VH Audio

What VH Audio does

VH Audio, Inc. is a privately held direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer founded in 2003 and headquartered in North Prairie, Wisconsin. The company specializes in high-end audiophile cables, connectors, power conditioning products, and acoustic accessories, serving two primary customer segments: audiophile enthusiasts who upgrade their audio systems with premium components, and DIY audio builders who construct their own cables using bulk wire, connectors, and the company's published DIY recipes. Revenue is generated almost entirely through unit-priced hardware sales via the vhaudio.com storefront, with international DTC shipping supplementing U.S. orders.

The company's product portfolio combines proprietary VH Audio branded lines with curated resale of premium third-party brands. Proprietary technology centers on the AirLok foamed Fluoropolymer dielectric (claimed dielectric constant below 1.45 versus approximately 2.1 for solid PTFE) and UniCrystal Ohno Continuous Cast copper and silver wire available in 5N and 6N purity grades. These material platforms underpin the company's own branded cables including CHeLA speaker cable (Counter Helical Litz Array), V-Twist and V-Quad interconnects, the Pulsar interconnect family, and the Flavor 1-4 AC power cable series. Alongside these, VH Audio resells components from Furutech, WBT, KLE Innovations, ETI Research, Synergistic Research, HiFi Tuning, Bybee, Oyaide, Neotech, Acoustic Revive, Environmental Potentials, Mapleshade, V-Cap, WA Quantum, and WattGate.

The go-to-market model is single-channel e-commerce with no wholesale or B2B distribution, supported by long-form technical editorial content (the Three Thresholds Trilogy authored by founder Chris VenHaus), DIY recipes, and a Facebook presence. Pricing spans from $0.59/foot consumables to $8,269 flagship power distributors, with custom termination services offered for select cables. The company operates with 1-10 employees, has not raised external capital, and shows no parent company, subsidiary, or merger activity in the source data.

Name

VH Audio

Legal name

VH Audio, Inc.

Website

https://vhaudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VH Audio is a privately held U.S. e-commerce retailer founded in 2003 that designs, manufactures, and resells high-end audiophile cables, connectors, fuses, and power conditioning accessories to enthusiast consumers and DIY audio builders worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audiophile Cables and Audio Accessories

NAICS

Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310)

SIC

Household Audio & Video Equipment (3651), Electronic Components & Accessories (3670)

akta.pro primary industry

Audio Accessories (Ear Tips, Cables, Stands, Cases, Transmitters) (CRACANAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hi‑Fi / Audiophile Components (DACs, Amps, Turntables, Streamers) (CRACANAI)

Keywords

• Audiophile cables
• Audio interconnects
• Speaker cables
• AC power cables
• Audio connectors

Headquarters

HQ city

North Prairie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Audiophile Cable and Connector Sales: Primary revenue from selling high-end audio cables, connectors, parts, and tweaks directly to audiophile consumers through e-commerce. Products include interconnects, speaker cables, power cables, AC connectors, RCA/XLR connectors, fuses, and DIY wire. The company also offers custom termination services for cables.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

VH Audio designs, manufactures, and supplies high-end audiophile wire, cable, and tubing products, and also resells premium third-party audio components. Its proprietary offerings include the CHeLA speaker cable, Pulsar interconnects, Flavor 1-4 AC power cables, V-Twist and V-Quad interconnects, UniCrystal OCC copper/silver wire with AirLok insulation, the Hot Box power strip, and HyperFlex tubing, sold alongside connectors, fuses, power conditioning, and acoustic tweaks from brands such as Furutech, WBT, KLEI, ETI Research, Synergistic Research, and HiFi Tuning.

