Manufacturer owned / conglomerate

Kennerton Audio Equipment

St. Petersburg, Northwestern Russia, Russia

Kennerton is best known for hand-turned exotic-wood earcups (walnut, stabilized Karelian birch, bog oak) and for building its own planar drivers in Russia. It is the high-end sister brand of the older Fischer Audio, sharing ownership and its St. Petersburg workshop.

Kennerton is a Russian high-end headphone manufacturer based in St. Petersburg, positioned as the luxury/hi-fi brand of Fischer Audio (Fischer Audio Engineering). It designs and largely hand-builds over-ear headphones using both dynamic and planar-magnetic drivers, with signature earcups turned from rare and exotic woods (walnut, stabilized Karelian birch, bog oak, etc.). The company emphasizes artisanal craftsmanship and natural materials (wood, Italian leather, metal), makes its own planar drivers in Russia, and also produces headphone amplifiers/DACs, cables, and accessories. It sells direct online and through a global network of specialist distributors and dealers.

At a glance

Type
Manufacturer
Founder
Valentin Kazanzhi
Headquarters
St. Petersburg, Northwestern Russia, Russia
Price range
Premium
Makes / sells
over-ear headphones, planar magnetic headphones, dynamic headphones, headphone amplifiers, DACs, cables, accessories
Known for
wood-cupped over-ear headphones, exotic/stabilized hardwood earcups, in-house planar magnetic drivers, closed-back planar headphones, hand-built artisanal construction
Website
kennerton.org

Notable products

  • Thror — Open-back planar-magnetic flagship; offered with exotic wood cups including stabilized Karelian birch.
  • Rognir (Planar) — Closed-back planar-magnetic model with a reinforced carbon/Kapton polyimide membrane and rare-wood cups; a limited First Edition was released.
  • Rognir Dynamic — Closed-back version using a 50mm graphene-coated dynamic driver, aiming for an open/planar-like sound.
  • Odin — Early flagship open-back planar model; prototypes shown at IFA Berlin 2014 and later revised (Odin 2019).
  • Magister — One of the brand's earliest models, known for bog-oak earcups.
  • Vali — Open-back dynamic model, a long-standing mid-tier flagship of the dynamic line.
  • Thekk — High-end planar-magnetic model in the current lineup.

Carries

KennertonFischer Audio

Sources: Kennerton Audio Equipment (kennertonaudio.ru official site) · About Kennerton (official) · Boizoff interview: Kennerton Audio - about headphones, manufacturing culture and future plans · RocketReach: Valentin Kazanzhi, CEO of Fischer Audio Engineering & Kennerton Audio Equipment · StereoNET International: Kennerton Audio Equipment brand page · Major HiFi: Kennerton Rognir Limited First Edition Planar Magnetic review · Headfonia: Kennerton Thror review · Head-Fi: New Kennerton Odin/Magister/Vali from Fischer at IFA (2014) · MikeShouts: Kennerton Magister by Fischer Audio