HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ?

I think Durkheim had it right for the most part.

Personally I would rather have the Chinese build my audio gear vs the folks in Norway. The Chinese have a lot more experience in electronics. I also like the Hegel products from my experience listening to them at shows. Not sure how reliable they are since I never owned one.

I'm sure Electrocompaniet might question that last note, although maybe they use the Chinese too, but somehow I doubt it.

Any of you guys demo the Hegel Mohican  cd player?
Happy Listening!

@jafant your query intrigued me into checking out the Mohican...

Reading the Stereophile review and looking around online raised several questions on my end:
1. Herb Reichert states the player is made in Norway. While I cannot say that’s untrue, given the reality of Opera Audio (Consonance) serving as their OEM and often simply rebadging their own products, I do feel puzzled
2. HR and the specifications also states the use of Sanyo CD mechanism. Internal photos look pretty clear it’s the Sony unit Consonance uses in most of their CD players. As that’s proved a definitive Achilles heel for more than a decade, I wonder about the reliability of this supposedly last CD player one will have to buy

Beyond that, the $5000 price tag floored me. I could certainly be wrong, but from the internals this feels like the Redbook CD players their Chinese manufacturer cranked out since the early 2000s in the $1K - $2K range