There isn’t a thing about this phenomenal loudspeaker I don’t like.
J. Valin : Feb 7th 2023
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Alumine Five
"The Stenheim Five SE is not just a great speaker; it is one of high-end audio’s greatest speakers.“
“These must-have speakers masterfully liberate the musical energy of the best recordings: they are real prodigies!”
“Simply an excellent balance of all criteria, and excellent sound.”
The Absolute Sound, US, April 2019, Jonathan Valin
"You always can discover more from this pair of speakers"
“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.”
Alumine FIVE SE review from renowned review Audiotechnique (in Chinese).
" 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
"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