comparison the Kali LP8s use a front port which is more friendly to most studio placements where you have to be closer than ~7' from the front wall. That said, the top end of every Kali monitor I've tried has paled in comparison to the way ADAM does their folded ribbon high frequency drivers. To me the choice of these two monitors would come down to where you want your accuracy: Down low or up high. Most spaces are already pretty bad down low, so the majority of the time I'd recommend ADAM in this scenario.
To answer your question: It will be hard to go wrong with either. The newer ADAM TV line sounds great. It's step up from their previous F series, of which I have the F7s in my studio, except that ADAM moved the porting to the rear on the TV line. For the vast majority of spaces the ideal placement for a monitor is going to be as close as possible to the front wall without actually touching. This will cause rear port interference. To resolve this you'll need to move the monitor off the wall a bit which will move the half and quarter wavelength cancellation frequencies in the space to a point that's more difficult to treat acoustically. Depending on their performance this might be such a small shift as to be a non-issue, or it could be a real problem for low frequency accuracy. By comparison the Kali LP8s use a front port which is more friendly to most studio placements where you have to be closer than ~7' from the front wall. That said, the top end of every Kali monitor I've tried has paled in comparison to the way ADAM does their folded ribbon high frequency drivers. To me the choice of these two monitors would come down to where you want your accuracy: Down low or up high. Most spaces are already pretty bad down low, so the majority of the time I'd recommend ADAM in this scenario.
Great question. Room is 15'x10'.
Approximately, 3'-1/2" to 4' to each speaker, comfortably. (ear level) That leaves 6" to 12" from wall for the Adam. Don't have that requirement with the Kali.
Thanks for the response! I get ear fatigue pretty easily in my left ear, from years of being young and stupid with live shows and stuff. That's why I lean more towards Adam. Kali is pretty tempting though. Love the front port. I've only tested the LP-6 in person. Guitar Center never has the LP8s in store.
I think either will work well for you. Both are great monitors from solid companies.
I have a pair of Kali’s - small ones. They ‘fit’ the length of my room to avoid reverberating waves, etc. and are close to my ears being on a desk. The rear ports provide bass response without needing a subwoofer. Pretty ideal.
