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Originally Posted by aqua_crystal
^I've always loved the smooth paper and the fine printing quality in Japanese press booklets. IMO, the thick, rough paper used in the HK press isnt that great.
They are, trust me. The paper quality used in the booklets, the printing etc, isn't good at all. But the absolute worst thing is the binding. I bought a korean press cd once and the booklet was attached to the casing using glue. And the glue just peeled off from the sides so now it looks REALLY UGLY :/
In fact, whenever I've bought korean press, be it a korean release or a japanese, there's always something disappointing.
The only ones that haven't disappointed me are the Japanese and Taiwan press so I'd always go for those. HK is great too, if I'm looking to save some cash.
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I have the Korean press of a couple B'Z albums as for some reason there wasn't HK or Taiwan released of the albums and i wasnt paying for the JPN Presses. In the MAGIC album the one CD is a bit loose and slips right out, so I changed cases with a spare one I had laying around. Bit annoying. The C'MON album had the slipcase so tight over it I ended up ripping it just to get at the jewel case underneath. However, aside from that I haven't had too much trouble with Korea Presses. Oh except that I had the Korean Press of Kumi's "feel my mind" and I think maybe just cause it's an older release but the Copyright Protection was SOOO bad on it that I couldn't sync the CD to my iTunes on my computer. As for KPOP Korea releases, some are decently packaged, but not a ton. Often its cheap paper and the way they're wrapped or put in makes it easy for them to become loose or leaves them open to the outer packaging making it easy for them to scuff or scratch. Actually, I recently bought 2NE1's newest mini album. The piece in the middle holding it in place was SO stiff that after 2 weeks, I was trying to take it out and the disk cracked 1/4 of the way through. Now I just needed to buy a new copy, and when it comes in I'm removing the CD and putting it in a regular jewel case as well. In all honesty, a lot of the older KPOP CDs I have like from Lee Soo Young, BoA, Lee Jung Hyun etc all used to come in regular jewel cases, and I wish Korea would go back to using them.