KINEA, £16,750

The Kinea is Primary Control’s first turntable. It’s inherent technologies and superb build position it just above the Thrax and Brinkmann decks we sell. It is a large footprint direct drive design with extensive use of Panzeholz and adjustable torque for fine tuning of the sound. Whilst its pricing of under £17,000 saves you tens of thousands over many of today’s ‘uber’ decks, it can be furnished with any of the 4 tonearms to suit your final budget. When we first trialled the Kinea, it was shod with the second from top £13,950 Gravity Tonearm. As a £31,000 package we found it to have exceptional performance and startling levels of resolution and organisation. Alternatively, dress the Kinea with the one of a kind FCL tonearm and you have a last ever Vinyl source that wants for nothing.

78RPM – On Request
Spare Armboard OVAL, £475.00
Spare Armboard ROUND, £200.00

STANDARD FINISHES: solid maple frame / polished piano black
SPECIAL ORDER FINISHES: Zebrano, Wenge, Oak, IPS, Olive, Walnut, Padouk, White

  • Coreless Direct Drive Turntable with low torque brushless air core motor to minimise the magnetically motor cogging effect.
  • Start up routine for 5 seconds with high torque.
  • Standby with low torque.
  • The electronic regulation allows variable torque settings.
  • 360mm diameter platter mass loaded perimeter for increased flywheel effect.
  • Internally, a five layer compound material is used.
  • Armboard for 9 to 13 inch tonearms.
  • 78 rpm on request.
  • Dimensions and weight: 600mm x 480mm, 35 Kg.

“The direct drive turntable is since years a highly underestimated technology. After the market was flushed with tons of cheap direct drives high torque turntables in the seventies and eighties, this drive method almost completely disappeared from the High End market. Quite wrongly, as we think. The PrimaryControl Kinea Turntable brings the direct drive low torque technology back on stage and lifts it to new heights.”

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