restorer-john
Grand Contributor
There was also a nationwide Japanese effort to overcome the "Jap Crap" image the country's low-cost exports had acquired as their industries dug out of the wreckage of WW2 and well into the 1950s. My old boss at Arrow Electronics' audio sales operation warned Avery Fisher and Hermon Scott circa 1960 that Japan was getting its quality act together and that Arrow would soon making long term purchasing commitments to Japanese suppliers. By the time I came aboard in 1969, Arrow was all about Kenwood, Sansui, Pioneer, and Sony when it came to electronics -- although we kept selling McIntosh and Dynaco gear to wealthy professionals and budget audiophiles respectively -- while both Fisher and Scott were in the process of selling their brand names to Japanese companies. By the time I left, Onkyo and Matsushita's Technics brand has joined the successful Japanese invasion of Arrow showrooms.
They are really interesting recollections. Way more interesting than arguing about cheap capacitors.