The Stenheim High End Talks – Conferences with Audio Professionals
For Munich High End 2024, Stenheim is presenting a series of talks from industry professionals on a variety of audio topics. If you would like to attend one or more of these conferences, you are very welcome and the talks are free of charge.
Seats will be very limited and the talks are likely to be oversubscribed, so book your place without delay by filling in the application form below.
We look forward to seeing you.
Grounding and Room Control
by Dario Biner
Thursday May 9th 11:00
The benefits of loudspeaker grounding and fine-tuning for room acoustics
Dario Biner - STENHEIM
Dario Biner is Stenheim’s Chief Technical Officer and holds a masters degree in electronics from the renowned ETHZ in Zurich, with a speciality in signal processing. He is Stenheim’s chief product designer and has already overseen the genesis of the Reference Ultime Two and Alumine Two.Five speakers. The Alumine Five SX and LE are his latest projects.
The Mechanics of Vinyl Playback
by Micha Huber
Thursday May 9th 14:00
How turntables work and their mechanical constraints
Micha Huber - THALES TONEARMS
Micha Huber is the founder and owner of HiFiction AG, a fine manufacture located in Turbenthal (Switzerland). The company is known worldwide for producing the famous THALES tonearms and turntables and assumed control of the EMT company in 2018.
Six Axis Speaker Set-Up
by Roy Gregory
Thursday May 9th 16:00
He will be describing and demonstrating ‘six-axis speaker set-up’, the approach he uses in optimising loudspeakers submitted for review.
Roy Gregory - Gy8
Roy Gregory was the founding editor of Hi-Fi+ magazine in the UK. Having fulfilled almost every role in the audio industry (including customer), he currently runs his own, ad-free review and audio discussion site, Gy8.eu.
The Stenheim Sound
by Ron Buffington
Friday May 10th 11:00
How and why Stenheims have a specific sound that is not found in other loudspeakers
Ron Buffington - LiQUID HIFI
Ron is the founder of Liquid HiFi, a high end dealership situated on the border of South and North Carolina in the USA, specialising in the installation of world class two channel music systems. He started the business in 2008 after being a HiFi and music enthusiast for decades. Liquid HiFi has partnered with Stenheim since 2019 after looking for a loudspeaker brand worthy of the finest electronics that it already represented.
How do you improve a hugely successful speaker?
by Jean-Pascal Panchard
Friday May 10th 14:00
Why it was essential to create the new Alumine Five SX and LE
Jean-Pascal Panchard - STENHEIM
Jean-Pascal Panchard is the owner and CEO of Stenheim. He is a qualified engineer with a long career in high end audio, including working for a prestigious Swiss audio manufacturer. In 2013 he saw the potential of the Alumine concept and took over the running of the fledgling Stenheim brand to develop it into the industry-leading loudspeaker company it is today.
All-analogue recording and mastering on NAGRA
by René Laflamme
Friday May 10th 16:00
The latest all-analogue recordings and masterings made on Nagra equipment
René LaFLAMME - Nagra
Rene Laflamme is not only Nagra’s brand ambassador in the US and Canada, but is a reknowned recording and mastering engineer at the multi-award winning Fidelio 2xHD record label. He has created original recordings as well as remastered re-releases from such greats as Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Shirley Horn, Monty Alexander, sourced from first generation analogue tapes.
Is high end audio a luxury industry?
by Christophe Savioz
Saturday May 11th 11:00
Let’s have a look at how high-end audio is perceived by the public, and what it can do to raise its image and penetrate the luxury market.
Christophe savioz - STENHEIM
Christophe Savioz is the newest addition to the Stenheim team. He joined the company last year as Commercial Director after a long career in the airline and luxury watch industries, where he specialised in brand development, marketing, and sales. Christophe has extensive knowledge of international markets and spent years in Asia. His aim is to apply some of the luxury watch recipes to the audio world.
Analogue playback and critical listening experience
by François Saint-Gérand
Saturday May 11th 14:00
Why analogue is better than digital, and digital better than analogue. With the help of a few carefully curated test tracks in analogue and digital formats, let’s discover together what the pro and cons of both technologies are and why we should not oppose them but make them work together.
François saint-gérand - Ana Mighty Sound
François Saint-Gérand is the founder and owner of Ana Mighty Sound, a high end boutique in Paris. He is also the distributor in France for Stenheim, darTZeel and other prestigious brands. François is an avid record collector whose love of music has morphed into an obsession with sharing it with other music lovers in unrivalled playback quality.
Recording Marco Arcieri in Analogue
by Igor Fiorini of VDM
Saturday May 11th 16:00
Recording techniques employed in the recent creation of Marco Arcieri’s interpretation of Chopin
Igor Fiorini - VDM
Composer, flautist, sound engineer, sound producer, designer and consultant for audio product companies. Igor is the founder and sound master of the VDM SOUND GROUP, a company immersed in the world of audio and music. He is one of Italy's leading experts in sound reproduction and high-definition audio recording.