So I just inherited a bunch of CD's and some are made overseas...


For instance, one is a King Crimson CD.  I have a copy made in the USA and another of the same made in Germany.   

I also have some classical dupes.  Same album, one made in the USA and the other is made in Japan.

Other than the liner notes which are in a foreign language, is there any difference between them sonically?  

Thoughts?
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I have ones made I. Germany, Japan,and other countries...I just done like ones made in China...
I've been buying from Discogs for a while. It's great for research and finding the orginal version of a CD or LP, not a remaster. 
Just found a website called Discogs.  Nothing but album information. 
Did you know that album Court of the Crimson King was made 279 times. And Fragile by Yes, between vinyl, 8 track, cassette and CD was made 466 times! 

Boy do I have reading to do.

JD
If you’re in Berkeley, CA, drop by the Amoeba store on Telegraph. It’s definitely worth a visit!
@roberjerman, if you ever get into L.A., head to Amoeba Music on Sunset Blvd., close to Vine. Insane record store!
Spent the long weekend going through the over 900 CD's.  Gonna keep about 225 and donate the rest to a local college who has  yearly sale.  The proceeds go to helping the blind.

Thanks for putting up with my questions. 

JD
roberjerman, 

I have Disraeli Gears on vinyl.  Great record!  To bad it wasn't in the boxes I just got! I will have to get the CD some day.

JD
There is a difference between a Zeppelin Made in Japan with OBI and a Made in Japan Daio Kosan for distribution in the US. Both are of excellent SQ, the difference is collectors want the OBI and will pay a premium for it.
   In any event, those CDs are great finds.

I have a LZ II manufactured by TELDEC, Germany... one of the best sounding CDs I’ve ever heard.


Two weeks ago I bought at an Amoeba LA eBay auction 13 CDs for $8.90 + shipping. All good stuff! Will check for country mfg!
Not worth much, I reckon. I picked up a MIJ Zeppelin IV the other day. Worth about 5 bucks.
If it were me, I would keep any Mobile Fidelity, DCC (gold discs), and the ones from Japan. 60’s and 70’s rock would suit me but may not be for you. Since they’re not mine, you’ll have to decide for yourself. Best of luck.
So yes I did listen to them, and I heard no difference on my equipment.  And yes some have liner notes printed in other countries.  I even have one that's made in the USA, but the liner notes were printed in Canada. The King Crimson disk I mentioned was made and printed in Germany. Is the value the same as the one made and printed in the U.S? 

Other than the WEA disks and perhaps disks made and printed in France, Japan and Germany, are there any others I should not get rid of?

Thanks.

JD


You can send me the foreign made CDs and any gold CDs. Thanks for your consideration.
Asking here for sonic differences via words is probably not the way to go. How about you listening to them and comparing? Just a thought.....
Also keep in mind that the "Made in Xxxxxx" has no bearing whatsoever
on where the record company is that released it.  US record companies would use whatever CD plant gave them the best deal on replication.  The sound quality has everything to do with the digital MASTER that was supplied by the record company.  Many US releases back in the 80's & 90's were Made in Germany, because they had a lot of CD pressing plants.  
Now.... if the printing is in German or Japanese... then clearly it's a foreign release... but who knows where the digital Master came from. I've heard them be bit-for-bit copies of the US release, but i've also heard some sound really bad.  You just don't know until you hear it and compare. 
Thanks elizabeth for the link.  I do have some WEA disks, but none with the bullseye logo on them.

I'll keep looking though. 

JD
Other than the liner notes which are in a foreign language, is there any difference between them sonically?  

Listen to them and decide for yourself.
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I have multiple CD issues of the same artist from the US, West Germany, EU, and Japan. These are original flat pressings, not remasters.
There may be differences in dynamics, high and low-end extension, soundstage, 3D imaging, and noise-floor resulting in more separation between instruments. Early issues may sound different than later issues and there’s no guarantee that a first pressing has better SQ than a later release.

Typically I like the SQ of German releases (later issues are labelled as EU). And I’ve found that Japanese pressings are consistently of very high quality.
    Of course, you must have a high quality CD setup to reveal these differences.

As a general rule as with LPs I’ve often found that the original CD from the country of origin of the artist sounds best. This was definitely true of the Kate Rusby CDs I collected. Here I’m referring to first issues not teamsters of old material
CD's like LP's can vary in sound quality from cut to cut ... and also from CD to CD.