HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ?

Much Thanks! trelja
has anyone else auditioned the Mohican cd player?
Happy Listening!

OK, I guess I'm letting you know how "senior" I am...but, when my wife and I were dating we took a trip to Scandinavia, stopping in Oslo and enjoying the kindness of our hosts, people from the Tandberg factory.  I owned a Tandberg receiver and cassette deck and was interested to see where they were born.  This was the late 1970's and the folks from Tandberg let us know that they thought the days of being competitive in the world audio market, while assembling their products in Norway were numbered.
I'm thinking that NAD revolutionized the business model by designing the equipment in North America, but outsourcing the assembly to Taiwan and now China.  That business model is now commonplace with many, if not most American companies.

I recently read a review of a Hegel product and it was stated that they design things in Norway and manufacture it in China…first statement of that I've seen, and if they're not clearly stating on the gear where it's manufactured they can get in BIG trouble, at least in the US.

So I just discovered this last night. Kind of shocking. I have looked into their website quite extensively already and I honestly assumed that they manufacture them in Norway (for some reason I thought I read they had a manufacturing facility in Oslo...) I also thought this because they are charging made in EU prices for their gear. They even sell direct and ask full price if you buy direct!!!

Kind of sad. Part of me wants to consider getting a Hegel anyway. They seem like great products. But I also feel like they almost pulled one over me. I dunno.

I thought you were getting Kinki integrated.  So what Hegel?  DAC? Or?  There are lots of manufacturers with similar or better reps, starting with Ayre and Sim Moon.