all japanese, all PIONEER, except for my DENON DCD-1500 CDP, which is now out of active duty since i got my PD-91 back into top health. i am a PIONEER guy all the way, but i'll always have a special place for that 1500, as it was my very first high-end CDP. my first cassette deck, which was part of my ex-father's NIKKO/REALISTIC/PIONEER system that he handed down to me around 1999/2000, was a PIONEER. a CT-980W, te be exact. i fell in love with the 1970/1998 PIONEER logo, and their cosmetics, as well. thanks to EBAY, i learned more about their 1980's products over the span of five years or so, and finally put a wish list together. today, my system is almost a complete example of that list. while i still have yet to obtain the CT-S800 reference cassette deck, DV-09 DVD player, and, by a holy miracle, pair of DSS-9 three-way loudspeakers that i need to round out my system, i feel so very lucky to have come so far as i have. say what you may about "PAIN-IN-THE-EAR" it will always be my chosen brand, with vintage products that continue to serve me very, very well...