First Sub $300 Audiophile System

First Sub $300 Audiophile System - Kali LP-UNF Review

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4 ай бұрын

This is a detailed review, with measurements, of the new Kali LP-UNF desktop speakers.
Not affiliated with KALI in any way. No commission if you use this ling or do not.
www.kaliaudio.com/lp-unf

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@FunFiEmpire 4 ай бұрын

Being a warped, frustrated old man myself, I always measure twice and dip once. Thank you for your thorough, entertaining, and very informative (truthfully) review and overview of another product. Laughed and learned - loved the bluetooth bit. Audiophiles love the bluetooth! Can't wait for your death match.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Ballador 4 ай бұрын

I was watching the video fullscreen and actually moved the mouse to bring the playtime up when you said 17 hour video! got me good hahaha

@peterotremba8980 4 ай бұрын

I love this detailed review

@paulchristman4918 4 ай бұрын

Awesome!! I soooo agree with the burnt orange 💜

@VonKickass 2 ай бұрын

Is there any other reviewer that responds to comments as often, and with such helpful advice? This orange jacketed Greek rocks 👌🏼

@scientificaudiophile 2 ай бұрын

No idea what you’re talking about. This is the first comment I’ve replied to in months. I think my Mom may have hacked my account. Hope she’s not giving out disinformation.

@markfowlermusic 2 ай бұрын

Any good for playing digital piano through and vsts and also casual fun music enjoyment? Not sure whether to get these or the actual lp6s, in5 or in5 unf. Too many options, reason why I thought one of the UNF options would be best is because I am very close to the speakers if I place them on top of my piano, that easily arms length, and that’s a cool place for me to put them I think as they’ll be ear height facing me on top of my cabinet digital piano.

@scientificaudiophile 2 ай бұрын

If space isn't an issue, get the LP6's.

@polarbear3427 4 ай бұрын

Very nice video.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@niccster1061 4 ай бұрын

Why dont you have preamp on your 6db boost???

@nw6066 4 ай бұрын

I have a question about interconnect cable. You mentioned reduce imaging with longer cable...did you mean just speaker positioning (too far away will creat image on its own rather than keep as 1 united) or loosing part of audio signal in longer wire. I plan to get LP UNF longer cable just for my corner desk setup, 5 feet cable isn't long enough for my needs.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Yes. If you need a longer cable to weave around, then definitely get the 8’ interconnect.

@RoanMartin 3 ай бұрын

Hey, love this review! I just uploaded my own review of these speakers and gave your video a shoutout :)

@scientificaudiophile 3 ай бұрын

I will check it out. Thanks a lot!

@kev16vp 4 ай бұрын

Do you recommend them for a living room usage? I plan o use it with my TV for movies and series; also casual music listening.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Yes, if you’re not more than 10 ft from the TV. They aren’t recommending that they be more than 4 ft apart.

@FelipeBudinich 4 ай бұрын

You can turn them up to 11? I'm sold.

@matereo 4 ай бұрын

Come on man. We know your mom actually is Dianne Bish. Why are you being so cruel to her when she has saved entire humanity time and time again, CD by CD

@iamamadman6542 4 ай бұрын

Is it true? 🤔

@carminedesanto6746 4 ай бұрын

GM from Toronto ☕️ $300 USD ….interesting. I’ve got the OG from Klipsch..the 51 Powered version… It’s good ..but as with all things limited. However, this looks great for a desktop or a near field 😎

@prestotechreviews8871 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I am considering these to replace some really old m audio studiophile dx4s for my desk. The m audios barely fit on my desk so space is at a premium here, and the kalis are a little larger but I think I could cram them on there. I am going to run them with the Presonos Eris sub 8 I have. Do you think these would work well? I'm going to be enjoying music at my desk as well as some light mixing as well.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Just remember, they don't have a sub output.

@prestotechreviews8871 4 ай бұрын

@@scientificaudiophile Well the presonos sub has audio out for the mains so I should be all set.

@jedi-mic 3 ай бұрын

@@prestotechreviews8871 is that a unfiltered output on the sub or does it have that high pass filter to the main speakers that might be worth doing at 70 hertz and above

