K2 is a technology for creating high-quality digital sound developed jointly by the JVCKENWOOD Corporation and Victor Entertainment's Victor Studio under the principle of "Closer to the Musical Truth."
The following logos represent the standard for promoting the unified image of K2 communications for the purpose of ensuring that the diversified forms of K2 technology are correctly communicated.
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Generic term for K2 technology | Equipment and products mounted with K2 technology | Creating high-quality sound for equipment and products |
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Technology for enabling high-grade transmissions | Equipment mounted with K2 interface technology Products made with the use of K2 interface technology |
Creating high-precision sound for equipment and products |
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Technology for creating high-quality compressed music sources | Used or displayed on packages, advertisements, websites, catalogues, promotion materials and other items for equipment that performs music source pre-processing for music distribution and post-processing for replay purposes. | Pre-processing: Creating high-quality sound for compressed music sources Post-processing: Creating high-quality sound when compressed music sources are played back |
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Mastering system using K2 technology | Used or displayed on media, packages, advertisements, websites, catalogues, promotion materials and other items for music sources that have been generated through K2HD processing/coding during mastering | Creating high-quality sound for music sources generated during mastering |
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Technology for converting SD music sources into HD music sources | Used or displayed on advertisements, websites, catalogues, promotion materials and other items for music sources that have been generated through K2HD processing | Creating high-quality sound when converting CD spec music sources (44.1 kHz/16 bits) to Hi-Resolution spec (maximum 192 kHz/24 bits) |
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Technology for converting HD music sources into SD music sources | Used or displayed on advertisements, websites, catalogues, promotion materials and other items for music sources that have been generated through K2HD coding | Creating high-quality sound when converting Hi-Resolution spec music sources (maximum 192 kHz/24 bits) to CD spec (44.1 kHz/16 bits) |