Japanese Audio

The low listening level comment is great. I hadn't thought about the need for larger speakers for lower listening levels. I'm curious if there are local companies that make high efficiency smaller speakers that would be  competitive with Cube or Devore or any of the dozens of companies that specialize in "smaller" high efficiency speakers? 

The thread is about to get hit with the ugly stick. I appreciate the comments about culture and meditation SET and how room size and wall thickness influence listening level. I just still find it puzzling that most of us can easily rattle off a dozen low power amplifiers that we've owned from Japan bit no speakers. I've seen fine American speakers in Japan displayed on Facebook, etc. (mostly American and British speaker pages), but nobody here is presenting a case for a Japanese made speaker. Sure I can search google and find something but I'm just surprised I never see a speaker product that is "the best" coming across from anyone. Maybe one of the guys with a ton of time on his hands with 15,000 posts can go find something worthy of importing. No affiliation but if you search SPEC amplifiers you can see some old school speaker systems.     

@ghasley 
Yes, very well, thanks for asking. I've enjoyed your pursuits and sharing of valuable information regarding some of the above mentioned brands over the years.

Lots of great information written here and things to consider. I know several guys that are pursuing the vintage route too. Worth considering. I've always enjoyed low power SS and tubes, but also like full range bass that I can feel (preferably without subs), and all in a reasonably sized package (sometimes challenging). I truly understand why so many guys have two or three systems for different genres of music.