I'm really far too close to the recent Japanese experience and am not in the mood to put a decent review of what I heard and enjoyed...
I'd say over-dosed by audio?
Maybe... but never of music, of course.
Sure I'll share with you, folks, a true personal (universal?) belief: technical redundancies and musical bliss not always come hand-in-hand!
Shinzo's system at his superb music-bar in Fukuoka, with BHT amp, Westrex Acoustilens speakers, EMT 930st, Marantz model 1 preamps and Revox G36s was - maybe - the best overall sound.
Kato system in Toyama was another league, so talking about viable music systems...
Sato-san in Sapporo was so elegant, yet sound-wise, quite "slow", hi-fish/coldish, uninvolving.
Kyohara's WE16s system in Ukiha? What a system, visually so impressive, unique!
Sound-wise?
...
Yoshihara's system and his private pole?
Impressive system, but... sound-wise?
...
A big lesson: everything sounds, yet music only seldom blossoms.
Tubes are cool, sought-after... but solid state is able to sound much better, in some systems.
I'm just suggesting the mixed-feelings I got after listening to 12 (twelve) different systems in Japan: the exotica of every given installation, gear-wise, cannot be splitted from the musical result, period.
The above just hinted personal opinions are - of course - music-only related, with my deep concern about people and their efforts and expenses, who/which I sincerely appreciate and respect.
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