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.)
| Product | Product | Model No. | HDD |
| Memory |
| Description | Name |
| | Size |
| | | |
| Digital Audio | alneo | XA-HD500-S/-B | 6GB |
| Player |
| | | |
MSRP (including tax)
Open price
Release | Monthly |
Date | Production |
| |
Nov. 1 | 5,000 units |
| |
(S: silver, B: black)
XA-HD500-SXA-HD500-B
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.
zVictor 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.
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