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What's your opinion on Japanese products? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I find them to be mostly very well made, long-lasting and would rank Japan on the same level as many European countries across most metrics

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I actually like to buy specifically Japanese, especially audio gear :)

  • Technics for Turntables
  • Pioneer for DJ Players & Mixers
  • Yamaha for other Audio Gear and Instruments
  • Rakuten for streaming and buying movies / shows
  • Don't own a car but if I had one it would be Japanese
  • Sony for TVs, Gaming Consoles
  • Nintendo: also gaming
  • Muji for home stuff
  • Uniqlo for clothing
  • also: kitchen knifes!

Etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yamaha acoustics and electric guitars are VERY good.

The majority of my audio gear is not American. Not for political reasons but because outside of guitars, amps, and effects, American music gear isn't that amazing.

  • Native Instruments - Germany
  • Audio Technica - Japan
  • Yamaha - Japana
  • Ibanez - Japan
  • Synthstrom - New Zealand
  • Polyend - Poland
  • Focusrite - UK

EDIT

The best DAWs also tend to be European.

  • Renoise - Germany
  • Abelton - Germany
  • Bitwig - Germany
[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Audio Technica is also good for audio / production gear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

To mention the payment processor JCB. They need to expand to Europe and North America though 😊