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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Why you hate the “Japanese Sound” by yoshi on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
For us, Japanese, there're practically no noise in the nature.  I heard that, for Westerners, the sounds insects/animals make, cricket, cecada, frog, etc., are noises.  For Japanese, they are beautiful sounds that characterlize a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Why you hate the “Japanese Sound” by yoshi on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
For us, Japanese, there're practically no noise in the nature.  I heard that, for Westerners, the sounds insects/animals make, cricket, cecada, frog, etc., are noises.  For Japanese, they are beautiful sounds that characterlize a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Mravinsky/Leningrad from 1960 with a Japanese twist. by clarkjohnsen on 2004-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mravinsky/Leningrad from 1960 with a Japanese twist. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
That Italian set was notable too for having been pressed with vacuum-tube technology, nor did it exhibit the usual DGG over-miking and mixing. In short, the good sound reinforced the good performances. Any comments on the earlier mono Mravinsky set?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A Japanese perspective by skushino on 2004-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker: why Cats not always hate mice. in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
My lovely Japanese girlfriend enjoys teasing me about my love of Tchaikowsky.  She thinks his music is too "sweet" and "romantic". I do love listening to Tchaikowsky, even Nutcracker.  Yes, it is sweet and catchy.  Maybe it is making h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A quote from a Japanese critic by yoshi on 2005-05-03 
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"They were both artists thoroughly faithful to themselves.  Of course, their music was beautiful beyond description.  I learned many things through them.  I learned so many things not only from their music, but also from their way of l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The Anton Nanut CDs pressed by domestic Japanese labels? by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
Yes, Jerry, thanks,I would like to pick some Anton Nanut CDs, not everything from you list but juts some of them. What I would be interesting if the Japanese folks ever pressed Nanut CD/LPs. In SOME cases the Japanese CD mastering is much more intere...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Impressions from Japanese blog by yoshi on 2008-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Japanese Super High Material CD in Didital Things  16 Replies 
I found many reports on SHM-CD sound on Japanese blog sites.  Most of them comment very favorably on SHM-CD, clear, better resolution, livelier, etc.  Some mentions different balance compared to the CD version, many comments SHM-CD sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Cool new upcoming Japanese Wand release by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
A new compete Set of Bruckner symphonies by Günter Wand with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln will be released this fall: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3889437 The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Anybody speaks Japanese? by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
This is ridicules – I can’t for 3 weeks to find any ready to go USB Managed Power Strip that would allow me to turn Tuner, MPX decoder and A/D processor by running remote desktop to my PC. I theoretically can build one myself but it shall be out ther...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Japanese Brandenburg by Max Shatsky on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
I like the mentioned performances by K.Richter and N.Harnouncourt, however my current favorite is by Masaaki Suzuki.In contrast to Romy, I find the playing by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as the most boring, sorry, I don't get it. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: SP10 and the Japanese contribution to audio by tokyo john on 2007-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
Hi Guy,Thanks very much for providing me your insights on the SP10.I have to confess when I initially read your comments I could not help but be astounded that a person involved with a Brit belt driven, light weight, suspended turntable would be usin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Japanese were right about absolute sound by tokyo john on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Absolute Sound of Audio Idiocy. in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
It is funny but for many years I had been intrigued by the different approach to audio by Japanese vs "the West"."The west" here refers to Absolute Sound type (not everyone in the West is this of course) criteria of live performance. Confession time...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Some unconfirmed story of Japanese driver manufactures. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I was slowly looking for a compression driver that would go in my Fundamental Chanel down to 200Hz. The YL Acoustic 550N attracted my attention. Then I realized that it is the narrow throat type of the drivers, aka WE555, not exactly that I would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Ringability, chewing gum, & Japanese swords by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
