Opinions on the Tandberg 3012

Tandberg gear still in good operating condition is a keeper still. I wish I still had mine and am tempted to pick  up another Tandberg amp in particular quite often.   I had a tr2080 receiver for many years.  It was my favorite line we sold back in Tech Hifi days by a fair margin I would say.  No other line had the midrange and overall musicality of the Tandberg gear.  Especially the classic Japanese lines. 

Tandberg gear is excellent and you probably will seldom see it for sale here and other websites. This is what I would call the fun stuff.

Wow!  Hadn't heard the name "Tandberg" in a while.

I worked in a Tandberg dealer in DC in the 1979-1981 era, had a TR2080 for quite some time, enjoyed the sound very much.  In 1980 my wife & I took a trip thru Scandanavia, stopped and toured the factory in Oslo, enjoyed lunch with one of their engineers, who I believe jumped ship to NAD.

I believe the Tandberg audio company no longer exists, they do conferencing and data products now.  But if you purchase an old Tandberg product, one of my techie friends says you can always get it repaired, if you have the schematic.