Product overview

VH Audio operates as an e-commerce retailer specializing in high-end audiophile cables, parts, and acoustic tweaks. The company offers a portfolio of proprietary branded products including the CHeLA speaker cable, Pulsar interconnects, V-Twist and V-Quad signal cables, UniCrystal OCC wire with AirLok insulation, and Flavor series power cables (Flavor 1-4), alongside an extensive selection of premium resale brands including Furutech (connectors, power distributors, NCF products), WBT, KLE Innovations, ETI Research, Synergistic Research (fuses, Tranquility Bases, room tuning), HiFi Tuning (fuses), Environmental Potentials (power conditioning), Bybee (quantum purifiers), Oyaide (cables, vibration control), Neotech, Acoustic Revive (shorting plugs), and WA Quantum (treatment chips). The product range spans RCA/XLR/BNC connectors, speaker connectors (spades, bananas, binding posts), AC power solutions (cables, strips, conditioners, fuses), interconnects (analog, digital SPDIF), speaker cables, vibration isolation, and room tuning treatments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHeLA Speaker Cable: Proprietary OCC copper speaker cable featuring Counter Helical Litz Array geometry with AirLok dielectric insulation
• UniCrystal OCC Copper Wire
• Pulsar Interconnects
• Flavor Power Cables
• V-Twist Cu24
• V-Quad Cables
• AirSine Power Cable
• Hot Box

Products and services

• VH Audio CHeLA Speaker Cable DIY speaker cable made of 48 individually insulated 24 AWG solid OCC copper conductors braided in a Counter Helical Litz Array geometry with AirLok dielectric for low inductance and self-shielding properties; sold by the foot for audiophile self-builds.
• VH Audio Pulsar Ag Interconnect Silver bullet RCA and SPDIF digital interconnect featuring solid OCC silver center conductor, AirLok dielectric, and double shielding with foil and silver-plated copper braid for 75-ohm digital or shielded analog applications; available in 1m single through 2m pair configurations.
• VH Audio Spectrum Cu RCA Interconnects Copper RCA interconnect with single 28 AWG bare copper conductor, AirLok dielectric, and optional gold ETI Bullet plugs for analog audio applications; available from .5m pair to 2m pair.
• VH Audio Flavor 1 Power Cable AC power cable designed for digital or video components requiring a safety ground, featuring cryogenically treated conductors and various connector termination options; pricing starts at $179.99 (4ft base) with connector upgrades.
• VH Audio Flavor 2 Power Cable AC power cable designed primarily for front-end analog components and low-power amplifiers with enhanced shielding and conductivity.
• VH Audio Flavor 3 Power Cable AC power cable designed for digital or video components that do not require a safety ground, offering a simplified two-conductor configuration.
• VH Audio Flavor 4 Power Cable High-current AC power cable designed for amplifiers and digital transports or CD players, featuring star-quad geometry for superior current delivery; pricing from $252.99 (4ft base) with connector upgrades.
• VH Audio Hot Box Power Strip Premium pure-outlet power strip providing multiple Furutech outlets with superior build quality, designed as an alternative to wall receptacles for systems lacking additional outlet capacity; priced from $329.99 (3ft).
• VH Audio V-Twist Cu24 Interconnect Cable Unshielded twisted-pair geometry interconnect using UniCrystal OCC copper wire with AirLok dielectric, FEP stabilizer rods, and ultra-flexible resonance-damping jacket for analog and balanced XLR applications.
• VH Audio V-Quad Cu21 & Cu24 Cable Star-quad geometry analog interconnect, speaker crossover, and DC umbilical cables using UniCrystal OCC copper conductors with AirLok dielectric, natural cotton core buffering, and PTFE constraining layers.
• VH Audio UniCrystal OCC Copper Wire with AirLok Insulation Ohno Continuous Cast copper hookup wire with proprietary foamed/cellular Fluoropolymer AirLok insulation achieving dielectric constant under 1.45, available in 18, 21, and 24 AWG with 5N (99.999%) and 6N (99.9999%) purity grades; sold by the foot for DIY cable builds.
