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Founder of Sansui, Kosaku Kikuchi AU-666 amplifier 1970 [1] Sansui 9090DB Stereo Receiver (1975) Sansui QRX-5500 Quadrophonic Receiver D-X301i Cassette Deck with last logo from 1987 [2] Sansui Electric Co., Ltd. ( 山水電気株式会社 , Sansui Denki Kabushiki-gaisha ) was a Japanese manufacturer of audio and video equipment.
Nakamichi branched out into other audio components such as pre-amplifiers, power-amplifiers, tuners, receivers and later speakers. In the early 1980s, Nakamichi's top-of-the-line cassette deck was the 1000ZXL, retailing at US$3,800, its price only exceeded by the 1000ZXL Limited at US$6,000.
The company's best selling products were often shortwave receivers, parts, and portable radios. In the 1960s, many Lafayette brand radios were rebranded Trio-Kenwood sets. A significant share of 1960s and 1970s vintage Lafayette hi-fi gear was manufactured by a Japanese subcontractor named "Planet Research".
Technics (テクニクス, Tekunikusu) is a Japanese audio brand established by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic) in 1965.Since 1965, Matsushita has produced a variety of HiFi and other audio products under the brand name, such as turntables, amplifiers, radio receivers, tape recorders, CD players, loudspeakers, and digital pianos.
During the 1970s, Japan had the second largest music market in the world. [5] 1970s Japanese music included kayōkyoku, idols, new music, rock and enka.Musical artists in the 1970s included, in particular, Momoe Yamaguchi, Saori Minami, the Candies, Pink Lady, Hiromi Go, Hideki Saijo, Yuming, Saki Kubota, Judy Ongg and Sachiko Kobayashi.
Yaesu had initially been formed with the intention to develop and manufacture commercial and amateur radio transceivers for the Japanese market, but only five years after its formation the company had signed foreign sales agreements for export to Australia and Germany. In Europe, the equipment was sold under the Yaesu brand and the Sommerkamp ...
JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (日本ビクター株式会社, Nihon Bikutā kabushiki gaisha), the company was best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for developing the Video Home System video recorder.
In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, Luxman rose to prominence in the world hi-fi community, owing to the quality sound produced by its equipment. Luxman were primarily specialists in making vacuum tube amplifiers. One of the traits of Luxman equipment from this era is the quality and warmth of the vacuum tube sound, paired with solid-state ...