Why VOVOX?
We don’t produce “Jazz” or “Rock” cables, altering sound according to specific musical styles. Musicians and sound engineers should be creative. Cables, however, have only one task: To transmit sound signals without any loss.
What is different and unique?
The most important question for us is how one can eliminate negative influences on signal transmissions most efficiently and absolutely. It is not our aim to compensate loss or conceal disturbances with complex cable constructions. On the contrary, we do everything we can to prevent such flaws from arising. We try to find the source of adverse influences in order to be able to eliminate them as effectively as possible. Our concept of reduction leads to cable constructions which amaze at first sight due to their simplicity, but will convince you fully just after having heard the first notes.
We firmly believe that solid wires are better conductors for audio signals than stranded wires. You will find that the resulting sound speaks for itself. Material science also supports this aspect: solid wires have a smaller surface area, fewer impurities, and fewer undesirable interactions.
The crystalline structure of the copper is also crucial. The size, shape and orientation of the copper crystallites have an audible effect on the sound. Ensuring the most optimal crystal structure, is one of our key competences.
Each conductors within a cable must fulfil specific functions. In most cables, the shielding braid is also used as the return signal conductor. This is not an option for us. We consequently separate these functions. Therefore we use an additional conductor for the return signal (i.e. audio ground). This may be in a more complex construction, yet it results clearly in better sound quality.
Hand-made in Switzerland
History
VOVOX was founded in 2002 by material engineer Jürg Vogt. Prior to the foundation, new products were developed over five years of intensive research. Initially with musician Kaspar Kramis, whose initial ideas substantially co-influenced the cables, many prototypes and concepts were created and tested. It was only a short time before the founding of the company when Jürg Vogt had the break-through and invented the novel design of the cables. This design is the reason for the uniqueness of VOVOX sound conductors and forms the basis of their outstanding sound quality as well as of their optimal handling properties for solid-core cables.VOVOX converted scepticism into enthusiasm in no time. The company succeeded in convincing many professional musicians and sound engineers that VOVOX and their sound conductors were definitely in a league of their own.
Our relationship with the environment
Our goal is to reduce the impact of our behavior and our products on the environment as much as possible. We prefer to work with suppliers within our vicinity in order to keep transport distances short.
The plastics we use contain no plasticisers. Instead of the usual PVC used for cable insulation, we use alternative plastics that do not release any environmentally harmful substances during combustion.
We try to use as little packaging material as possible and make sure that this is easy to recycle or dispose of. Our organic cotton bags are intended for further use. They are produced in a fair and transparent way (see Traceability Information in the bags, www.my-trace.ch
VOVOX Experimente
Sometimes we let our exploratory urge run wild...
In summer 2017 we wanted to know whether a drum of VOVOX Instrument cable could also be used at a stretch - and what’s all this in aid of.
Christy Doran, a pioneer of loop-delay, helped us experimenting in the Swiss Alps.