• VH Audio Pulsar Cu II OCC Copper Coaxial Cable 75-ohm SPDIF digital and shielded analog interconnect with solid 24 AWG UniCrystal OCC copper conductor, AirLok dielectric achieving precise impedance, foil and silver-plated braid double shielding.
• VH Audio HyperFlex Tubing Proprietary porous fluoropolymer tubing with extremely low dielectric constant under 1.3 for use with DIY silver interconnect recipes, offering flexibility comparable to spaghetti with maintained cross-sectional rigidity.
• Furutech RCA and XLR Connectors High-performance RCA connectors (FP-106, FP-120 filament locking types, FP-108 solderless, FT-111 low-mass, CF-102 carbon fiber) and premium XLR connectors (FP-601M/602F rhodium or gold-plated, CF-601M NCF carbon fiber flagship) featuring OCC conductors, fluoropolymer insulation, beryllium copper conductors, and proprietary Furutech demagnetization and cryogenic treatment; for DIY cable builders and audiophile termination.
• WBT NextGen RCA Connectors High-end RCA connectors including WBT-0102 and WBT-0152 NextGen series with pure copper or silver conductor options, metal bodies, and WBT-0114 Ultramid versions for multi-channel applications; for audiophile cable termination.
• KLE Harmony RCA Connectors Low-mass RCA connectors designed by Keith Louis Eichmann available in Copper, PURE, ABSOLUTE, and PERFECT Harmony tiers using proprietary mathematical modeling and copper/silver metallurgical layering processes.
• ETI Research LINK RCA Connectors Improved bullet plug RCA connectors with pure unalloyed copper signal pin, gold plating without nickel intermediary, and metal housing with dual grub screws for enhanced strain relief; LINK XLR connectors, KRYO XLR, BRIO XLR, and CODA XLR (solid silver) also offered.
• Synergistic Research Quantum Fuses High-end audiophile fuses in MASTER, PINK, PURPLE, ORANGE, and BLUE Quantum variants featuring UEF compound technology and quantum conditioning; MASTER fuses at $595 each, PINK at $249.50 each, SR20 (discontinued) at $59.95-$69.95.
• HiFi Tuning Supreme Fuses Premium fuses including Supreme Au/Ag (silver and gold alloy wire with ceramic casing), Supreme Cu (pure copper caps with cryogenic and quantum treatment), and Gold fuses with ceramic casing; $99.95-$109.95 per fuse depending on model.
• Environmental Potentials EP-2050 AC Waveform Corrector Surge and AC waveform correction device installed at breaker panel using patented technology that dissipates energy as heat rather than shunting to neutral or ground; EP-2050 and EP-2050EE versions available in 117V and 240V. EP-2750 Ground Filter offered for safety ground isolation.
• Bybee Quantum Purifiers Ceramic devices doped with rare-earth metal oxides achieving 92% speed of light signal velocity, designed to eliminate impedance mismatches and reduce digital overshoot and ringing distortion; includes Slipstream Small, Large Quantum Purifier, AC Quantum Purifier, Silver Slipstream, Gold Slipstream, and Internal Speaker Bullet Kit variants.
• Plasmatron AC Power Supply Thyratron tube-based AC power delivery device (Plasmatron 3 at 3A/330W and higher-capacity Plasmatron 6) providing linear voltage output by adding negative resistance to power line source impedance for digital source components; available in 117V U.S. or 240V International versions.
• Furutech DAS-4.1 Interconnect Cable Premium OCC interconnect cable with DUCC construction, special-grade polypropylene insulation, cotton damping, and carbon particle PVC sheath for superior audio signal transmission; available for custom termination at $400-450 per pair.
• Furutech DPS-4.1 Power Cable Top-tier bulk power cable combining DUCC Ultra Crystallized High Purity Copper with Furutech's Alpha OCC conductors, featuring FEP inner insulation and nano ceramic carbon particle outer compound; priced at $413.99/meter.
• Furutech DSS-4.1 Speaker Cable

