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View Poll Results: Does the press matter?
Of course! 43 40.95%
Sometimes... 42 40.00%
No way! 19 18.10%
Whaaat? 1 0.95%
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Old 9th June 2010, 10:06 AM
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I do, but not because I want to, but because my CD- and DVD-player only plays "Japanese Versions". -.-

I really hate this, because they're so expensive sometimes...but whatever...!
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Old 15th June 2010, 11:59 PM
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oh wait, this is based on overseas or japan press? i thought it was based on first press or standard press.

sometimes.... although japan press is more expensive, i always get it if it comes with the extras over seas doesn't come with. and japan press kind of seems "truer" to me than getting overseas press. for example. only utada's japan press cds come with that super high quality glossy paper the booklets are made out of lol. overseas is standard paper. the few times a year i do buy something from japan, i want it to be top notch, to get the real bang for my buck.

i do think though that it's ludicrous that some people living in singapore, and china, and korea and whatnot only want japan press, which they have to order online when they can just walk to their nearest cd store and buy the press their store caries. Whereas living in america, my only option is to buy online, I don't get the luxury of walking to the jpop music store (I do have kinokuniya's but it's 2 hours away and ****ing expensive). but like i said, the few times i do buy anything online i just say "eh..what the hell, why not?" and buy japan press.
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oh wait, this is based on overseas or japan press? i thought it was based on first press or standard press.

sometimes.... although japan press is more expensive, i always get it if it comes with the extras over seas doesn't come with. and japan press kind of seems "truer" to me than getting overseas press. for example. only utada's japan press cds come with that super high quality glossy paper the booklets are made out of lol. overseas is standard paper. the few times a year i do buy something from japan, i want it to be top notch, to get the real bang for my buck.

i do think though that it's ludicrous that some people living in singapore, and china, and korea and whatnot only want japan press, which they have to order online when they can just walk to their nearest cd store and buy the press their store caries. Whereas living in america, my only option is to buy online, I don't get the luxury of walking to the jpop music store (I do have kinokuniya's but it's 2 hours away and ****ing expensive). but like i said, the few times i do buy anything online i just say "eh..what the hell, why not?" and buy japan press.
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yeah you share the same thoughts as me . I cannot understand why people must die die get everything Japan press , it's ridiculous & if not overpriced >_>

for me , I only get Japan press if the artiste I support do not have any OS press of their material & it just so happened that BREAKERZ doesn't have any to begin with xD

if not , I wait for a while for the OS press to pop up . It doesn't hurt & will not die in waiting for something reasonably priced to get
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Old 16th June 2010, 04:48 AM
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I like getting OS press for older releases and then buy Japan press for newer things.
It actually makes me really mad when there are no OS press things in stock on yesasia XD What about the poor people!!! XD
Also clearly they make an OS press for people Overseas to buy, and that equals me lol even if I'm not in Asia...
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I say no. As long as it's the real deal and everything is normal with it, then I don't care about the press.
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Not really, Depends on how much money I have the time I want to buy something.
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It does. If the artist is Japanese, I order the album directly from Japan.
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Old 27th May 2011, 04:39 AM
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Not but Japan Press for me!
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Old 27th May 2011, 09:05 AM
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Well, since my first Ayu cd was japanese press, I'm buying my other ones to match and for some reason it's just become a huge deal for me. It's not really that important though, now that I think about it.
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As much as I defend Overseas Versions because I think they're almost always the better option, I would prefer whatever the original press was in any situation if given the chance (and they were the same price). It all comes down to price in the end, but I'd prefer the Japanese press of a Japanese artist's album or the Korean press of a Korean's, etc.
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Not really. Despite that, 95% the Japanese albums I have are JP press. But, I either purchased them second hand (with their obi's) or on sale for dirt cheap. I refuse to pay full price for a Japanese press CD. In my humble opinion, no music CD is worth more than $15 regardless of who the artist is.

Now in regard to "First Press", yes of course. Free bonuses are always a plus in my book.
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For me, Japanese or nothing. When I heard that, with amazing speakers, the HK or Overseas press sounds like an iTunes rip, I was immediately turned off. I may never have quality speakers ever, but I won't pay for something that is lower quality.
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Old 2nd June 2012, 09:57 PM
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Yes! I only buy japanese press
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