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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
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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.)
Product
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
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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.
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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
