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Let´s start with the oldest VH-1´s in the world. Our own. This is one of our own VH-1 prototypes built in 1986. This picture was shot in january 2003, so the speakers are quite a few years old on this photo. Because of an accident some years ago, when a child put his hand right in the bass speaker and almost destoyed it, we put protective grilles on the bass speakers. The grill rubber surround has cracked since then, but otherwise the speakers are almost as new. We used a white self adhesive plastic which we ironed on (low temperature). This is fine if you are careful (= don´t have children), but otherwise a more durable surface treatment would be recommendable (paint or veneer). This is the original design, without any changes. A lumber yard cut the pieces for us, we made the holes for the loudspeakers, and then we glued together the cabinets. They only took us a few hours to build, and when we sold them we had enjoyed their wonderful sound for about 20.000 hours! (A little more than 3 hours a day for 17 years...) Building high quality speakers is, in every aspect, a sound investment!
Some time ago we recieved an email with a few pictures. This must be one of the most advanced variants of the VH-1. Per Edgren is the designer of this wonderful creation. If you want to see pictures (we haven´t translated the text yet) of how he built these cabinets, just click here. We think you agree – ”nice” is not enough – they are elegant! The fine, clean wooden surface, the rounded sides, the cutouts for the speaker elements and the bass opening... all is perfect and tastefully shaped. Imagine what this creation would cost, sold at an exclusive Hifi shop! We must congratulate Per. Very nice design work!
Patrik Sandberg also made rounded sides, but otherwise the approach is different. Patrik used 16mm MDF, and put on a ”suit” made from 16mm oak veneer on the front, with cutouts for the speakers and bass opening, and 3mm oak veneer streched over three layers of masonite on the sides. The top is 30 mm solid oak. Patrik also wants to thank his brother, Niclas Sandberg, shipbuilder and carpenter, for the fine woodwork. Below: The VH-1´s with and without the extra front.
Fredrik Karlsson covered his cabinets with pine plywood and painted the mahogony red. The picture was sent when he had had them for two years. He wrote: I built my VH-1 loudspeakers about two years ago and I am very pleased with them, they play with an impressingly deep and airy bass. I am happy to tell you that some of my friends are just about to build their own after listening to my VH-1´s. ...and this is a rather typical reaction. We hardly advertise these speakers at all, except for their existance on our website. The reputation is enough.
Ingemar Hällström is one of those who worked carefully on the exteriour. It´s a little ”retro” which isn´t bad, really. Voigt´s original idea is, when your think about it, from the 1930´s, and a commercial design from that age might very well have looked just like this. Nice work! Oak veneered plywood on the sides, 10mm oak veneer on the front, and a bottom made of solid oak with built-in rubber feet. Just like Per Edgren´s cabinets, these must weigh quite a lot... And the sound? If you wonder how they sound, I can only say that I am very satisfied, the bass is very ”solid” without coloration and with a fine response. The sound is outside the cabinets in a very fine way. The need for extra bass support is, as I see it, unnecessary, even playing organ music they work very well. Best regards Ingemar Hällström These are not loudspeakers you replace after a year or so. The sound is perfect, so they will probaly stand there for a long time. If you take that into account, a few extra hours for the external design isn´t very much.
We can squeeze in more pictures – send us yours, and they might end up here!

Let´s start with the oldest VH-1´s in the world. Our own.
This is one of our own VH-1 prototypes built in 1986. This picture was shot in january 2003, so the speakers are quite a few years old on this photo. Because of an accident some years ago, when a child put his hand right in the bass speaker and almost destoyed it, we put protective grilles on the bass speakers. The grill rubber surround has cracked since then, but otherwise the speakers are almost as new. We used a white self adhesive plastic which we ironed on (low temperature). This is fine if you are careful (= don´t have children), but otherwise a more durable surface treatment would be recommendable (paint or veneer).

This is the original design, without any changes.

A lumber yard cut the pieces for us, we made the holes for the loudspeakers, and then we glued together the cabinets.
They only took us a few hours to build, and when we sold them we had enjoyed their wonderful sound for about 20.000 hours! (A little more than 3 hours a day for 17 years...)

Building high quality speakers is, in every aspect, a sound investment!

Some time ago we recieved an email with a few pictures.
This must be one of the most advanced variants of the VH-1.

Per Edgren is the designer of this wonderful creation.
If you want to see pictures (we haven´t translated the text yet) of how he built these cabinets, just click here.

We think you agree – ”nice” is not enough – they are elegant!

The fine, clean wooden surface, the rounded sides, the cutouts for the speaker elements and the bass opening... all is perfect and tastefully shaped.

Imagine what this creation would cost, sold at an exclusive Hifi shop!

We must congratulate Per. Very nice design work!

Patrik Sandberg also made rounded sides, but otherwise the approach is different.
Patrik used 16mm MDF, and put on a ”suit” made from 16mm oak veneer on the front, with cutouts for the speakers and bass opening, and 3mm oak veneer streched over three layers of masonite on the sides. The top is 30 mm solid oak.
Patrik also wants to thank his brother, Niclas Sandberg, shipbuilder and carpenter, for the fine woodwork.
Below: The VH-1´s with and without the extra front.

Fredrik Karlsson covered his cabinets with pine plywood and painted the mahogony red.

The picture was sent when he had had them for two years. He wrote:

I built my VH-1 loudspeakers about two years ago and I am very pleased with them, they play with an impressingly deep and airy bass. I am happy to tell you that some of my friends are just about to build their own after listening to my VH-1´s.

...and this is a rather typical reaction. We hardly advertise these speakers at all, except for their existance on our website. The reputation is enough.

Ingemar Hällström is one of those who worked carefully on the exteriour.

It´s a little ”retro” which isn´t bad, really. Voigt´s original idea is, when your think about it, from the 1930´s, and a commercial design from that age might very well have looked just like this. Nice work!

Oak veneered plywood on the sides, 10mm oak veneer on the front, and a bottom made of solid oak with built-in rubber feet.

Just like Per Edgren´s cabinets, these must weigh quite a lot...

And the sound?

If you wonder how they sound, I can only say that I am very satisfied, the bass is very ”solid” without coloration and with a fine response. The sound is outside the cabinets in a very fine way. The need for extra bass support is, as I see it, unnecessary, even playing organ music they work very well.

Best regards

Ingemar Hällström

These are not loudspeakers you replace after a year or so. The sound is perfect, so they will probaly stand there for a long time. If you take that into account, a few extra hours for the external design isn´t very much.

We can squeeze in more pictures – send us yours, and they might end up here!

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