I see some posts predicting that the use of bronze for the Mid-Range horns (see photos above) would result in ringing... Well, I respectfully beg to differ; I think this is one area where the designer may have done well... Too bad he polished them. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: French translation to English from Japanese. Oh, boy! by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I got this link from I believe AU site that dedicated to some kind of DAC that they have to themselves as another Messiah. I do not know what the DAC is about and made a few posts in there regarding a speaker setup. The link is a French translati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: Why you hate the “Japanese Sound” by slowmotion on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Hi Romy, all Interesting theory there, Romy. Must admit I never thought about it that way, tho I've come to understand that "eastern" people listen in a different way than "western" people... Myself I'm a typical fundamental type of guy, so I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mravinsky/Leningrad from 1960 with a Japanese twist. by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mravinsky/Leningrad from 1960 with a Japanese twist. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
The Mravinsky’s and his orchestra trip to Austria in 1960 and this recording of the last 3 Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies are well known. I am sure any of us have a number of Italian pressed box-sets with 3 records of this performance. Yes, the Mravinsky’s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Buy Japanese needles in Japan. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="marknoir"] I contacted seller last night ( one day after I bought it) and he refused to take it back and refund the money. There are some real a-holes out there. [/quote] Marknoir, he is not necessarily an a-holes. If I sell you a cartri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Japanese Super High Material CD by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Japanese Super High Material CD in Didital Things  16 Replies 
Crushing some Japanese CD shops I came across an interesting new thing: the SHM-CD format. As I understand the SHM-CD is JVC development based on a manufacturing process of LCD displays. SHM-CD uses polycarbonate plastic that improves characteristic ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The great and sad Japanese by tokyo john on 2011-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the ... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
When I was a teenager in the 80's and The Absolute Sound was my favorite hifi magazine, I always thought the Japanese were crazy because they did not believe in an "absolute" sound but were trying to create their "own sound".They also seemed craz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The “exotic” Japanese drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Well, I reacted about your commentaries about the “tilted up high frequencies character”, nothing less. I personally do not feel that such a problem ever exist. I do read your blog sometimes and I do feel the Japanese influence. Anyhow, the SG-37FRP ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Japanese Cone Suspensions. by eduardo on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
From the perspective of pumping of atmospheric pressure the ALE bass drivers might be more capable transducers. It or might not be so as well. To get 40Hz at 110dB in 5” it would take some excursion.  I am sorry but you can’t bend the law o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: A quote from a Japanese critic by dazzdax on 2005-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quote from a Japanese critic in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Yeah, you're right Yoshi. Sometimes we have to detach ourselves from this ridicule audio hobby to be able to rediscover the true essence of music. Why do many audiophiles seek the ultimate in transparency, soundstage, bass reponse while the music is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: If you speak Japanese: Asahina’s LPs for Sale by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
If you are in Asahina, I am not; there the Osaka Philharmonic is selling off its stock of LP recordings. Information (in Japanese) is available at: http://www.osaka-phil.com/news/detail.php?d=20071123 All LPs are new and unsprayed. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: $80 at Japanese HMV by yoshi on 2008-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
It's also coming out from Warner/France.  About $80 at Japanese HMV.  The release date in Japan is 04/30/2008.http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/804090072Yoshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The Japanese are wonderful by el`Ol on 2008-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote user="Max Shatsky"]... however my current favorite is by Masaaki Suzuki.[/quote]I find it wonderful how the Bach-Kollegium Japan is playing: With love and fire, but without sacrificing the necessary precision....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Why I hate the “Japanese Sound” by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I do have a problem however with the notion that the reproduction of 'western' music requires different attributes than the reproduction of other types of music, for example Indian, Chinese or Japanese classical music. That...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Japanese and Western Sound by drdna on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
This is kind of an old topic which I noticed about fifteen years ago when I was beginning to be interested in stereo and I noticed that I did not like the typical stereo sound that was being sold to me.  I am half-Japanese and I got interested i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The great and sad Japanese by tokyo john on 2011-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the ... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
When I was a teenager in the 80's and The Absolute Sound was my favorite hifi magazine, I always thought the Japanese were crazy because they did not believe in an "absolute" sound but were trying to create their "own sound".They also seemed craz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Japanese and Western Sound by drdna on 2006-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
This is kind of an old topic which I noticed about fifteen years ago when I was beginning to be interested in stereo and I noticed that I did not like the typical stereo sound that was being sold to me.  I am half-Japanese and I got interested i...
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