JVC RX-D702 manual for CDs, DVDs, etc, for MP3, WMA, etc, BackgroundBackground, 24-bit, DVD Audio

CC Converter

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RX-D702

Digital audio started with Compact Disc and has since given birth to such super high-fidelity formats as DVD Audio and SACD. There’s another trend in digital audio: compressed data formats. Music distribution over the Internet, silicon audio using compact IC cards, and digital broadcast by satellite -- all these formats take advantage of audio compression technology. This means there are two diverging trends in digital audio -- higher fidelity and higher compression.

JVC is not only a hardware maker but also a software producer as well, so there has been a close collaboration between the hardware engineers and studio engineers for all aspects of digital sound production. “K2 Processing Technology” is one of the many improvements developed by this collaboration to achieve higher sound quality. It was implemented as the “Extended K2 Processing,” a critically acclaimed application to pure audio. The CC Converter is an adaptation of this technology for compressed music. Therefore, it improves the sound quality of both hi-fi sources such as CD and DVD (Linear Mode) and compressed music formats including MP3 and WMA (Compression Mode), benefiting a wide range of digital audio contents.

Sound Formats and Media: Quality vs. Compression

24-bit	DVD Audio	LINEARINEAR MODEMODE
Higher		(for CDs, DVDs, etc.)
Sound Quality

20-bit
				COMPRESSIONOMPRESSION
16-bit		dts	CD	MODEMODE
				(for MP3, WMA, etc.)
		DD
	MP3
12-bit	MDLP	AAC
		SD

		Higher
	Telephone
8-bitCellular		Compression

8kHz44.1kHz 176.4/192kHz

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