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Extended Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD) is a mastering and manufacture process patented by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd) for producing Red Book compact discs. It was first introduced in 1995.

An XRCD is priced about twice as high as a regular full-priced CD. JVC attributes this to the higher cost of quality mastering and manufacturing.

Technical overview

The XRCD definition refers to the mastering and manufacture process; the resulting CD and the contained data conform to the redbook standard and are encoded at 16 bits, 44.1 kHz. Hence, XRCDs are playable on any compact disc player.

JVC uses advanced dither algorithms (though without noise shaping) in their K2 technology to transfer the analog or digital source to physical disc. The company claims to have studied how inferior CD-remastering techniques degrade the master tape sound and strives to minimize this loss.

Unlike HDCD, the extra four bits cannot be recovered, as this method of mastering only aims to improve dithering to 16-bit, rather than to store extra data.

Mastering process

If analog, the source material is first converted to digital via JVC's K2 20-bit or 24-bit analog-to-digital converter.

The musical information is next encoded on a magneto-optical disk for transport to JVC's Yokohama manufacturing plant, where jitter reduction is applied. The musical signal on the disk is down-converted to 16-bit through a K2 "super-coding" process. This 16-bit signal is eight-to-fourteen modulation-encoded (EFM-encoded) before going through a proprietary "Extended Pit Cut" DVD K2 laser technology to produce a glass master. JVC claims this optimizes the linear velocity of the glass master, giving precise pit lengths to eliminate time jitters, controlled by an extremely precise rubidium clock. All CDs are finally stamped directly from this glass master.

XRCD2 and XRCD24 are improved versions of the original XRCD process. XRCD2 is the first to record to a magneto-optical disk via the digital K2 regenerator, while XRCD24 upgrades the original music signal's bit depth signal from 20 to 24 bits.

References

External links

XRCD.com
XRCD by JVC
Elusive Disc's Explanation of K2 Encoding Process Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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-'''Extended Resolution Compact Disc''' ('''XRCD''') is a mastering and manufacture process patented by [[JVC]] (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd) for producing [[high fidelity]] [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|redbook]] [[Compact Disc]]s. It was first introduced in 1995.
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+[[File:Extended Resolution Compact Disc (logo).jpg|thumb|Logo]]
-A XRCD is priced about twice as high as a regular full-priced CD. JVC attributes this to the higher cost of quality mastering and manufacturing.
+'''Extended Resolution Compact Disc''' ('''XRCD''') is a mastering and manufacture process patented by [[JVC]] (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd) for producing [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|Red Book]] [[compact disc]]s. It was first introduced in 1995.
+An XRCD is priced about twice as high as a regular full-priced CD. JVC attributes this to the higher cost of quality mastering and manufacturing.
-== Technical overview ==
-The XRCD definition refers to the mastering and manufacture process; the resulting CD and the contained data conforms to the redbook standard and are encoded at 16 [[bit]]s, 44.1 [[KHz]]. Hence, XRCDs are playable on any compact disc player.
+==Technical overview==
-JVC uses advanced [[dither]] [[algorithm]]s (though without [[noise shaping]]) in their proprietary K2 technology and takes care to transfer the analog or digital source to physical disc. The company claims to have studied how inferior CD-remastering techniques degrade the [[master tape]] sound and strives to minimize this loss.
+The XRCD definition refers to the mastering and manufacture process; the resulting CD and the contained data conform to the redbook standard and are encoded at 16 [[bit]]s, 44.1 [[kHz]]. Hence, XRCDs are playable on any compact disc player.
+JVC uses advanced [[dither]] [[algorithm]]s (though without [[noise shaping]]) in their K2 technology to transfer the analog or digital source to physical disc. The company claims to have studied how inferior CD-remastering techniques degrade the [[master tape]] sound and strives to minimize this loss.
-== Mastering process ==
-If [[Analog recording|analog]], the source material is first converted to digital via JVC's patented K2 20-[[bit]] or 24-bit [[analog-to-digital converter]].
+Unlike [[HDCD]], the extra four bits cannot be recovered, as this method of mastering only aims to improve dithering to 16-bit, rather than to store extra data.
-The musical information is next encoded on a [[magneto-optical]] disk for transport to JVC's [[Yokohama]] manufacturing plant, where [[jitter]] reduction is applied. The musical signal on the disk is down-converted to 16-bit through a K2 "super-coding" process. This 16-bit signal is [[Eight-to-fourteen modulation|EFM]]-encoded before going through a proprietary "Extended Pit Cut" DVD K2 laser technology to produce a glass master. This optimizes the [[linear velocity]] of the glass master, giving precise pit lengths to eliminate time jitters, controlled by an extremely precise [[Rubidium]] clock. All CDs are finally stamped directly from this glass master.
+==Mastering process==
-'''XRCD2''' and '''XRCD24''' are improved versions of the original XRCD process. XRCD2 is the first to record to a magneto-optical disk via the digital K2 regenerator, while XRCD24 upgrades the original music signal's [[bit depth]] signal from 20 to 24 bits.
+If [[analog recording|analog]], the source material is first converted to digital via JVC's K2 20-[[bit]] or 24-bit [[analog-to-digital converter]].
+The musical information is next encoded on a [[magneto-optical]] disk for transport to JVC's [[Yokohama]] manufacturing plant, where [[jitter]] reduction is applied. The musical signal on the disk is down-converted to 16-bit through a K2 "super-coding" process. This 16-bit signal is [[eight-to-fourteen modulation]]-encoded (EFM-encoded) before going through a proprietary "Extended Pit Cut" DVD K2 laser technology to produce a glass master. JVC claims this optimizes the [[linear velocity]] of the glass master, giving precise pit lengths to eliminate time jitters, controlled by an extremely precise [[rubidium]] clock. All CDs are finally stamped directly from this glass master.
-== See also ==
-* [[HDCD]]
-* [[Super Bit Mapping]]
+'''XRCD2''' and '''XRCD24''' are improved versions of the original XRCD process. XRCD2 is the first to record to a magneto-optical disk via the digital K2 regenerator, while XRCD24 upgrades the original music signal's [[audio bit depth|bit depth]] signal from 20 to 24 bits.
-== External links ==
-* [http://www.xrcd.com/ XRCD.com]
-* [http://www.elusivedisc.com/xrcdprocess.pdf Elusive Disc's Explanation of K2 Encoding Process]
+==See also==
-{{Audio format}}
+* [[Dither]]
+* [[High Definition Compatible Digital]] (HDCD)
+* [[Super Bit Mapping]] (SBM)
+* [[Triangular distribution|TPDF]]
+==References==
-[[Category:High-end audio]]
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051030012145/http://www.xrcd.com/ XRCD.com]
+* [http://www.xrcd.net/ XRCD by JVC]
+* [http://www.elusivedisc.com/xrcdprocess.pdf Elusive Disc's Explanation of K2 Encoding Process] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184015/http://www.elusivedisc.com/xrcdprocess.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}
+{{Audio format}}
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