Model 01
Open-back reference. The full-size instrument for critical listening, mixing and the long evening.
€1 490
KERN ( instruments ) — Berlin
KERN
( reference )
Open-back reference instruments for people who hear the difference. Engineered in Berlin, built to be measured — nothing between you and the signal.
Driver 50 mm
Type Open-back
Hand-built Berlin, DE
KERN ( reference ) — Model 01
The reference.
A 50-millimetre beryllium-coated driver in an open-back chassis, hand-assembled and individually measured. Each pair ships with its own response curve. Nothing added, nothing coloured — only the signal.
- Driver
- 50mm beryllium
- Frequency
- 40kHz · from 10 Hz
- Impedance
- 150ohm
- Mass
- 330grams
Frequency response10 Hz — 40 kHz
Craft / since
02 — 06KERN began in a workshop in Kreuzberg with a single conviction: a listening instrument should disappear. No house sound, no flattery — a window so clean you forget it is there.
Every driver is matched by hand and measured against a reference curve before it earns the name. We build to order, in small batches, and we keep building the same three instruments better — rather than ten new ones every year. A master subtracts.
The range
Three instruments. Built to order in Berlin, calibrated for life. Prices in euro, VAT included.
Model 02
Closed-back field monitor. The reference signature, sealed and portable for the road.
€890
Studio
Closed-back, high isolation. Built for tracking and rooms that are never quiet enough.
€1 190
Acquire
ORDER
Built to order in Berlin. Six-week lead time, lifetime calibration, and your instrument's own measured curve in the box.