RE: Bless the Japanese

Posted by Todd Krieger (A) on September 17, 2014 at 07:14:55

In Reply to: Bless the Japanese posted by middleground on September 17, 2014 at 03:57:09:

From an music and entertainment perspective, I think of Japan as the model of what America would have been with a far better mainstream media..... The media over there has never shielded its audiences from a wide range of music (like the American media prior to ~1968), and in contrast to the U.S., its standards in both music and audio were sustained, where they declined drastically in the U.S. over tha past 40 years.....

Maybe the biggest evidence of this is Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra (link). Just go on YouTube and watch anything performed after the year 2000.... You'll think you've entered a time warp taking in America's great orchestras of the 1950s and 1960s. IMO, easily the best symphony orchestra in the world right now. (I've linked a lot of performances on Music Lane.)

I've always said that good music commands higher-quality audio playback. ..... And I've always contended that computer based audio has been a vastly inferior playback method compared to CD or LP ..... Hence this story does not surprise me at all. .... As long as there is a passion for music, the consumers will want to listen to it via the best means possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Pp8xAtww4 (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Bless the Japanese - middleground 03:57:09 09/17/14 (26)

For Japan it might be OK, but probably not feasible on a worldwide basis... - genungo 10:03:49 09/18/14 (6)

RE: For Japan it might be OK, but probably not feasible on a worldwide basis... - Todd Krieger 16:34:35 09/18/14 (5)

RE: probably not feasible on a worldwide basis... - genungo 17:06:28 09/18/14 (4)

RE: probably not feasible on a worldwide basis... - Steve O 05:07:45 09/19/14 (3)

RE: probably not feasible on a worldwide basis... - genungo 06:57:13 09/19/14 (2)

I was thinking more about basic things like food, shelter, transportation, and health care and... - Steve O 08:08:10 09/19/14 (1)

Agreed, all of that... (nt - genungo 08:50:21 09/19/14 (0)

An Observation from Hong Kong - RGA 01:26:19 09/18/14 (2)

"Perhaps it is the physicality - the actual ability to hold the thing in your hand..." - rlw 09:22:26 09/18/14 (0)

Perhaps they just sound better and are less bother. -t - jusbe 03:03:00 09/18/14 (0)

Nevermind the increase in LP sales around the world! - morricab 00:57:13 09/18/14 (4)

Thanks for the "NT", Morri! - rlw 09:23:27 09/18/14 (0)

RE: Nevermind the increase in LP sales around the world! - Michael Samra 01:22:58 09/18/14 (2)

What yew talkin' 'bout, Willis?! - rlw 09:36:32 09/18/14 (0)

RE: Nevermind the increase in LP sales around the world! - sudz1234@yahoo.com 08:00:53 09/18/14 (0)

RE: Bless the Japanese - bjh 16:12:41 09/17/14 (2)

Surely, you jest?! - rlw 09:46:46 09/18/14 (0)

RE: Bless the Japanese - unclestu 21:21:03 09/17/14 (0)

Boutique CDs - Luminator 11:22:03 09/17/14 (2)

nice post - mbnx01 12:03:38 09/17/14 (1)

AKB48 - Luminator 07:22:48 09/18/14 (0)

I think you got it backwards - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 09:21:35 09/17/14 (1)

RE: I think you got it backwards - unclestu 15:00:35 09/17/14 (0)

RE: Bless the Japanese - Todd Krieger 07:14:55 09/17/14 (0)

RE: Bless the Japanese - fantja 05:36:35 09/17/14 (0)

{{{Strange how corporations want then to fit the mould.}}} - three_sox 05:08:18 09/17/14 (0)

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