I nominate this company as building best speakers!


Anyone here heard or own Stenheim Alumine Three. Just heard it in an Burmeister System. Streaming music. This speaker sounds like live music. Not cheap but not insane. Save your money boys and girls! 😁
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I guess it's getting to be hard times for Magico.  ;) 

The problem is when the OP asserts "the best" with little qualification, which is typical. Suggesting the other brands are "hifi" in comparison shows a fawning adoration that is not representative of reality.  

What, he heard it in one system, in comparison to others in a different system, or the same system? That is supposed to allow a proper conclusion of "the best"? I beg to differ. 

Properly stated, the OP should have said something on the order of, "I preferred this or that speaker in comparison in one system to these others..." It's nonsense to declare that a particular speaker is superior based on one listening. 

Want to make a more definitive announcement of which is "the best"? Put up about a dozen, or even 18 rigs, and compare them all. Optimize each rig and see what you think. Of course, the average audiophile does not do this, but I do when reviewing. That is how you find out which is the best speaker. 

Further, when doing that, you discover that all speakers have particular characteristics and flaws, and cannot fully capture all aspects of sound reproduction. The more speakers handled extensively, the less one is prone to make such grand assertions as one speaker being "the best". 
But, this is a hobby fraught with emotion and preference, so such threads will continue on.   :) 

The real irony will be if the OP saves up, buys the speaker, then when he gets it home, it doesn't sound nearly the same as in the shop. There is a strong possibility of that, and of the OP having to spend quite a bit in order to get a preferable result with the speakers at home. Worse, he could get it home and find that his current speakers do some aspects of sound quality better. That could be a problem. Many have thought they found the perfect speaker, only to find out that it's just not that easy. It's not too much fun when you declare to the world you've found "the One," then when you acquire it, learn that it's got issues with your rig and you'll have to drop a lot more money to optimize it. Oh, well, that's part of the hobby, too, at times.  :)

Op, based upon your above comments the Stenheim Alumine Three is insanely good; while the Model Five is overpriced stuff probably mediocre at best . What do you specifically attribute such a disparity in assessment to?


I always look for highly recommended gear  at shows and dealers. Always looking to reaffirm my personal benchmark for good sound. Then comes the question is it worth it (to me)? Also is it practical for me? Or am I fitting a square peg in a round hole at home?
Always looking. Always listening. Can’t wait until things can get more back to normal for that.
I would definitely say any product must have a proper shootout against mbl before it can lay any rightful claim to being the best regardless of cost. The best demo I have ever heard (largely as a result of soundstage and imaging beyond anything I’ve ever heard otherwise), was mbl by a large margin....not even close....but that involved a very extensive and custom showroom setup that most would be challenged to ever reproduce at home. I know the same dealer never came close at audio shows I attended with the exact same gear.

That was one demo at a dealer.    How would they hold up for daily listening use at home?   One would expect well BUT.....that showroom was a BIG part of the results which were off the chart......