Muse Research has announced a new model of the Receptor hardware plug-in player, priced between the standard Receptor model and the top end Receptor Pro, announced at AES in October. The new model, called Receptor Pro Jr., comes with 2 Gb of enhanced performance RAM, a 400 Gb, 7200RPM drive, and the fastest processor in its class, resulting in significant performance improvements over the base-model Receptor. The company also announced that the standard Receptor with 256 Mb of RAM is being discontinued and being replaced by a standard model that comes with 2 Gb of RAM and a higher price adjusted for the additional RAM.
This new configuration of Receptor provides the user with 2GB of performance-enhanced RAM, a 400GB hard drive with 16MB cache and a 7200RPM spindle for ultra-fast data transfers, and the 64-bit AMD processor, running at 2.4Ghz and featuring a largest-in-class 1MB L2 cache, and a 1Ghz HyperTransport system bus.
Receptor Pro Jr. has an MSRP of $2699. The revised standard Rev. C Receptor with 2 Gb of RAM now has an MSRP of $2299. Receptor PRO has an MSRP of $3099.
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