Stereophile & Strata-gee report the passing of Björn Erik Edvardsen on Dec 19.

Known as NAD's design engineer since 1976, Edvardsen was most famously responsible in 1978 for the NAD 3020, one of the best selling amps in Hi-Fi history.

A bio of Björn Erik Edvardsen can also be found in Fidelity magazine (Germany).

See also NAD's recent NAD D 3020 V2 integrated amplifier.

I've never played with a NAD 3020 but maybe someone here still owns one?

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i skipped the original 3020 but had a later 3020i.

a little noisy but very versatile with on-board phono stage, pre/power inputs, overall a great sounding amp for the budget minded audiophile.

it good enough to feed a pair of quicksilver monos while i was between preamps.

that little amp was bought from manawatu tv and sound and last i heard was still in pn.

along the way i had a few other nad pieces and there are some pieces i still covet like the monitor series tuners and cassette deck.

rip mr bee, you gave many people their first taste of high quality audio.

Y'all may recall that NAD lost also their (American) founder, Martin Borish, last year.

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The 3020 was a great amp, now considered a classic, with a slightly enlarged power supply and capable current drive. It also had a single ended input stage in the poweramp that sounded good. This circuit lives on in updated form in the 316BEE of today. Also the distinctive understated look of NAD gear started with the 3020.
Thankyou and RIP Mr Edvardsen.

AMR-iFi R&D