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For the Japanese Market Only:
September 15, 2005
JVC Releases Alneo XA-HD500 Studio Quality Digital Audio Player
Featuring JVC’s Unique Audio Quality Enhancing Technology
Built-in 1-inch Hard Drive Enables World’s Longest
*1
Continuous Playback of
Approximately 30 Hours for Digital Audio Players
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) will release the alneo XA-HD500 digital audio player featuring
JVC’s unique K2 technology and the studio tuning for high fidelity reproduction of compressed music
files. The XA-HD500 has a built-in 1-inch hard drive and is capable of a world-leading approximately
30 hours of continuous playback.
*1: According to JVC research of digital audio players with built-in 1-inch hard drive as of September 15, 2005.
(Based on 64 kbps bit rate and 44.1 kHz sampling frequency of MP3 file playback with backlight and sound mode
settings off.)
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Description
Product
Name
Model No.
HDD
Memory
Size
MSRP
(including
tax)
Release
Date
Monthly
Production
Digital Audio
Player
alneo XA-HD500-S/-B 6GB Open price Nov. 1 5,000 units
(S: silver, B: black)
Main features
1. Studio quality digital audio player featuring JVC’s unique audio quality enhancing
technology
z The XA-HD500 is equipped with JVC's CC Converter to improve sound quality from
compressed audio files using JVC’s unique K2 Technology for creating high-fidelity sound
and featured in JVC’s Hi-Fi components. The CC Converter reclaims audio information lost
during compression to WMA or MP3 format, enabling a more natural audio playback
experience.
z Victor Studio recording engineers, who are experts in music software for original master
sound recordings, have helped design the audio tuning in the XA-HD500, combining high
fidelity the inner-ear headphones that feature powerful neodymium driver units. The
recording engineers created audio quality that faithfully reproduces the intent of the artist.
XA-HD500-S
XA-HD500-B