![]() ![]() ![]() Through no fault of Vox, Royston filed for bankruptcy in 1968.While Royston was working through the UK bankruptcy courts, a number of former JMI executives were able to cut a deal with the bank to resume production of Vox. The UL Series ( 705, 715, 430, 730, 460, 760, 41) amplifiers and the solid state amplifiers ( Traveller, Virtuoso, Conqueror, Defiant, Supreme, Dynamic Bass, Foundation Bass and Super Foundation Bass) were introduced during the Royston era.īy 1967, Dick Denney had left Vox and Royston fired Tom Jennings. Some of the manufacturing, especially organ production, was moved from Dartford to a Royston facility in nearby Erith, Kent (see photo at right). Tom Jennings, Dick Denney and Derek Underdown were retained. ![]() Royston continued the use of the "JMI" brand on all Vox products. Tom Jennings sold a controlling share in JMI to the British electronics conglomerate Royston Industries in 1964. The main amplifier engineers were Dick Denney and Derek Underdown. JMI was privately owned by founder Tom Jennings. A brief ownership history of Vox follows.įounded in the early fifties as the Jennings Organ Company of Dartford Kent, UK and renamed Jennings Musical Industries in 1957, JMI developed and manufactured the original designs for the AC-4, AC-10, AC-15, AC-30, AC-50 and AC-100 amplifiers, amongst others. VOX AMPLIFIERS The history of the Vox amplifier line is inexplicably tied to the fortunes.and misfortunes.of the succession of the eight UK firms that have owned the Vox marque since 1957. ![]()
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