Does anyone know why Japanese CDs are always superior to their U.S. counterparts? (Bonus tracks; fancier artwork; etc.)
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Americans would buy anything, so they don't need to make things extremely nice for us; it's the same thing with clothing, we get all the European rejects when we shop at D&G, Armani and so on. Have you noticed?
it is because everything tech that is Japanese is superior to anything the U.S. can come up with.
I have heard certain artists say that Japenese music CDs are far more expensive as oppose to the U.S. and therefore, they add extra tracks, etc. to compensate for the pricing...
Yup! I lived there for 6 years, in order to sell japanese-made cd's for a higher price they have to put some extras like bonus songs, cards, cardboard fancy cd covers.....
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