Kronos Discovery turntable
Discovery
MSRP: 120,000 USD
Kronos developed a wholly new way to attach the chassis to the suspension system, using completely different soft clamping methods. This treats the chassis more like the soundbox of a guitar or a violin because in that case how it’s held dictates to some degree how it sounds.
Specifications
Rotational speed: | 33.3 rpm & 45 rpm |
Tonearm length: | 9 to 12 inches |
Power supply: | dual channel pure class A linear DC, CPU controlled |
Motors: | 2× Maxon DCX DC motors |
Motor mounts: | Delrin enclosure, height adjustable |
Speed guidance system: | continuous dual-loop feedback, continuous correction |
Sensors type: | hall sensor (platters) /optical encoder tachymeter (motors) |
Correction cycle: | 60 times/rotation. 0.015% max. 0.005% min |
Control CPU: | independent system for each platter |
Platters type: | resonance tuned compressed phenolic/aluminium/copper |
Platter weight: | 8.2kg (x2) |
Drive belts: | 2 silicone/Viton, one-piece moulded, 0.230/platter |
Compensation pulley: | Teflon and zircon bearing |
Main bearings: | dual hydraulic isolated inverted sleeve and ball |
Shaft type: | grounded heat hardened tool steel, surface treated |
Ball type: | precision ceramic 7mm |
Suspension: | full floating top suspended, level adjustable |
Elastomers: | 317 elastomers, Viton/silicone proprietary mix |
Dimensions (W×D×H, no SCPS): | 71 × 37 × 29cm |
Weight: | 65kg, PSU 22.5kg, SCPS-D 22.5kg |
Reviews
Derek Jenkins reviews Kronos and Kronos Sparta.
Derek Jenkins
KJ West OneThe best analogue source turned out to be a turntable with two platters – one spinning the normal way and the other spinning the opposite way...
Lam Seng Fatt
AV2Day.comI award the Kronos one of our nine Publishers Choice awards for 2012 – it remains as enjoyable to listen to as the day it arrived...
Peter Breuninger
AV ShowroomsAs it stands, I have yet to hear a better turntable than the Kronos Pro Ltd.
Dato' Danon Han
Mono and Stereo... (the Kronos) is probably the best sounding current production model turntable I’ve heard.
David McCallum
My Hi-Fi Lifeuma referência absoluta ...
Jorge Gonçalves
Audio Cinema em CasaThe Vinyl Frontier
Kronos boldly goes where no Turntable has gone before...
Alan Sircom
The Absolute Sound's Hi-Fi+This is the best turntable I’ve never heard
Joey Weiss
The High Fidelity Reporthearing the Kronos turntable will make your heart thirst till the day you finally own it....
Sam Ho
HiFi ReviewWe have never had better sound in our main listening room as we do today, and the Kronos is a major factor. The music has never come through with such an ease, appearing as if limitless, and with a sound that inspires.
Joey Weiss
HP Soundings...Kronos Audio fait état d’innovation repoussant les limites technologiques inhérentes aux platines analogiques
Tradition • Passion • Innovation
Magazine Son et ImageI award the Kronos one of our nine Publishers Choice awards for 2012 – it remains as enjoyable to listen to as the day it arrived...
AnalogAholic
Tone Audio ReviewInnovation Award
Marc Philip
Magazine-audio...save tens of thousands of dollars by hearing one for yourself. It is absolutely top class...
Paul Bolin
The Audio BeatAn engineering Anaylisis of the dual platter design ....
Turntable - Canadian Elegance Revisited
Viking Vintage...The sound was, you’ll pardon the expression, f...ing amazing...
Art Dudley
Stereophile

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