Conceived and built entirely in Switzerland, our new Reference Ultime Two speaker offers the proven design approach, components and materials used so successfully in our Reference Ultime models, in a more compact product that is easier to accommodate.
"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."
𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦-𝘍𝘪𝘥é𝘭𝘪𝘵é, 2020
"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
“In my return to the exciting world of the two-way monitor, I found that the Stenheim Alumine 2s set the bar preternaturally high. I’ve listened to a lot of speakers over the last couple of years that I could buy and enjoy for the rest of my life. 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 Stenheim Alumine Three did this more frequently, and do a greater degree that any other loudspeaker I’ve had in my home. 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…
This trio hails from South Africa and is comprised of pianist Charl du Plessis, bassist Werner Spies and drummer Peter Auret. The trio houses a dynamically creative, exciting, and fresh sound, spanning multiple influences from all of its members…
My-Hiend magazine / STENHEIM Alumine FIVE / 2019
“"Why do I give the best value for a pair of speakers, not the best performance? The reason is simple, because STENHEIM has a top-quality model, the focus is that it's hard to win a complete win at this price group.” STENHEIM of Switzerland has a high level of work and sound quality and high efficiency.
ALUMINE FIVE received the My-Hiend BEST PRICE PERFORMANCE RATIO AWARD
The Audio Beat, US, August 2018 // Roy Gregory
"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 . . ."
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/stenheim_reference_ultime.htm
Fidelity International, D, March 2018 // Cai Brockmann
“EXPLORING FAR‑FLUNG HORIZONS!”
"Darum in die Ferne schweifen !”
AXPONA, April 13 – 15, 2018
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel&Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL, Room 482
Audioarts NYC distribution, through its dealer Fidelis, will make the North American premiere of the Alumine FIVE at Axpona.
Stereophile, March 2018
" 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. "
https://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-183-stenheim-alumine-five
" 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. "
by Roy Gregory, March 1, 2017
by Jonathan Valin, May 17th 2016, "The Absolute Sound"
"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."
STENHEIM was proud to launch his new loudspeaker Alumine FIVE, little brother to the world acclaimed REFERENCE ULTIME.
Made exclusively in Switzerland, our new full aluminum floor standing Alumine FIVE speaker combines unparalleled expertise and years of research to bring you exceptional sound and musical immersion. Technical developments have been inspired by our REFERENCE line (same midrange driver and tweeter) and extreme high efficiency allows pairing with the finest quality low powered amplifiers.
Jean Claude Gaberel is one of the most reputed sound engineers in Switzerland. He won both a César and a Golden Globe in 1995 for his ground-breaking work on the film Farinelli where the sound of the famous castrato was recreated by mixing together the voices of both a female and a male vocalist. He has nonetheless always shunned the limelight and quietly goes about his business of trying to achieve audio perfection in his recordings.
Gaberel is a prestigious partner for Stenheim and has collaborated on the Stenheim sessions, recordings of breaking artists that are sponsored by the loudspeaker brand. These have taken place in the auditorium that he built with Lionel Monnet the pianist, especially to provide an intimate sound where soloists or small groups of musicians can be heard to their best advantage.
Recently, Gaberel provided a retrospective of his work in the newly refurbished Salle de Musique at La Chaux de Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It is a venue that has featured in over a hundred of his one thousand-odd recordings. Now with improved acoustics, where high notes in particular are more closely defined, the reopened concert hall is being celebrated in the year of its 60th anniversary.
Exceptional recordings in an exceptional location also demanded exceptional equipment to do them justice. Stenheim was proud that prototypes of its forthcoming Five speakers were chosen for this task. If audience reaction was anything to go by, these loudspeakers will prove to be yet another notable step in the journey towards total musical fidelity. They were hooked up to two of the Swiss high-end manufacturer Nagra’s new Classic Amps, one for each speaker. These power amps are typical of Nagra’s extreme attention to detail and ensured that the Stenheim Fives could give of their very best. A truly musical set-up for some of the world’s best recorded music.
Look Jean-Claude Gaberel at the Swiss tevevision
Stenheim was present at the Audio Show in Portugal, from 26 to 28th of February
Superb system displayed in the beautiful Pestana Palace in Lisbon, with a pair of REFERENCE ULTIME, powered by CH Precision preamp, power amp and phono stage, together with the best DAC from MSB and the big turntable of Rui Borges, everything cabled with Synergistic Research.
