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Japanese Audio

I've owned a few great low powered Japanese tube amps and wonder if anyone knows why this niche of low power class A and tube amps exists in Japan. Luxman, Leben, Airtight, Yamamoto, Almarro (no longer), SPEC, Accuphase to name a few. If your goal is building a low power amplifier, where does the inspiration come from? Did these brands spring up from western influence like other areas of Japanese culture or are there many unheard of Japanese high efficiency speakers?   
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glupson
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Note Miller has not posted here.
Nothing and no-one to troll.


How do you plug Raven into a thread about fine Japanese machinery?

Not saying that Raven is not good, I actually liked it when I heard it, but only that this thread is about well-regarded equipment with some history. Raven, being a young company, still has some way to go to get there.
glupson
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"Did these brands spring up from western influence like other areas of Japanese culture..."

Japanese culture is quite old and different from the Western one.

As far as audio goes, they are simply different and we are all better for it.
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