NAD's legendary designer Bjørn-Erik Edvardsen has passed away
One of the significant figures in NAD and at the same time in the history of audio, Bjørn-Erik Edvardsen, died on December 16, 2018 from cancer. Born in Bergen, Norway, Edvardsen moved to study electronics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
After his studies, he started his career at ITT KB, which manufactured transistor radios. At Dolby Labs, he participated in the development of noise reduction technology, for example in Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. From Dolby, he continued to work for Acoustic Research.
At Acoustic Research, he was involved in later shelved plans to manufacture hi-fi electronics. From these came NAD in 1972, with Edvarden as the design manager of the first full-time employees. His goal was that everyone should be able to afford high-quality sound reproduction. As a result, the NAD 3020 was introduced at the 1978 CES consumer electronics show – the world’s best-selling hi-fi amplifier.
The design table of the Edvardsen team also produced the NAD D3020, which was presented in 2012 and brought the original 3020 into the digital era. He has also advised the designers of NAD’s subsidiaries such as Bluesound and PSB. Edvardsen was involved in the design of NAD’s devices right up to the final stage.
A memorial inscription for Edvardsen has been found at NAD from here.
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