[Vintage-Audio] Re Voice Of Music. What Happened?

[Peter Markavage]

This blurb is from the http://www.thevoiceofmusic.com/ web page.

V-M was created as a separate entity in 1944 and distinguished  itself
early on by producing initial quantities of one of Dad's classified
wartime inventions. When the war ended, this separate entity jumped  into
the production of record changers just as soon as such consumer  product
manufacture was permitted. In addition to phonograph manufacturers, early
customers began to  include independent service shops and electronic
parts distributors. This 
 then led in the early 1950's to designing and building amplified 
phonographs, consoles, and tape recorders - and selling tape transport
mechanisms  to
other manufacturers. We had "binaural" sound in our tape recorders as an
adaptation by late 1955. Then came "stereo" tape recorders, stereo 
record
changers and stereo phonographs by 1958. Our best year for sales and
earnings was 1962, but we were serving  an industry that subsequently got
wiped out so far as U.S.  manufactured products were concerned. As the
battle got tougher, we tightened  our belts and hung in, trying to also
apply our technological skills to special motors, amplifiers, etc. These
we had hoped would become  standard products used by many U. S.
manufacturers, resulting in lower costs  and a more competitive position.

>From 1971 on, we were on a shoestring. In spite of everyone's 
dedication, that string broke in 1977. When we could no longer produce,
we filed for bankruptcy in the interest of protecting general creditors
to the  extent we could, from various predators. With the permission of
the court,  we converted what we could to cash for the benefit of
employees and suppliers.

 V-M remains a registered corporation in the State of Michigan, but  is
no longer engaged in manufacturing activities. Service parts and  manuals
are
 now available from V-M Audio Enthusiasts at 37530 E. Meadowhill,
Northville, MI 48167. Let me say that it is great to have this
opportunity to express my appreciation for the confidence  manufacturers,
distributors, dealers, service shops, and consumers placed in our
products and in the men and women who built them. Many thanks! God  bless
you all! 
> Victor A. Miller
> January 1996
> Revised: January 2000



> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:31:35 -0600 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
> <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a company named the 
> Voice 
> > Of 
> > Music. i think they were based in Michigan. They sold both audio 
> > kits and 
> > factory wired component systems. I had a stereo tape deck they 
> sold 
> > in 1967. 
> > It was quite well built, performed well and worked without any 
> > issues for a 
> > number of years for me.
> > 
> > Then sometime in the seventies, perhaps? They quietly vanished. 
> Now 
> > maybe it 
> > was not so quiet, but that is how I remember it. However I was 
> > preoccupied 
> > with other things in the seventies and unless VOM made a rather 
> loud 
> > rumble 
> > on their way out the door into the history texts I would not have 
> 
> > heard them 
> > leaving! What happened to them?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Duane W8DBF
> > dfischer at usol.com