The cable manufacturer VOVOX, founded in 2002, assembles audio cables locally in Switzerland to the highest standards. The raw materials are carefully selected. The audio connectors used are either from Neutrik or, where no satisfactory option was found, VOVOX has developed its own models in accordance with internal requirements.
VOVOX produces cables that do not alter the signal from the cable. Their philosophy is that users should be creative, use their hearing, and instead of having cables that transpose a specific effect of one or another musical genre, they should rather just transmit the unaltered signal.
Why VOVOX?
Their mission is to manufacture uncompromising units even if this means limited production quantities.
Here are some of the more or less trivial rules:
- Gold-plated connectors do not necessarily mean an improvement in transmission quality. Although gold resists corrosion and protects contacts against oxidation, in the case of frequently handled plugs, the protective layer deteriorates mechanically, and the protection disappears. Therefore, in the case of instrument cables, their use is not recommended. On the other hand, the benefit in transmission quality through gold-plated connectors only appears if the connector socket is also gold-plated. After several tests, VOVOX concluded that the good option is with nickel-plated connectors.
- Shielding vs. unshielded? Shielding cables prevents interference that causes noise in the transmitted signal. But it also causes a loss in signal quality due to the increased marginal surface. Thus, VOVOX recommends choosing unshielded cables in environments where the risk of interference is low. However, in the case of live recordings, shielded cable options are recommended. It is important to know that VOVOX offers all cable options in both variants.
- In the case of shielded cables, VOVOX leaves nothing to chance: while most balanced cable manufacturers use a single layer of shielding, for VOVOX, individual shielding of both signal conductors is standard.
- Length of cables. 1. Everyone knows that it is important to have cables as short as possible.
- Length of cables. 2. But at first listen, it may seem somewhat occult that it is also important to have cables of equal length in the case of pairs of monitors or microphones in stereo mode. However, it all makes sense if we realize that on any type of cable we have a signal loss proportional to the length of the cable. And to maintain the fidelity of spatiality in monitoring or the resulting signal (in the case of stereo recordings), it is crucial that this loss "remains symmetrical."
