Are you referring to the owner's or the equipment? I see no difference as "music is music" and "ears are ears". The only difference between Europe/Asia and the US is the power supply, the average room area and the humidity (though there are many like areas). The continental Indians lost the battle long ago - NOT!!! (Viva recent "gaming" trends!!!) but we are pretty much made up of people of European/Asian/Latin decent. My favorite male singers are Frank Sinatra and Jacques Brel for crying out loud and I am a mixture of English, German, Syrian and Scott's-Irish. English/European trends have conformed, in the past, to smaller (for the masses) rooms, and such, where softer is better, but "most" of us are getting a bit cramped here as well, and I do not see a trend either way other than that softer and/or a bit more aggressive within a short distance (listening area) such as Naim might be just the ticket for smaller listening rooms that are popping up here for people that can afford and are aware of this type of equipment (if only they new of SET's in their predicament:-). Anyway, to answer your question I would say that there are few differences as most of the "informed" people who are into this hobby are "as always" looking for the best bang for the buck. The "others" as "always" are mostly influenced by the advertsising $$$dollar$$$ and/or the whim of their local dealer/shop. As CornFed says "it is a small world".
