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

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Who is Victor A. Miller?   
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> 
> 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
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