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DEE will release notebook PCs "AVC-N72L-LTD" and "MPC-72L" specially designed to meet the requirements of PC audio from the US iCAT brand on November 12th. do. The price is 385,000 yen for AVC-N72L-LTD and 285,000 yen for MPC-72L.
Equipped with the latest OS, it adopts a system design that was developed in consideration of various conditions for music playback. The synergistic effect of the hardware and software is said to "satisfy audiophile users" in terms of noise, jitter, latency, and sound quality.
Flexible printed cables, which are vulnerable to noise and signal attenuation, are not used, and the connector is attached directly to the board. The parts layout and pattern layout have been thoroughly verified, and a dedicated board designed from the ground up for audio, such as internal loss, delay, line noise countermeasures, and external noise mixing, is installed.
The keyboard has a backlight that allows you to adjust the brightness so that you can operate it even in a dark listening room. It has a quiet and thermal design that does not generate heat even during continuous music playback. The display is a 15.6-inch full HD LCD.
The AVC-N72L-LTD is equipped with "MsHD-Vegas22" as the OS, and can play music data using music applications compatible with Realtime OS as an audio PC, streaming playback, CD ripping, etc. "RNP mode" that can be used as a player and server for Roon Core, DLNA music, such as listening to music as a Roon-based player by closing the display and operating only from a tablet or smartphone, listening to built-in sound source data from a network player, etc. It supports two modes of ".
Equipped with GUI-less HQPlayer4 that can be used in both PC mode and RNP mode. Streaming audio from music streaming services such as Amazon Music and YouTube Music and video distribution services such as Netflix can be upsampled in real time, bit expanded and output to DAC at a maximum PCM 1,536kHz 32bit float.
Supports AirPlay, DLNA DMR (UPnP), and Roon Bridge, allowing remote play from devices such as PCs and smartphones at PCM 1,536kHz 32bit float. From devices that support UPnP2.0, DSD512 playback is possible by real-time conversion, DSD 1024 native playback, and JRiver Media Center sounds can also be played as PCM 1,536kHz 32bit float with the OS's built-in sound engine.
Load-intensive processing, such as real-time DSD conversion, is distributed from conventional software calculations that depend on CPU performance to hardware calculations, thereby reducing CPU load and heat generation while improving performance by 20%. rice field. In addition to the system SSD, a 4TB SSD is installed to expand the music data storage area.
The MPC-72L is a base model that is equipped with the "MsHD-Beat22" OS and specializes in GUI-based audio PCs. In addition to the OS, a 2TB HDD is installed. Unlike AVC-N72L-LTD, it does not have a renderer function that converts DSD from UPnP 2.0 compatible devices. HQPlayer is equipped with 3 Desktop version.
The external dimensions are 375 x 240 x 20mm and the weight is 1.8kg. Specific product specifications are as follows.
2 x USB3.0, 2 x USB2.0, 1 x Type C, 1 x HDMI (4K@24Hz) 3.5mm 1 Jack, MIC in/Line out, 1 x SD/MMC , Camera (2M)