HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ?

Why all the China bashing?
http://www.china-recalls.com/

Raks,

I agree. I recently had a Hegel amp that had a design flaw on the one hand -- and Hegel stonewalling me on the other hand. Who the heck knows what the story was on the production side? At least if they made it clear about Made in China instead of just stamping Norway on the back everyone could make a clear choice. This is where the deception lies.

If one would do the r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h necessary to make a adequate buying decision based on needs and wants, then this whole post on 'made in China' would be moot.

If you bought a Chinese made product under the 'assumption' that it was made in [insert your country of origin here] then... shame on you.

Google is your friend people... Or at least a phone call to the manufacturer in question.

"08-30-15: Aolmrd1241
If one would do the r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h necessary to make a adequate buying decision based on needs and wants, then this whole post on 'made in China' would be moot.

If you bought a Chinese made product under the 'assumption' that it was made in [insert your country of origin here] then... shame on you.

Google is your friend people... Or at least a phone call to the manufacturer in question."

I agree. The OP should never have went and bought a Hegel product before he knew for sure what all the facts were. Now he's stuck with something he doesn't want, and is complaining like a little kid because of it.

This is becoming one of the goofiest threads ever.

Deception? Only if the gear is stamped �Made In Norway,� which by all accounts it is not. And please, the bit about the case aesthetic being deceptive is just plain silly. Next up we'll be hearing that Chinese-made cars should have three or five wheels to distinguish them from others.

Back-handed jibes at quality and/or reliability from those who have never owned one, save one person who had some sort of bad experience with the brand? Concerns about �value� and talk about Rolexes, when their most expensive amplifiers are $10K so not exactly in the FM Acoustics/Soulution/D'Agostino bracket? C'mon, man�

Knghifi and Sabai have owned the gear and are entitled to speak as to quality. Everything else is speculation. I'm not a fan of all Chinese manufactured products myself, but I own enough of them to know that some are very reliable and very well built, while others have been junk. I can say the same about a lot of made in U.S.A. products I've purchased too.

Seems like a lot of xenophobia/subtle racism is popping up in this thread (and I'm lily-White so not my ax to grind, just an observation). If you want to make a trade imbalance/theft of trade secrets/toleration of unequal trading conditions/global economic policy argument against the prevalence of cheap Chinese manufactured goods dominating world markets that's one thing, but no one here has managed to demonstrate that there is the slightest thing wrong with this brand. And I say this with zero personal interest in the products and no intent of ever owning them.