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[Album] Japan's Superior Sound?
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Old Aug 18, 2008, 09:53 AM 1 #1 of 13
Japan's Superior Sound?

Once in a while, I buy import CDs. A lot of times its from one vendor from Japan. It always arrives quickly and in excellent condition and his prices are very reasonable - but I've noticed he's been posting blurbs about the sound quality on Japanese CDs. Namely "MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN FOR SUPERIOR SOUND"

To me, that sounds like empty buzzwords. Is there any truth to it at all? I can't imagine the mastering being any big improvement.

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 11:43 AM 1 #2 of 13
empty buzzwords. the japanese just like to think their stuff is better than the rest of the world

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 12:43 PM Local time: Aug 18, 2008, 11:43 AM 1 #3 of 13
When they say that I'm sure their base of comparison is the rest of Asia and not necessarily the whole world. Most Japanese albums I've listened sound slightly better than many I've listened to from China and especially Korea.

Anyone with minimum knowledge of mastering and mixing should be able to create a pretty nice album though. In the end, it probably is just a buzzword much like "Made in America" is...

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 04:17 PM Local time: Aug 18, 2008, 01:17 PM 1 #4 of 13
Once in a while, I buy import CDs. A lot of times its from one vendor from Japan. It always arrives quickly and in excellent condition and his prices are very reasonable - but I've noticed he's been posting blurbs about the sound quality on Japanese CDs. Namely "MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN FOR SUPERIOR SOUND"

To me, that sounds like empty buzzwords. Is there any truth to it at all? I can't imagine the mastering being any big improvement.
It's possible, I suppose, that the quality of Japanese mastering engineers is on average higher, or that Japanese mastering and stamping houses have access to better equipment.

What's likely is that this is yet more nationalistic Japanese bullshit. Just like how Japanese men claim that their penises get harder than the penises of other races. Yup, they literally do. Example:

Originally Posted by http://japundit.com/archives/2005/11/28/1601/
I’m a Japanese man in my 30’s and used to live in the USA for 10 years. I don’t really see the big difference between white men’s dick and Asians’ in terms of size. The size of average white men’s dick can be smaller than Asian’s dick. I would rather note that white men’s dick are much softer without a bone than Asian’s. I’m just telling the truth here. Asian’s dick gets much harder than white’s one. White women I slept with always told me that Asian’s dick are much harder than white men, and the size is not as small as some white men say.:lol:
Emphasis mine, emoticon his.

So yeah, yet more nationalistic Japanese bullshit.

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 04:34 PM 1 #5 of 13
Is it possible that this is referring to a production or distribution company called "Superior Sound" that has its discs manufactured in Japan?

I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old Aug 18, 2008, 04:42 PM 1 #6 of 13
Is it possible that this is referring to a production or distribution company called "Superior Sound" that has its discs manufactured in Japan?
I'll be able to answer that when I get the CD in the mail.

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 06:31 PM 1 #7 of 13
This is a just a case of Japanese egotism and marketing speak, but in Asian countries, HDCD encoding is somewhat popular---it's essentially regular CDs with added bits, but the difference in sound quality seems negligible.

Also, how does anything in Japan have a superior sound, when you can't even fit a speaker into a house there.

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Old Aug 18, 2008, 08:37 PM Local time: Aug 18, 2008, 07:37 PM 1 #8 of 13
Well, the true Japanese audiophile actually lives in his extremely high quality {but still small} speaker.

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Old Aug 19, 2008, 07:00 AM Local time: Aug 19, 2008, 10:00 PM 1 #9 of 13
Dragon Dragon Refridgerator Destiny VII OST - The Original 8-bit NES OSV in SUPERIOR JAPANESE 24/48

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Old Aug 19, 2008, 08:20 AM Local time: Aug 19, 2008, 09:20 PM 1 #10 of 13
What are you all bristling about, obviously he's assuring you guys that the disc wasn't manufactured or mastered by slave children in Taiwan or Bangladesh or Papua New Fucking Guinea.

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Old Aug 19, 2008, 11:46 AM 1 #11 of 13
What are you all bristling about, obviously he's assuring you guys that the disc wasn't manufactured or mastered by slave children in Taiwan or Bangladesh or Papua New Fucking Guinea.
I had to laugh on that one.

Anyways, I find the sound quality depends on the artist and the label rather than the country its from.

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Old Aug 20, 2008, 12:25 PM Local time: Aug 20, 2008, 09:25 AM 2 #12 of 13
What are you all bristling about, obviously he's assuring you guys that the disc wasn't manufactured or mastered by slave children in Taiwan or Bangladesh or Papua New Fucking Guinea.
Actually the disc and jewel case probably were made in one of those countries, and it was just stamped in Japan.

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Old Aug 20, 2008, 12:33 PM Local time: Aug 20, 2008, 11:33 AM 2 #13 of 13
Of course it's more propaganda for Japan, but I do have one Japanese drama disc that I swear, when I put it in the CD player, sounds like I'm in a room full of honest-to-God gay Japanese men. It has damn good sound. But then again, I have an LP from Bedknobs and Broomsticks that has the same effect, so meh.

I'm gonna agree with the "superior sound compared to Taiwanese copies" argument, though.

I was speaking idiomatically.
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