{"id":158313,"date":"2023-03-10T15:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=158313"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:09:33","slug":"suesskind-kronos-mk2-new-flagship-speakers-from-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/suesskind-kronos-mk2-new-flagship-speakers-from-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Suesskind Kronos MK2: New flagship speakers from Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>Joachim Gerhard\u00a0, head and main developer of the German company\u00a0Suesskind\u00a0Audio , has introduced a new generation of flagship\u00a0Kronos\u00a0speakers\u00a0, which received the suffix\u00a0MK\u00a02\u00a0.\u00a0New items are equipped with a proprietary AirBass 2 system and beryllium mid-range and high-frequency emitters.<\/p>\n<p>Joachim Gerhard is a world-renowned high-end audio designer who made a name for himself at Audio Physic.\u00a0He has been involved in the creation of such legendary speakers as STEP, SPARK, TEMPO, VIRGO, AVANTI, MEDEA, CALDERA and KRONOS.\u00a0Many of his ideas and solutions were reflected in technical and scientific articles, and later were used in products of other brands.\u00a0He is also a visiting scientific consultant at the University of Essex, where he did research in psychoacoustics with Prof. Malcolm Hawksford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/117_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>The new Suesskind Kronos MK2 loudspeakers are able to create a massive soundscape with deep bass and clear mids.\u00a0In many ways, this is the merit of the proprietary AirBass 2 system. Beryllium drivers for mids and highs provide the highest detail in the sound stage.\u00a0The novelty is ideally suited for work in big rooms.\u00a0High sensitivity of 91 dB and a nominal impedance of 8 ohms without critical minima in the entire operating range allow the use of speakers even with low power tube amplification.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended retail price of Suesskind\u00a0Kronos\u00a0MK\u00a02\u00a0speaker systems\u00a0in Europe is\u00a068,000 euros\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joachim Gerhard\u00a0, head and main developer of the German company\u00a0Suesskind\u00a0Audio , has introduced a new generation of flagship\u00a0Kronos\u00a0speakers\u00a0, which received the suffix\u00a0MK\u00a02\u00a0.\u00a0New items are equipped with a proprietary AirBass 2 system and beryllium mid-range and high-frequency emitters. Joachim Gerhard is a world-renowned high-end audio designer who made a name for himself at Audio Physic.\u00a0He has [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/suesskind-kronos-mk2-new-flagship-speakers-from-germany\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":158314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-158313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}