Quantifiable outcome

• AirLok dielectric constant of less than 1.45 (vs 2.1 for solid PTFE)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• FurutechcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary connector and cable brand partner offering premium RCA, XLR, DIN, BNC, headphone connectors; AC power products including NCF technology, power strips, and inline filters; Speaker connectors and bulk wire including DPS-4.1 and DSS-4.1 cables
• WBTcoreTechnology or IntegrationPremium RCA connectors including NextGen series (WBT-0102, WBT-0152, WBT-0114), chassis RCA sockets (WBT-0201, WBT-0210), and WBT silver solder for audio applications
• KLE Innovations (Keith Louis Eichmann)coreTechnology or IntegrationKLE Harmony RCA connectors (Copper, PURE, ABSOLUTE, PERFECT Harmony series) and KLEI Perfect Harmony RCA Socket featuring proprietary mathematical modeling and proprietary metallurgical layering processes
• ETI ResearchcoreTechnology or IntegrationLINK RCA connectors, LINK XLR connectors, KRYO XLR, BRIO XLR, CODA XLR (solid silver), and ETI RCA sockets featuring high-fidelity performance with low self-inductance and 75 ohm impedance
• Bybee (Bybee Technologies)secondaryTechnology or IntegrationQuantum Purifiers including Slipstream Small, Large Quantum Purifier, AC Quantum Purifier, Silver Slipstream, Gold Slipstream, and Internal Speaker Bullet Kit using rare-earth metal oxide technology achieving 92% speed of light
• Synergistic ResearchcoreTechnology or IntegrationMASTER, PINK, PURPLE, ORANGE, BLUE Quantum Fuses; Tranquility Base UEF isolation platforms; Black Box room tuning; HFT and FEQ room tuning system; SR20 Quantum fuses (discontinued)
• HiFi TuningcoreTechnology or IntegrationSupreme Au/Ag fuses (silver & gold alloy wire with ceramic casing), Supreme Cu fuses (pure copper caps with cryogenic and quantum treatment), and Gold fuses with ceramic casing
• WA QuantumsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationWA Quantum Chips for speaker cabinets, capacitors, cables, and fuses providing quantum treatment for audio equipment optimization
• Environmental PotentialssecondaryTechnology or IntegrationEP-2050 and EP-2050EE Surge and AC Waveform Correctors for breaker panel installation; EP-2750 Ground Filter for safety ground isolation
• OyaidesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationDC connectors (2.1G and 2.5G), Tunami V2 bulk AC power cable, Across 3000 speaker cable, INS-CF vibration control devices
• NeotechsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationG-UPOCC Graphene bulk AC power cable (NEP-3200G), G-UPOCC Graphene bulk speaker cable (NES-3002G), featuring 99.99998% pure UP-OCC copper with average crystal size of 125 meters
• Acoustic RevivesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationSIP-8F and BSIP-2 input shorting plugs for RCA and XLR inputs to prevent RFI/EMI and oxidization; AC power conditioners and RFI/EMI shielding solutions

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nordost: Premium manufacturer of high-end audio cables, interconnects, power cords, and resonance control devices for audiophile and professional applications. Directly comparable to VH Audio in product mix (speaker cables, interconnects, power cables) and premium pricing strategy.
• Cardas Audio: Family-owned U.S. manufacturer of premium audiophile cables, interconnects, speaker cables, and power cables using proprietary metallurgy and geometry. Comparable to VH Audio as a niche U.S. cable designer/manufacturer serving the audiophile community.
• Shunyata Research: Designer and manufacturer of premium power cables, power conditioners, and audio cables for high-end audiophile systems. Comparable to VH Audio in premium power cable and conditioning focus, including products such as fuses and power distributors.
• Wireworld Cable Technology: Specialty cable maker offering audio interconnects, speaker cables, HDMI, and power cables using proprietary conductor geometries. Directly comparable to VH Audio's CHeLA and V-Quad geometries as a designer and manufacturer of premium audiophile cables.
• AudioQuest: One of the largest specialty manufacturers of audiophile cables, interconnects, and power conditioning products. Comparable to VH Audio in core product category (premium audio cables and accessories) though operating at a much larger scale with its own branded lines and global distribution.
• Kimber Kable: U.S. manufacturer of high-end audio interconnects, speaker cables, and power cables using proprietary braided geometries. Directly comparable to VH Audio in core product focus and specialty audiophile channel.
• Morrow Audio: U.S. manufacturer of premium audio and speaker cables sold directly to audiophile enthusiasts. Comparable to VH Audio as a small specialty cable maker serving the same DIY-aware audiophile buyer with branded cable lines.
• Audience: U.S. manufacturer of high-end audiophile cables, power conditioning, and bypass capacitors. Comparable to VH Audio in premium cable design with proprietary conductor treatments and a similar boutique specialty channel.
• Blue Jeans Cable: U.S. e-commerce-first maker of audio and video cables with a transparent-spec, value-oriented approach. Comparable to VH Audio as a U.S. DTC cable specialist targeting knowledgeable buyers, though positioned at lower price points.

Broad incumbents

• Parts Express: Large U.S. retailer and distributor of audio parts, connectors, wire, and DIY audio components. Comparable to VH Audio on the parts/connectors/DIY side but at significantly larger scale with broader catalog beyond audiophile cables.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/VHAudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vh-audio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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