IN-5

The reality is you won’t know til you listen to them in your room. Genelec have one of the best pedigrees out there, so I’m sure they’ll be great. Kali is newer but also quite excellent. I haven’t heard the IN5 but I use the LP6 v2 and absolutely love them, best value at their price IMO. I’m sure yo

ngl i've used both in untreated rooms and the kh80 are way more honest but brutally revealing. kali in5 are fun and forgiving for heavy bass music. if your room isn't treated, the kh80's ma1 calibration kit works magic - measures your room and adjusts the speakers. Neumann MA 1 comes as a bundle wit

From my experience, larger speakers always sound better. While the Kali IN5 and IN8 have similar low‑frequency extension on paper, the IN8 has significantly lower distortion. I’ve never bought into the idea that you have to match speaker size to room size — I’d always go bigger without hesitation. T

I really like my Kali Audio monitors. Very good value across their lines. For $900, you can get a new pair of IN-5, or for $1000, a pair of IN-8s, which are great three way speakers. You might try those and if you find the bass lacking, add a sub. Or for $600, you could do their LP-8.

I mainly use headphones for mixing, but I’ve owned both and the 560s have been my go-to pair for about a year now. There’s nothing else I’ve tried in that price range that comes close. I’ve done countless hours of research trying to find the best value, even tried more expensive headphones like Aude

Spinorama for Genelec 8030A Spinorama for Kali In-5 Trust your ears if you can hear both, they’re both great but I give a slight edge to Genelec. If you’re factoring cost, Kali is the winner.

Comparing the IN5s with the Genelecs is unfair, because a single genelec is almost twice the price of the IN5s. Still, if it's you first pair I would go for the IN5s and invest the rest of the budget on acoustic treatment if you haven't done so already. The IN5s are well balanced and are good purpos

There are also IN5 which also have coaxial mid/tweeter. Kali is insane value for the price.

KH80 is smaller and more expensive, but tonally very balanced for the size. IN5 is closer in size to the much more expensive KH120, but is a three way. You will get more speaker with less cost (and less pedigree) with the Kali. If I was choosing, I'd get IN5. If you can, listen for yourself in perso

Genelec was literally just one example. My point is that there have been some breakout brands, like Kali Audio, that make insanely good speakers for the price. The IN-5 and IN-8s for example have a plethora of reviewers saying they prefer them over $1000 or even $2000 speakers.