Japanese vs Domestic CD s

japanese cd pressings are a lot like japanese lp's. most are better than their american cousins, tho some are on the unlistenably bright side. hard to know whether the price premium is deserved until you take a listen. FWIW, i have hundreds of obi-wrapped lp's but many fewer japanese cd's, tending to buy the latter mostly in "japanese only" versions.

in my first post, i did not count xrcd's or xrcd2's as "japanese" cd's. while they are, in fact, pressed by victor of japan, they appear to be "american" products (most are produced by the likes of winston ma and chad kassem & they don't even have those cool japanese lyric sheets). i've yet to meet an xrcd i didn't like, at least in terms of sound quality.