“We’ve been waiting to get our hands on Stenheim speakers from Switzerland for many years based upon their incredible performances at high-end audio shows. Now we’ve spent time with the small Alumine 2–and those exquisite aluminum enclosures–we found 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.”
Part Time Audiophile Editors, 2021
What’s also clear is that Stenheim is going from strength to strength. It’s clear in the impressive growth embodied in the company’s new premises. It’s clear in the performance of their latest speakers. Although their products have always been worth seeking out, the Reference Ultime Two not only closes the gaping crevasse between the top of the Alumine line and the Ultime series, it moves Stenheim into a new and about-to-become heavily contested market sector.”
Roy Gregory, The Audio Beat 2021
“Reference Ultime 2 is soft, warm and comfortable, easily bringing out the music listening pleasure, smooth music lines and wide sound field, presenting the natural music expression. The newly arrived Reference Ultime 2 is opening its sound, so why not take a trip and experience the goodness of the Stenheim speakers with your ears?"
The Alumine Threes excelled at reproducing the purity and lively everberant character of Trio Mediaeval's vocals. Acoustic bass notes were rendered in quick, taut, accurate tones. The Pass Lab-Stenheim combo presented Solacium as a beautiful work of human - scale art, radiant and reverent"
"The low-frequency control is excellent, and the cleanliness is unimaginable. The overall experience of listening to the Stenheim Reference Ultime Two was invaluable.
“The Alumine Three is a musical launchpad that explodes with life. Its ability to create a giant, engaging, yet stable sonic picture makes every listening session memorable. Little far-off instruments sparkle with energy. The overall musical experience is electric.”
The Absolute Sound Editor, December 2020
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We’ve been waiting to get our hands on Stenheim speakers from Switzerland for many years based upon their incredible performances at high-end audio shows. Now we’ve spent time with the small Alumine 2–and those exquisite aluminum enclosures–we found 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”
Part Time Audiophile, December 2020, editorial staff
"The Alumine Three are an undeniable success. Aesthetically discreet, hushed, elegant, in a word Helvetian, they do not hesitate to go out of their hinges when it comes to reproducing the music. As expressive as possible, very dynamic, capable of an ultra-realistic soundstage, they are suitable for a music festival of all times. Well done."
Haute Fidélité Magazine, 2020, Dominique Mafrand
“The Alumine Five may have reduced image height some and was a bit bottom-up in balance, but it showed none of the flashes of brightness or of megaphoning that I heard so often with other displays. Simply an excellent balance of all criteria, and excellent sound.”
The Absolute Sound, US, April 2019, Jonathan Valin
. But the Stenheims go deeper than that. Not only do they provide sublime sound, but they resonate with my life as an audiophile. They capture all of the qualities I’ve pursued over the last 40 years, and I highly recommend them.”
The Part-Time Audiophile, July 2020, Marc Phillips
“The Three is a compact, exceptionally built, and easy to drive loudspeaker that fits into real rooms, with the heart of a large horn system and touches of electrostatic transparency thrown in for good measure. At, or near the top of finest compact loudspeakers available today, and one that joins the small club of products I’d recommend going out of your way to experience”
The Absolute Sound, April 2020, Allan Moulton
“(…) when I listen attentively , I find that the analytical power of ALUMINE THREE is absolutely superior among the speakers of the same price, because not only the change of music, but also the sound of the pianist's breathing, and the ultra-thin sounds that are triggered when the keys of the piano move have all manifested themselves.”
Audiotechnique, HK, July 2019, Patrick Lee
"Difficult to replicate the delicacy with the right sense of elegance! The performance of the strength of 3 frequencies (high, mid, low) is super balance and let listeners is on the top of the sound stage from this powerful pair speakers. You always can discover more from this pair of speakers"
AudioArt, 2019
“I could have stayed in this room for hours, which wasn’t possible at a show, especially one the size of AXPONA. Maybe I should say that I could have listened to this system for hours as it produced no listener fatigue. 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 audio beatnik, US, April 2019 , Jack
Alumine FIVE SE review from renowned review Audiotechnique!
Audiotechnique, HK, February 2019, Patrick Lee
“The Stenheim Reference Ultime has leap-frogged a host of well-established competitors to jostle for position right at the head of my To Be Taken Seriously list. Competitors and customers alike should take it equally seriously. It is quite capable of shocking, surprising, beguiling or just plain seducing . . ."
The Audio Beat, US, August 2018, Roy Gregory
“The real magic of this speaker is in the focusing, layering and vocal presentation. We can say that this monitor excels perfectly in those areas. Voices are unprecedentedly realistic and stable between the speakers and possess a frightening realism.”
Alpha Audio, NL, April 2018, Jaap Veenstra
" 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.”
Stereophile, US, March 2018, Art Dudley
"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!”
Hifi Statement, Germany, 2017 ,Dirk Sommer
” … 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… ”
Audiotechnique, Hong Kong, July 2017, Patrick Lee
“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.”
The Audio Beat, US, April 2017, Roy Gregory
"If you need a compact speaker that allows your music to breathe, that’s big on expression, big on intimacy and communication but isn’t phased by big or loud, then the Alumine 2 could be just what you’re looking for. Other brands might make more noise about (and with) their aluminium boxes, but for me, right now it’s the Stenheims that are the ones delivering the musical goods."
The Audio Beat, UK, March 2017, Roy Gregory
"Stenheim showed its €50k Alumine Five four-driver three-way with Audio Consulting turntable, preamp, phono amp, and amp, Nagra digital, and Brandt cable from Geneva. This was quite a remarkable setup as I heard things through it that I hadn't heard as clearly on anything else, such as Paul's fingering of Sebastian (his twelve-string casket-style guitar) on my PP&M LP. A Best of Show contender, for sure."
TAS, US, Highend Munich, May 2016, Jonathan Valin