@sidesup8286 4 ай бұрын

Flat cables do aethetically work better under rugs, but you are forgetting that speaker cables should not touch the floor. Due to static fields, speaker vibration transmission and resonances. Speaker cables pressing against something on their bottoms AND having a rug on top of them is double jeapordy. They do sell cable trestles, also known as cable risers, cable elevators and ssnake oil, that raise the cables off the vibratory static field of the floor for better sound. Or you can use those white plastic round things that the better pizza parlors place on their pizzas, so the pizzas won't stick to the top of the box if dropped or accidentally gets turned upside down. I think they're called pizza anti-risers. Some of the cable risers they make lift the speaker cable high enough off the carpet, that you can vacuum underneath them, just don't hit one of the trestles with your vacuum, as we've seen overnight what could happen if a bridge trestle is hit, and we don't want another Baltimore.. So tragic.. I have applied for a patent for desktop speaker cable risers, which are tall enough to shuffle your papers underneath and taller than a soda can, or how tall hamburgers used to be, so it doesn't limit your desk items, or cost you one iota of desk space. Not all speakers are wireless. As for putting speakers up on the wall, they suffer from early reflections and wall coloration; that way. However, I know a retired circus clown, who has hair of burnt orange on BOZO, I mean BOTH sides of his head, who is an audio isolation expert, and has his speakers suspended from the ceiling. He said watching the trapeze performers gave him the idea one day. For the most part, only the ceiling is vibratory that way. The amps on his floor do not suffer the ill effects of speaker vibration rattling their circuitry; necessitating the purchase of all kind of costly isolation bases. VPI, the turntable manufacturer, has started making vibration bases again, for a retail price of $1,500 and can be seen and purchased on the net. Now according to my clown associate, who is currently sick in bed with spotted fever; he says that even with the speakers hooked up to the ceiling, some of the vibration does make it down to the floor. Since turntables are particularly sensitive to any vibration, he says he would never have his turntable in the same room as speakers; with all that vibration going on. So using a long interconnect through a partially opened window; he has his turntable on his porch. It's close enough that he can open the window and bend over and change the records. He's a loner and trusts his mailman not to steal his turntable. The only problem, he says, is that the wind can play havoc with the anti skating; and if the wind is bad enough; it can make the cartridge skate clear off the record. He lives in Cleveland, and despite not being named The Windy City; it IS windier there than Chicago Look it up on the net. Hope this helps!

@iamamadman6542 4 ай бұрын

This retired circus clown should start an audio channel!

@jimfarrell4635 4 ай бұрын

It turns out wooden bridge supports from kids wooden railway systems like Brio make excellent cable risers. My little darlings can cry all they want, but they are not getting them back. I just tell them to shut up or they are going back under the stairs with The Monster. Daddy needs his pinpoint imaging.

@sidesup8286 4 ай бұрын

Road Racing Sets used to come with trestles too, so you could do Figure 8 layouts. Road Race sets were the first time I think I ever did any so called tweaking They used to market these little bottles of liquid that you rubbed on your rubber slot car tires. There were 3 different variations; all of a different color, and I assume formulation. There was MOO One, MOO Two or TOO, and MOO 3. I tried them all, and forget which one worked best on my individual rubber. They would indeed increase the traction and make the slot cars go faster...for a while. And then after a while the wherls started spinning like the car was caught in an oil slick. The sticky MOO formula on the tires would eventually pick up enough dust from the slot car track to make them spin in their own tracks without moving; or should I say MOOving! Also you could fiddle with the braided contact brushes that made contact with the rails, on the underside of the slot cars, and that sometimes made all the difference in the world as far as their speed; once you replaced the MOOed up tires. 1/32 and 1/24 scale were the coolest and they stayed on the track much better than HO. I do occasionally put up a train layout in connection with battery operated cars, trucks and even boats at Christmastime. But what were we talking about? I lost my TRAIN of thought. Oh yeah, Instead of telling your kids there's a monster under the stairs, it may be more sensitive and politically correct to tell them there's a big fat toy collector, similar to a tax collector that hides under the stairs, and if you're not good or have too many toys or trestles, he'll either snatch your toys away and give them to The Goodwill; or try to bake you in the oven & eat you like the witch tried in Hansel & Gretel. That might be more. sensitive

@jimfarrell4635 4 ай бұрын

@@sidesup8286 You are probably right. I will try that with the young one who has nearly finished medical school. He loves his trains, but getting him to fit in the understair closet has become a bitch. Also he's now bigger than me and does weights.

@sidesup8286 4 ай бұрын

@jim. And he's probably smart enough to know he's strong. Unlike pet tigers that challenge you when they're a few months old, and just figure you're still the strong one; even when they're 800 punds and full grown.

@Shadepariah 4 ай бұрын

New mic? sounds really good.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Actually not. Just recorded in the HT room where it has a low noise floor. Thanks for noticing.

@CosmicMatcha 3 ай бұрын

Noted! What beats JBL 306P MkII for you, if you’ve heard them? (I haven’t heard them, but have been recommended them)

@scientificaudiophile 3 ай бұрын

Sorry, never heard them.

@CosmicMatcha 3 ай бұрын

No prob! :)

@amonamonny1830 4 ай бұрын

Hi can you recommend the dac/amp or headphone amp for gaming? I mainly plays on iems price not above 180$ right now I’m really tired of on board sound😂

@amonamonny1830 4 ай бұрын

I watched you review on Fiio k11 and Fosi audio sk02 and can’t decide which one to choose. Btw both of this are at the same price in my place(discounted). Or other than these two amps that you recommend?

