M01
6061-T6 cups
Machined aluminum
Each cup is turned from a single billet, then bead-blasted and anodized in a soft graphite finish that resists fingerprints.
Berlin · Est. 2019Reference Series — 001FW 4.7.1
PRIST ONE — Over-ear reference
Pure
pressure.
The PRIST ONE is a closed-back reference headphone designed for the listener who hears everything. Engineered in Berlin by a team that spent two decades shaping the sound of studios.
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USD 880
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§ 02 — Specification
Numbers that earn the price.
REF / 001
01·
40 mm
Beryllium driver
Ultra-low mass diaphragm for sub-millisecond transient response.
02·
95 dB/mW
Sensitivity
Driven cleanly by anything from a phone to a tube amp.
03·
35 hrs
Wireless battery
10-minute fast charge for five hours. USB-C, sealed.
04·
Lossless
24-bit / 96 kHz
Wired and wireless lossless via aptX Lossless and USB-C audio.
§ 03 — Anatomy
Five layers of attention.
Scroll to disassemble the driver. Each component is sourced, measured, and matched in pairs to within ±0.5 dB.
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Materials that age
honestly.
§ 04 — Materials
M02
Vegetable-tanned cushions
Italian leather
Memory foam wrapped in full-grain leather from a Tuscan tannery operating since 1898. Replaceable in under a minute.
M03
99.99% oxygen-free
OFC copper cable
Internal wiring and the included cable are made of single-crystal OFC, shielded and woven in textile sleeving by hand in Lisbon.
§ 05 — Sound profile
The PRIST tuning curve.
Three voices on the same drivers. Switch profiles in firmware. The wave below is the actual measured response.
Flat reference. The mix engineer's choice. Linear from 30 Hz to 14 kHz, ±1 dB.
People who hear
for a living.
§ 06 — Owners
“I mastered a record on these and didn't second-guess a single decision when I heard the lacquer back. That's the test.”
Jonas Frieder
Mastering engineer · Emil Berliner Studios
“There's a stillness in the bass that I have not heard outside of a treated room. They make my own records sound like someone else made them — and that's a gift.”
Lila Marković
Composer · Berlin
“Wearing these on a long flight feels like a serious indulgence. They are absurdly comfortable, and they make compressed audio listenable.”
Theo Aaltonen
Touring drummer · DJ
What the press
had to say.
§ 07 — Press
What Hi-Fi?
★★★★★
5★
“A clear product of the year contender.”
Stereophile
A
Class A
“Among the finest closed-backs we have measured.”
Head-Fi
4.8
4.8 / 5
“Pristine. The name is not an accident.”
Wired
9.4
9.4 / 10
“A new reference at this price.”
PRIST ONE · Graphite
Side view
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§ 08 — Order
PRIST ONE.
Built to order in Berlin. Each pair is matched, measured, and signed. Ships in a hand-finished walnut box with a five-year warranty.
PRIST ONE
Graphite · Included
$880
Total
$880
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