Incredible sound, thanks to Miguel and the staff of Ultimate audio who did the setup in one of the biggest room.
The press said : Best sound of the show, from far !
http://hifilive.es/2016/03/01/audio-show-lisboa-2016/
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/audioshow2016/audioshow2016_ch_stenheim.htm
Léonard Gianadda, who established the Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny and is known for his dedicated support of the arts, celebrated his 80th birthday this year. To mark this occasion, an exhibition in his honor, titled “Léonard Gianadda, 80 years of stories to share”, took place in the Vieil Arsenal on the Foundation grounds.
Léonard Gianadda, Cecilia Bartoli and Jean-Pascal Panchard
As a regular supporter of events related to music, Stenheim contributed to this celebration by providing two Alumine speakers, giving visitors an exceptional listening experience. A repertoire of classical pieces was specially selected by Léonard Gianadda and played on these speakers in a dedicated room at the heart of the exhibition.
On September 2nd this year, this room was also the site of rare encounter with Cecilia Bartoli, the most celebrated cantatrice of our time. Ms. Bartoli, who has sold more than 10 million records around the world, came to the museum to meet with two great music lovers, Mr. Léonard Gianadda and Mr. Jean-Pascal Panchard, CEO of Stenheim – a meeting rich with friendship and a shared passion.
STENHEIM is set to create waves in the world of high-end audio with its new top of the range loudspeakers.
This speaker system was created in pure and well-studied lines to create not only a superb look, but unparalleled sound rendition, based on the concept behind the already well-reputed Reference. It will enthral future owners with its exceptional dynamics and musicality, its three-dimensional space and vibrantly alive, natural soundstage.
Come, visit us and discover our Reference Statement at the High End 2015 - Munchen - MOC, Hall 2 – Stand M11/N08
After having demonstrated its top of the range REFERENCE speakers to enthusiastic hi-fi aficionados in shows in Hong Kong, Norway and Germany during 2014, it is now the turn of American audiophiles to hear these astonishing loudspeakers.
STENHEIM is to present these products at The Venetian in Las Vegas during the CES show from January 6th to January 9th 2015, Suite 35-310.
They will be sharing the room with Manufacture Le Son, Zensati, Spiral Groove and Qualia.
Combining carefully-designed and pure lines, the REFERENCE speakers have been crafted with the simple and singular objective: to push the boundaries of sound reproduction to the utmost. They are exceptionally musical speakers, creating a superbly natural, three-dimensional sound stage. Their dynamic performance makes them suitable for all forms of music, able to recreate the deepest bass and the highest treble notes. The REFERENCE is also distinct in its exceptional ease-of-use, thanks to remote operation of the MTM couple (medium tweeter) diffusion angle.
The REFERENCE line currently represents the pinnacle of STENHEIM’s savoir-faire in terms of speaker technology. They are bound to garner an enthusiastic reception in Las Vegas.
Stenheim has opened its first listening room at its headquarters in Vétroz in the Rhône Valley, not far from Montreux, renowned internationally for its music festival.
Situated in the middle of a vineyard with views over the Alps, the room aims to immerse the listener in a sound experience which matches the visual experience of the location. The auditorium is dedicated to bringing music alive in all its richness and diversity with the accent firmly laid on the sensual pleasure of concert-comparable listening conditions rather than technology.
OPEN DOOR
December 12th 2014 - 2pm to 8pm
December 13th 2014 - 10am to 5pm
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Stenheim Listening Room - Ch. des Gorges 6 - 1963 Vétroz - Valais - Switzerland
Stenheim Alumine
Tethered to a pair of Nagra VPA 845 power amplifiers the Stenheim Alumine monitors ($15,975) in the AudioArts room on the fifth floor proved to be a welcome respite from the many rooms containing speakers that were far too large for their surroundings. With their all-aluminum 10-to-15mm thick cabinets and “bespoke craftsmanship” that features no exposed fasteners or screws, the Alumine speakers have a beautifully understated presence. Their 93dB sensitivity makes them easy to drive with even low-powered amplifiers. The Nagra VPA 845 wasn’t even breaking a sweat while supplying enough juice for realistic volume levels. I was especially impressed by the Alumine’s superb microdynamics combined with their precise imaging. For city dwellers with small listening spaces the Alumines could be an ideal solution. With over 30 anodized colors, as well as custom surfaces, the Alumine will fit into almost any living room with aplomb.
The absolute sound - Steven Stone - Oct 18th, 2014
