HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ?

All foreign companies that has a factory in China usually use their own management team and parts. They are just saving on the labor so should not effect quality. Now if it's Chinese company producing in China, that's a different story. Most have different/lower standards.

I'm color blind so Chinese laborers are no inferior to Americans, Germans ... to me. They sure have no problems getting accepted to all the top colleges.

Either way, I'm hugely disappointed to hear of this and two very good friends of mine will be, too. They consciously chose Hegel products over similarly priced, known-to-be China-o-fi goods to support a company that was supposedly providing a living wage to their laborers. Scandinavian companies are not normally associated with this kind of exploitative, dirt-bag obfuscation and many people implicitly trust their integrity. Clearly that is a serious mistake to make with Hegel. We aren't talking about discount K-D furniture from Ikea, after all.

Not me. Private smart companies will move to more business friendly environments. A better question is why Europe is in a permanent recession and high unemployment except for Germany.

If Hegel is made in China why not consider Audio-gd? Hegel should be proud to slap on a made in PRC sticker! Not so fast... then they would need to lower the price by 50% and try to convince us there not on the same assembly/parts line as Emotiva(lol).

If produce in Norway, Hegel would need to increase the price BIG time to cover the additional cost to do business. Same for BMC if not produce in china but Germany. I'm happy savings are pass to me, the end consumer. LOL all the way to the bank!!!

My point here isn't not buy buy made in China. I would gladly support Line Magnetic and Oppo which is labelled made in China than some shady company using the law loop holes to mislead people. If a company doesn't have the integrity or honestly of being up front with their customers then I can only imagine how hard it is to claim for warranty service.

Yogiboy,

On their site they do show the rear of their units. But it only says Norway -- not Made in Norway.

Dayglow,

I agree. They might have to lower the price if people knew where they were really made.

Bcgator,

You make a good point. There are some good quality products made in China. But there are also some poor quality products made there. I think what folks are saying here is that Hegel should state up front where their products are made. Otherwise, it looks deceptive -- like they are trying to hide something -- which begs the question what are they trying to hide?

"08-26-15: Ps
"Would you buy a BMW if it was made in China?"
Logical Fallacy. My BMW M Coupe was make in South Carolina. Would you buy a BMW that was made in South Carolina?"

How is it a logical fallacy to ask a simple question?

"This is starting to feel and sound like a racist thread. My Shanling CDP is a wonderful piece of equipment. It was made in China. I run Ruby tubes in my (American made) mono amps. The Ruby tubes are made in China. "

So its racist if people don't want to buy Chinese goods because of poor build quality? Logical fallacy. There was a point when the worst cars in the world were coming out of Detroit. Were you a racist if you didn't buy an American car?

There's an upside, of course. Now that the Chinese are making cars, we don't make the worst ones anymore.

"So what's the point of this thread anyway?"

You may have missed the OP. Here it is again.

"Not unlike Ayon, where it is just printed "Austria" and not "Made in Austria" (the usual and official terminology), are HEGEL products actually made and assembled in Norway or just "designed" in Norway and assembled somewhere in China?

I have tried getting a clear-cut answer from dealers with no success. Juste like for Ayon gear by the way.

Thanks if you can help."

What part of that is not clear?

You make a good point. There are some good quality products made in China. But there are also some poor quality products made there. I think what folks are saying here is that Hegel should state up front where their products are made. Otherwise, it looks deceptive -- like they are trying to hide something -- which begs the question what are they trying to hide?

How are they hiding it?

Frankly I could careless where it was made as long as SQ and build quality meet my expectations.