Say „Kali Audio" and you think pro-grade sound at an accessible price — no marketing shortcuts required. It's a young company by industry standards, founded only in January 2018 in Burbank, California, by five veterans of JBL and other established loudspeaker brands. After years building products for big companies where R&D was constrained by deadlines and budgets, the founders — including John Melikyan, Charles Sprinkle, and Nate Baglyos — set out to do what they'd long wanted to do without compromise: design monitors from scratch with full engineering freedom. The result was the debut Lone Pine series (LP-6, LP-8), which earned immediate critical acclaim in 2018 for its price-to-performance ratio.
A defining feature of Kali Audio is its 3D Imaging Waveguide, which improves high-frequency dispersion and sharpens stereo imaging, along with extensive Boundary EQ controls that compensate for less-than-ideal monitor placement near a wall or corner — the reality of most home studios, not the exception. Interestingly, every product line is named after a California town or city (Lone Pine, Mountain View), reflecting the company's roots — everything is designed and engineered in California.
At Wired Tunes we carry the full Kali Audio range — from the iconic LP-6 V2 and LP-8 V2 monitors, through the three-way, coaxial IN series (IN-5, IN-8), to the WS-12 subwoofer for extended low end. It's the choice for producers building their first studio and for professionals looking for a reliable second pair of reference monitors — without paying flagship-brand prices.
