Australian CD manufacture...

[MartinT]

Be careful on the import duty.

Order them one at a time. Each package will be less than £18 so will avoid import duty. I have used Amazon Japan and HMV Japan with great success.

[UV101]

You can buy from Amazon Japan to get Japanese pressings, often with better quality Jewel case and inserts. Be careful on the import duty.

Yes but can you understand the website!!!!

http://www.amazon.co.jp/

[Audiocom AV]

Yes but can you understand the website!!!!

http://www.amazon.co.jp/

Thankfully, it is also in English;

http://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b...8&node=1094656

[Audiocom AV]

Order them one at a time. Each package will be less than £18 so will avoid import duty. I have used Amazon Japan and HMV Japan with great success.

Thanks Martin.

Not sure if that pushes up the shipping cost. Multiple items may save on shipping, but that = import tax.

It is worth the effort.

[UV101]

Thankfully, it is also in English;

http://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b...8&node=1094656

Thanks Mark, I'll take a look

[Batty]

Hi Steve...

I hope that you're well and that Adelaide's not experiencing extreme weather irregularities that my friends in Queensland are currently experiencing

Thanks for your concern, Adelaide only received a mere 30mm of rain so not a problem and very welcome.

[magiccarpetride]

Has anyone else noticed that the sound quality of CDs is highly dependent on where it's regionally manufactured, even though it's the same music?

And to my ears, Australian manufactured CDs tend to sound the worse; thin-sounding, "no meat on the bones"...

I suspect that the sound quality readily available to Australians (i.e. locally manufactured CDs) in the country may have also heavily influenced the way Australian Hi-Fi designers "voice" their products... or that Australian audiophiles would have a distinct preference for valve (over solid-state) amplification to compensate for the lean sound of AU manufactured CDs...

Perhaps our Australian forum members can share some of their insight?

Ah, so that explains the weird incident I've witnessed in my local CD shop: one dude was walking around the store with two shopping baskets filled to overflowing with CDs. He would then unload them on the counter, and go back for some more shopping. When asked wtf?, he just replied that he's on a short visit from Australia.