IN-8

Kali

IN-8

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Tempted to go from Focal shape 65 to Kali IN8V2, please talk me out of it guys

Fwiw, Sony replaced their 5k/ea Genelecs with Kali IN-8V2s in most of their audio post rooms this past year. Apparently the audio leadership couldn’t tell the difference between the Genelecs and the Kalis in a blind test. On a personal angle, I work in 3x Atmos rooms with Genelecs and have a Kali At

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The66Ripper in r/audioengineering

April 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM

16

best studio monitors

Kali Audio IN-8. Best bang for the buck.

unlikelyEncounters in r/synthesizers

November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM

11

Kali in 8 or Yamaha hs8

Kali IN 8 are excellent monitors. I upgraded from the LP6 and am very happy 👍

Fond_Phantom in r/homestudios

July 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM

5

Neumann KH120 II underwhelming?

Studio monitors aren’t supposed to have a traditional “wow” effect. You didn’t clarify what you meant by that or what exactly were you underwhelmed about, so it sounds a bit like you might’ve expected a hifi speaker wow effect. Studio monitors are designed to sound neutral. They aren’t supposed to e

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mistrelwood in r/studiomonitors

July 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM

5

Tempted to go from Focal shape 65 to Kali IN8V2, please talk me out of it guys

Personal experience here, nothing more: the Kalis are better than the Focals in terms of not hyping the highs, yes. You can see Klippel NFS measurements here. However, at a similar price point, you could grab a used pair of Neumann KH120As (the previous generation without DSP) and I think that's a b

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calvinistgrindcore in r/audioengineering

April 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM

5

Kali in 8 or Yamaha hs8

I have both.The Hs8s were my monitors for about 2 years. I needed them for my TV for a party and they never made it back to the studio so ended up with the IN8s for the studio. Both are good options. The Yamahas were a little bit more musical/better sounding. The Kalis are sterile/flat. Both can get

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UGetnMadIGetnRich in r/homestudios

July 31, 2026 at 4:31 AM

4

Office Active Speakers

Consider Kali Audio IN-8 V2

ozExpatFIRE in r/StereoAdvice

August 5, 2026 at 1:03 AM

4

Which monitors to upgrade from Kali In-8's

Save up until you can afford ATC tier, or maybe KH310 or Adam S series, PMC, smaller Barefoot, PSI, Dutch and Dutch, etc. I heard someone saying on another thread how a major company was going to be using all Kali IN8 moving forward in their many post rooms over Genelec. (I can't verify this - it's

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nizzernammer in r/mixingmastering

May 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM

4

Tempted to go from Focal shape 65 to Kali IN8V2, please talk me out of it guys

I went to the Kali warehouse a few weeks ago to pick up a part for the repair and their supply chain lead told me about the Sony situation. We have a mutual contact at Sony who is very involved in both their 360 Reality Audio systems and their Audio Post rooms, and Sony’s 360RA display at NAMM was f

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The66Ripper in r/audioengineering

April 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM

4

Kali IN-5 vs Kali IN-8 in small room

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

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No-Temporary7817 in r/audioengineering

April 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM

4

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