Import CD Question

1. Many Japanese releases are "limited edition" and available for a limited period, many more than in the US where many titles are available for years.
2. Many Japanese CDs sound great, some are mediocre and some are poor. It's a crap shoot. Best thing is to ask for feedback and opinions of specific titles on forums such as the 'Gon.
3. 12'X12" are CDs released in vinyl/LP sized packaging. Mini LP is vinyl type packaging in CD size.
4. Japanese CDs generally cost between 1800-2400 yen each in Japan. Add the cost to import to US and you have a very expensive CD.
5. If you need Japanese CDs I suggest CD Universe in the US and CDJapan in Japan. Also Jpophelp in Canada. Ebay and numerous other sources work well for used CDs.
Hope this helps some.

I agree, many Japanese CDs sound excellent as I stated earlier. But, why pay the premium price for those that are average or poor even if they are marginally better than or the same as the corresponding US release?
Thus my suggestion to get some direction before purchase. Your money would be best spent on the higher quality better sounding product. Without some feedback and opinions on sound quality it is a crap shoot.
To say that ALL Japanese CDs sound better than their US counterparts just isn't true.

Ron, I know of no such site. If you could list some things you're interested in perhaps someone will post with opinions. One word of warning though, many titles exist in 3-4 releases so it's best to refer to album number as well as title.