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

At the same price point, if I were you, I’d make the decision on form factor and the fact the Fosi runs off USB power only. The advantage of the K11 is more power, specifically from the USB.4mm balanced output. Good luck.

@amonamonny1830 4 ай бұрын

@@scientificaudiophile thank you for the answer, I’ll order the Fiio soon!

@ant1kryst Ай бұрын

topping DX3 pro+. had mine for quite a bit now and its pretty good. my favorite part is that i can set it to DAC only mode... powers off when laptop is off. powers on when laptop wakes up. then i just control the volume on windows.

@jfn467 3 ай бұрын

So your recommendation is jumper 6 up by default?

@scientificaudiophile 3 ай бұрын

Maybe. If your room has a sick amount of dampening, you may not want jumper 6 up. But in general, that will bring down some of the peaking.

@AlexMitchell-sj4sb 4 ай бұрын

That is a really nice cinema room you have there! Do you listen to Bish in there also? I must listen to some Bish, you keep mentioning her.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

I’ve got Bish everywhere. I have Bish pajamas, socks and her tattoo on my back. I go nowhere without the Queen with me.

@AlexMitchell-sj4sb 4 ай бұрын

@@scientificaudiophile she is certainly a classy lady!

@Panslapper 3 ай бұрын

I am hoping JBL revise their 104bt. I like the sound but they have a latency issue with Bluetooth and a big volume dip over wired.

@sidesup8286 4 ай бұрын

Some Suggestions For Sayings for the back of the Scientific Audio T-Shirt coming out. 1. How Will I Know...When Any More Upgrades Will Not Make Any More Improvement? 2. Audiphiles & Their Money Are Soon Parted. 3. I Can't Stand Prosperity. High End Audio Is A Good Way To Solve That. 4. High End Audio: Better Than Having A Hole In Your Pocket. 5. Lets Gid Rid Of All Those People That List Every Piece Of Expensive Showy Gear They Own On The Audio Forums. 6. Audiophiles: What I Really Think A Lot Of Them Needed Was More Love From Their Mothers. 7. Money Is Filthy. Good Equipment Is CLEAN! 8. Do Cable Doubters Believe in God? Or Gravity? This page keeps jumping.THE END

@fatold50 4 ай бұрын

The only audiophile reviewer....worth paying attention too...IMHO👍...keep up the" knowledgeable reviews"

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! You're totally wrong, but I still appreciate it.

@MrBsmurfy 4 ай бұрын

Would you recommend ahead of 2 Lp-6's?

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Yes, the LP6's are better speakers. Bigger, but better.

@MrBsmurfy 4 ай бұрын

🙃should that be...'No, the LP6's are better speakers'....?!😁@@scientificaudiophile

@oahupc4688 4 ай бұрын

These look awesome but I feel like they might need more cow bell though

@Dan-pi6dx 4 ай бұрын

i just really dont enjoy the kali design how hard is it to have a case that doesnt look like melted plastic. though i still will be buying with its superior price to performance.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

Melted plastic is cheaper.

@Dan-pi6dx 4 ай бұрын

@@scientificaudiophile kef style flat box is even cheaper

@jakedavila4468 4 ай бұрын

Another check from my dad! He gets it!@@scientificaudiophile

@chinmeysway 3 ай бұрын

they make decent stuff just wish they looked less goofy on these in partic. (why reinvent a wine bottle’s shape?)

@scientificaudiophile 3 ай бұрын

They aren’t pretty, that’s for sure.

@manitsony6703 Ай бұрын

Is your room treated

@scientificaudiophile Ай бұрын

My hi fi room is. Not my desktop work area.

@manitsony6703 Ай бұрын

Thankyou ...I have watched all your videos since....your acoustic are treated via professional nstallers or diy ?? May I request one vdo from you in future touching on this topic. Thankyou.

@scientificaudiophile Ай бұрын

@@manitsony6703 I did a brief overview on this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNOYpsqQuKiXpqc.html

@officialWWM Ай бұрын

These are not an “audiophile” speaker system. They are studio mixing speakers!

@hellyeah_tv 4 ай бұрын

you measured speakers in untreated room? lol heard about resonance frequency? this bump on 80 Hz looks like resonance cos' this system shouldn't have this kind of frequency response.

@scientificaudiophile 4 ай бұрын

I measured in my treated room, the black at the bottom is Owens Corning Acoustic Blanket up 3’ across the side walls. Mic @ 0.8 meters. But it’s not an anechoic chamber and distance to the wall could definitely affect the results at such lower frequencies. Erin’s Audio Corner also reviewed and below 80 hZ his drop off is smoother, so I’ll be more careful measuring in the future. Thanks

@hellyeah_tv 4 ай бұрын

@@scientificaudiophile not enough to put some panels in random directions. if you want to be accurate or close to accurate in your measurements you should measure and find all resonances in your room and eliminate them. every bedroom producer know this but audiophiles ignores this knowledge same as you.