“Yet another prestigious award for the iconic Alumine Two SE, reaffirming its excellence!”
“The Alumine Two SE redefines high-fidelity with its exceptional musicality and natural sound. Combining classic design with cutting-edge performance, this compact powerhouse delivers an immersive and dynamic listening experience like no other.”
” …extraordinary balance and precision while still forging emotional bonds with the listener. And it’s high-efficiency, too! An Editor’s Choice winner.”
"The low-frequency control is excellent, and the cleanliness is unimaginable. The overall experience of listening to the Stenheim Reference Ultime Two was invaluable.
“… a 2-way monitor with extraordinary balance and precision while still forging emotional bonds with the listener. And it’s high-efficiency, too! An Editor’s Choice winner”
“While the Alumine Three is a modern speaker design in every way, it also has the relaxing sound of many vintage speakers with rich tonal colors, beautiful vocals and well-controlled bass.”
" The Alumine Five sets itself apart by offering traditional high-end audio strengths, very wide bandwidth, excellent spatial performance, and freedom from gross colorations, with the drivability and consequent good levels of touch, force, and musical momentum that are seldom associated with loudspeakers of contemporary design and manufacture.”
"As expected, the Alumine Five is extremely detailed and distinguishes itself as an accurate full-range monitor that I was happy to rely on when editing recordings. With its gripping dynamics, the rousing joy of playing and the perfectly contoured, rich and immense The lively low-frequency range first surprised me and then inspired me. At Stenheim, having fun listening to music comes first!”
” … but under the overall play, the high frequency of that kind of transparent, calm, delicate, crystal clear and flowing feeling actually made me feel like listening to a diamond tweeter. The design skills of the party's development team are unfathomable… ”
“With enough bandwidth to deliver scale and impact, yet agile enough to respond to the most delicate musical input, the Five promises to be -- just like the perfect middleweight -- one of the best pound-for-pound musical transducers I’ve heard.”
“Yet another prestigious award for the iconic Alumine Two SE, reaffirming its excellence!”
“The Alumine Two SE redefines high-fidelity with its exceptional musicality and natural sound. Combining classic design with cutting-edge performance, this compact powerhouse delivers an immersive and dynamic listening experience like no other.”
Vincent Guillemin, VUmetre, January-February 2025