Knghifi-My point is IF Opera Audio(Consonance)is making the Hegel gear they can build very good sounding products.
Good for Opera Audio. So what's your point?
The problem is they(Hegel) are over priced when considering other competing Chinese made gear.
Then buy the other competing Chinese made gear?
The deception comes from the spartan Scandinavian aesthetics which is in contrast to the over the top "goofy" appearance of many Chinese made audio products. This could easily sway the buyer to assume it's made in Norway(I was fooled). If they would just slap a "MADE IN CHINA" label on the gear this thread would cease to exist and we could clearly judge Hegel for what they are!
I'm confuse. So you based your Hegel purchase on the spartan Scandinavian aesthetics? So anything with a "MADE IN CHINA" label is automatically junk? Next time try AUDITION/LISTEN before purchase.
I prefer/bought H30 over Bryston 28sst2 and Pass XA160.5. The free market will have the ultimate say whether Hegel is over priced. I know many many satisfy Hegel owners.
I still don't understand the deception issue.
When I buy my Mercedes, I have a certain level of expectations. It never crossed my mind to ask the dealer if it was built in Alabama, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Iran ... I could care less. I know wherever it was built or whatever label, it has the same level of quality. Same with Porsche, Hegel, TAD ... I think my TAD Evolution Ones were assembled in China but not important to me. I love the SQ and build quality.
I also have a VAC SigMKIIa pre and ARC Ref250 that were built with by good old Americanas and a "MADE IN THE USA" doggie tag LOL!!! and the H30 has similar quality.
BTW, I've own many many high power SS amps and H30 is the 1st one that doesn't have a transformer hum or HF hiss coming through the tweeter.
