[Vintage-Audio] Re Voice Of Music

[W8DBF D.B. Fischer]

Hello All,

Once upon a time, far far away, in a state called Michigan there was a 
company that made home audio products under the name of "The Voice Of 
Music". What city was this company located in? What year did the company 
cease to exist? Why did it close its doors?

I purchased a stereo tape deck by VM in 1966. You could select which of the 
four tracks you wanted to record on, or listen to, by means of two elongated 
switch knobs. They ran parallel with the bottom of the deck. Each knob was 
about 3/8 wide and 2.25 inches in length. You could flip it up for track #1, 
the middle for normal stereo, down for track #3. The other switch which 
faced it handled tracks #2 and #4. I think!

It was a simple design, quite straight forward and very efficient. I think 
it had three speeds.

I used it until I moved up to better equipment with the Grundig TK-141 in 
1969. It was a deck, but had an internal stereo amp with built in speakers. 
Hence it could be either a deck or a tape recorder. (Never did understand 
why because it had an audio amp and speakers built into the case it was 
called a "recorder", as both versions recorded!

Whatever became of the VOM?

Didn't some of their products, such as stereo amplifiers and AM/FM tuners, 
come as kits that you could assemble too?

Thanks!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com