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I've owned a few great low powered Japanese tube amps and wonder if anyone knows why this niche of low power class A and tube amps exists in Japan. Luxman, Leben, Airtight, Yamamoto, Almarro (no longer), SPEC, Accuphase to name a few. If your goal is building a low power amplifier, where does the inspiration come from? Did these brands spring up from western influence like other areas of Japanese culture or are there many unheard of Japanese high efficiency speakers?   
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petg60
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Many fall into DIY, and also they made so many great speakers in the past that still serve today needs. Most of these designs were very advanced in their time.
Pioneer, Sony,Technics, Yamaha, Diatone, plus imports from Tannoy, JBL, Altec...
New school is more on cables, cartridges, amps, digital, than speakers.


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gavman
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Google 'Rey Audio Kinoshita RM-7'
glupson
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Note Miller has not posted here.
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How do you plug Raven into a thread about fine Japanese machinery?

Not saying that Raven is not good, I actually liked it when I heard it, but only that this thread is about well-regarded equipment with some history. Raven, being a young company, still has some way to go to get there.
scchengmus
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Moving away from cultural topics, in the early days NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai) like RCA sourced tubes from Telefunken, RCA, Western Electric. Meanwhile Shuguang supplied tubes for Broadcasting Corporation of China. The supply chain fed departments of national defense and communication which later ended-up in audio, just like in the US, hence the manufacturing leveraged the supply.
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charles1dad
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@lukaske,

Many good Japanese lower power tube brands, in addition to the Wavac, there's Zanden and Reimyo to add to the initial list.  Very high quality. 
Charles 
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