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Stenheim alumine two.five2-Way Floor Standing Speaker
Priced From NZ $54,000
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description
The Stenheim Alumine Three series proved that it is possible to create a compact floor standing speaker system that was capable of exceptional scale and tonality. This style of speaker has been so successful with audiophile communities around the world that the question was asked if it was possible to build a new speaker that exhibited most of this level of performance at a budget that was more accessible to more people. Stenheim took this challenge seriously and during the Munich High End Show in 2023, unveiled the new Alumine Two.Five.
After experiencing the Two.Five, we feel that this speaker is destined for the same type of success as the larger Stenheim models however at this budget, it is an audiophile performance bargain!
Featuring a ported two-way topology that maintains all the advantages of the elegant simplicity of the Alumine Two’s proven design, its larger cabinet and double bass drivers ensure a greater extension that only the more expensive Alumine models have been able to provide. It can be driven by a wide range of amplification and is the ideal partner for even modestly powered amplifiers to deliver enthralling music for year after year with typical Stenheim clarity, detail and liveliness.
The Alumine Two.Five is small in stature but it sounds much bigger than it looks. Despite its compact dimensions, it embodies all of Stenheim’s fundamental design principles:
After experiencing the Two.Five, we feel that this speaker is destined for the same type of success as the larger Stenheim models however at this budget, it is an audiophile performance bargain!
Featuring a ported two-way topology that maintains all the advantages of the elegant simplicity of the Alumine Two’s proven design, its larger cabinet and double bass drivers ensure a greater extension that only the more expensive Alumine models have been able to provide. It can be driven by a wide range of amplification and is the ideal partner for even modestly powered amplifiers to deliver enthralling music for year after year with typical Stenheim clarity, detail and liveliness.
The Alumine Two.Five is small in stature but it sounds much bigger than it looks. Despite its compact dimensions, it embodies all of Stenheim’s fundamental design principles:
- A bass-mid driver with a sophisticated, treated paper cone.
- A fabric dome tweeter, carefully horn loaded for increased efficiency.
- A high order, phase-coherent crossover to preserve the fragile but all-important temporal and spatial information in the stereo signal.
- A thin-wall aluminium cabinet built with hidden fixings and golden ratio dimensions.
- Low-volume damping materials to kill cabinet resonance and internal standing waves without killing musical dynamics.
reviews
Home Theatre & Hi Fidelity, Piero Gabucci, 2024
"My admiration and appreciation for the Stenheim Two.Five is a bit hard to describe. I hate to admit but it almost felt like I needed to “rise up” to the level of performance offered by the Two.Five. What does that mean? If my ears were driving a Ferrari, the car expects your full attention otherwise you can easily miss the nuances, the small as well as big things it can do. The Stenheim Two.Five telegraph everything in a way that you can appreciate the music wholly and completely. They also demand your full engagement."
Haute Fidelite, Bruno Castelluzzo, 2024
"The Stenheim Alumine Two.Fives belong to the select club of today's very best loudspeakers, rivalling the most prestgious brands despite their compact size. In this discreet format, they pull out all the stops in terms of a musical reproduc4on that is perfectly plausible in space, right down to the most distant music stands in the orchestra, combined with superior tonal accuracy, including a truly astounding bass, while retaining the brand's appeal: a dynamic ardour that is rarely encountered, unless it is with certain high-efficiency monitoring models. Stenheim has squared a difficult circle."
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product specifications
Type
Passive 2-way floor standing speaker
Construction
Front bass-reflex design, full aluminium construction
Frequency Response
35Hz to 30kHz
Power Handling
125W RMS, 250W (peak)
Min. Recommended Amplifier
10W
Sensitivity
93 dB SPL/2.83V/1m (measured in a semi-reverberant room)
SPL Max
109dB
Nominal Impedance
8 Ohms
Drivers
2 x 6.5-inch (17cm) woofers
1 x 1-inch (2.6cm) softdome tweeter
Crossover
Passive 2-way crossover using audiophile grade components
Finishes
Metallic Light or Dark Grey with black front and rear. Custom full Black, Ivory or Mocca finishes also available.
Floor Spikes
Delivered with a set of precision mounting spikes
Warranty
5 Years
Dimensions
945mm (H) x 230mm (W) x 275mm (D)
37.2 inches (H) x 9 inches (W) x 10.8 inches (D)
Weight
45 Kg each
Passive 2-way floor standing speaker
Construction
Front bass-reflex design, full aluminium construction
Frequency Response
35Hz to 30kHz
Power Handling
125W RMS, 250W (peak)
Min. Recommended Amplifier
10W
Sensitivity
93 dB SPL/2.83V/1m (measured in a semi-reverberant room)
SPL Max
109dB
Nominal Impedance
8 Ohms
Drivers
2 x 6.5-inch (17cm) woofers
1 x 1-inch (2.6cm) softdome tweeter
Crossover
Passive 2-way crossover using audiophile grade components
Finishes
Metallic Light or Dark Grey with black front and rear. Custom full Black, Ivory or Mocca finishes also available.
Floor Spikes
Delivered with a set of precision mounting spikes
Warranty
5 Years
Dimensions
945mm (H) x 230mm (W) x 275mm (D)
37.2 inches (H) x 9 inches (W) x 10.8 inches (D)
Weight
45 Kg each