I’ve had multiple of both and both are very good reels but between the two I’d go with the new metanium. The met is a step up in almost all areas over the Chronarch and that’s saying something because I actually preferred the Chronarch over the previous Metanium MGL.
The new met is a better caster (not by much but still a little difference), smoother, smaller in hand and more solid. It’s like a smaller lighter bantam that has much better casting. The fact that you can get them for 50 bucks more than the Chronarch makes it an easy choice.
I really like the core solid design and hope they do a core solid Chronarch and aldebaran next to round out the lineup.
All of my reels have been JDM models FYI.