I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed disparities between North American & European Reviews for some products....

Offhand I can think of two brands that seem to be received very differently in North America and Europe: Marantz & NAD....

Case in point the NAD C372 (150 Watt per channel integrated amp) - if you check the NAD website all the reviews for this amp are from the US and Canada... Stereophile rated it as Class B, The Absolute Sound and Soundstage both loved it... yet if I remember correctly it was trashed by What Hifi? when it came out & given only an average rating by HiFi Choice more recently... The North American reviews seemed to love it's power capabilities while the Europeans thought that there were far better performing (though less powerful) amps available at its price.... The Europeans have heaped praises on NAD's cheaper and lower powered amps....

Case 2 - Marantz Integrated Amps... Where are the reviews for the PM7001 or any of the Reference series in North America? I see 5 star What HiFi? reviews, EISA awards & Excellent HiFi Choice reviews for Marantz amps in Europe, but I can't even find a review for any of their amps in North America... What makes it even stranger is the fact that their CD players are raved about so highly in N.A. Stereophile has had their SA8260 & now SA8001 as Class A for about 6 years now and the Absolute Sound has picked their most expensive players the SA7S1 & the SA11S1 in their Editor's choice awards for 2007. So why haven't these same magazines reviewed their amps?