waayyy back in the olden days (69/70/71 ??) I sat with an audio enthusiast friend in some club (Olongapo ?? HK ? Taipei ?) discussing the perfect audio system and keys/generalities to building it.

many of the ideas we batted around are still in SRAM ..some that I recall......
( no offenses intended to countries mentioned)

Speakers - USA (JBL-AR) & UK are the choices...Japan does make quality speakers (construction is fine, just not a full sound )

acoustic suspension was 'da bomb

Electronics - Japan shines here ...German seem fussy & unreliable ( B&O also) , US has great & crap..uneven quality.

Vinyl - Japan pressings are best

tubes are fussy & low fi ...

best gear obtainable is Swiss


anybody agree/disagree ?? remember these are 40 year old musing between 2 sloshed sailors in a foreign bar..somewhere.