🇬🇧 How Japan and China Knocked Germany off the HiFi Throne – The Uncomfortable Truth! 【🇬🇧 English】

🇬🇧 This is the English version of my video. 👉 Watch the German original here: https://youtu.be/WKfCU5Q9RjA?si=vkXbHRIFjtp4T2fc Germany was once the stronghold of HiFi – Telefunken, Braun, Grundig, and Dual were world-renowned names, standing for quality, innovation, and precision. But then came Japan — and later China — and the tide turned dramatically. Japanese manufacturers like Sony, Technics, and Pioneer conquered global markets in the 1970s and 1980s with innovative technology, attractive prices, and an instinct for the mass market. German brands reacted too late — and lost. In the 1990s came the second wave: China. First laughed at, then feared. What began as imitation soon became high-performance engineering — often cheaper and technically outstanding. A particularly fascinating chapter: Korsun/Dussun, who built amplifiers for Mark Levinson at the time and sold the same models under their own name. Under the “Red Rose” brand, these identical devices were marketed in the U.S. as high-end products — at many times the price. 👉 In this video, I’ll tell you the full story — the rise and fall, from Germany’s HiFi supremacy to Asia’s global dominance. No sugarcoating. No PR talk. Just the raw facts — and a few personal reflections. --- 🎧 If you enjoy historical HiFi stories like this, feel free to subscribe to my channel and activate the 🔔 bell so you don’t miss any future videos. Best, Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #HiFi #China #Japan #Germany #Korsun #MarkLevinson #RedRose #Telefunken #Grundig #Technics #Sony #HighEnd #Amplifier #Audio #History