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.
The best analogue source turned out to be a turntable with two platters – one spinning the normal way and the other spinning the opposite way...
I award the Kronos one of our nine Publishers Choice awards for 2012 – it remains as enjoyable to listen to as the day it arrived...
As it stands, I have yet to hear a better turntable than the Kronos Pro Ltd.
... (the Kronos) is probably the best sounding current production model turntable I’ve heard.
uma referência absoluta ...
The Vinyl Frontier
Kronos boldly goes where no Turntable has gone before...
This is the best turntable I’ve never heard
hearing the Kronos turntable will make your heart thirst till the day you finally own it....
We 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.
...Kronos Audio fait état d’innovation repoussant les limites technologiques inhérentes aux platines analogiques
I award the Kronos one of our nine Publishers Choice awards for 2012 – it remains as enjoyable to listen to as the day it arrived...
Innovation Award
...save tens of thousands of dollars by hearing one for yourself. It is absolutely top class...
An engineering Anaylisis of the dual platter design ....
...The sound was, you’ll pardon the expression, f...ing amazing...
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