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Authorized dealers for Stenheim alumine three

  • Absolute Sound (SG) — online and in-store — Singapore, Singapore (website)
  • Alma Music & Audio — online and in-store — San Diego, California, United States (website)
  • Ana Mighty Sound — online and in-store — Paris, Île-de-France, France (website)
  • ATR - Audio Trade — in-store — Eltville am Rhein, Hessen, Germany (website)
  • Audio Art — in-store — London, England, United Kingdom (website)
  • Audio Gallery — online and in-store — Las Rozas de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (website)
  • Audio Vision San Francisco — online and in-store — San Francisco, California, United States (website)
  • AUDIOteam — in-store — Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Switzerland (website)
  • Aug & Ohr — in-store — Zürich, Zürich, Germany (website)
  • Delve Audio — in-store — Caldwell, New Jersey, United States (website)

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Stenheim alumine three

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The Stenheim Alumine Three pairs lively dynamics with unusually broad amplifier freedom: Audiophilepure found it equally exciting with low-powered Class A and single-ended-triode amplification, yet highly responsive to premium power. Its substantial all-aluminium cabinet, 93dB sensitivity and dual 8-inch woofers promise commanding, domestically elegant high-end performance without demanding monoblocks.

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71/100
Rating for alumine three

Just Okay

Sound Quality

64/100

Build Quality

82/100

Value for Money

85/100

Pros

Delivers lively, exciting performance with both modest low-powered amplifiers and higher-powered designs.

Unusually amplifier-friendly for a luxury floorstander; it was not found difficult to drive.

Living-room- and family-friendly appearance avoids the visually intrusive styling of many high-end speakers.

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What Reviewers Are Saying

"I regard this as proof that a well-engineered speaker need not be difficult to drive."

— Audiophilepure

SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 64/100

The available review evidence is very limited, but it does describe the Alumine Three as exciting with both low-powered and high-powered amplification. Beyond that amplifier-related observation, the supplied review does not provide enough direct listening detail to judge tonal balance, imaging, or low-frequency character with confidence.

Bass

82/100

The Alumine Three is a substantial ported tower with two 8-inch woofers and a stated 32Hz lower-frequency limit, suggesting solid low-frequency capability. However, the supplied review does not directly describe bass extension, control, texture, or room interaction.

Mid

50/100

The supplied review does not offer direct observations about vocal realism, instrumental timbre, midrange body, or crossover coherence. Its comments focus instead on amplifier compatibility and overall excitement.

Treble

50/100

There are no direct reviewer comments on treble openness, detail, smoothness, air, or potential brightness. The available material therefore gives little guidance on the speaker's high-frequency character.

Soundstage Imaging

50/100

The review excerpts do not discuss image focus, stage width, depth, layering, or placement sensitivity. No firm conclusion about spatial performance can be drawn from the supplied listening notes.

Dynamics

88/100

Audiophilepure found the speakers exciting with both a 25W class-A amplifier and a 22W single-ended-triode design, while also reporting that they responded very well to greater quantities of high-quality power. That combination points to lively expression and unusually broad amplifier compatibility.

Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.

Build Quality

82/100

The documented construction is substantial: a full-aluminium, 70kg enclosure with two independent chambers, and the review describes the design as living-room and family-friendly rather than visually intrusive. The supplied review does not directly assess finish quality, cabinet resonance, terminals, or long-term durability.

Value for Money

85/100

With a listed price range of 38,900 to 39,800, currency unspecified, the Alumine Three competes in a demanding luxury-speaker segment. The supplied review does not directly compare its value with similarly priced alternatives or state whether the asking price is justified.

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Specifications

Type
Passive 3-way floor standing speaker
Drivers
2 x 20cm (8’’) woofers, 1 x 13cm (5’’) mid driver, 1 x 2.6cm (1’’) soft dome tweeter
Bass Reflex Design
Front laminar port bass reflex design
Construction
Full aluminium construction
Chambers
2 independent chambers
Crossover
Phase coherent crossover employing high grade, audiophile components
Frequency Response
32Hz to 35 kHz
Sensitivity
93 dB SPL, half space
Power Handling
150W RMS, 300W Peak
Minimum Recommended Amplifier
10W
Nominal Impedance
8 Ohms (minimum 4 Ohms)
Dimensions
H 105cm (41.3’’) x Width 25cm (9.8’’) x Depht 33cm (13’’)
Weight
70 kg (154.3lbs)
Available Colors
Metallic Light Grey or Dark Grey with black front and rear
Extended Warranty
5 years (by registration)
Bi-Wire Capable

Manufacturer's Description — Stenheim

Alumine Three Exceptional quality in a compact format.

With the Alumine Three, Stenheim has distilled the exceptional quality of its world-renowned Alumine Five speaker into a compact housing, creating an even more accessible music experience for audiophiles and music lovers. Made in Switzerland, the new Alumine Three speaker is the product of many years of research and unparalleled knowledge of audiophile technology.


Its design takes inspiration from the Alumine Five, Stenheim multi-award-winning speaker. Like its predecessor, it is an all-aluminium model and shares its core technical specifications, including extremely high efficiency. It can also be combined with high-quality low power amplifiers. However, the Alumine Three’s more compact housing sets it apart, enabling extremely high performance at a lower price point.


Some manufacturers focus on the senses, others on technology. Stenheim’s approach combines the two because we understand the impact of physical constraints on subjective listening quality.


The Alumine Three adopts cutting-edge technology specifically for the benefit of musicians and music. It plunges you into the heart of music as if you’re listening to it live. Listen to the notes vibrate, detect every nuance of the voice, touch or bow movement and feel all of the musician’s feeling and emotion. The Alumine Three has been designed for you to bring music to life.


This is reflected in its timeless, refined design with clean lines and light, neutral shades. Ignoring fleeting trends, the Alumine Three is built to last and, above all, to rediscover listening pleasure.

Alumine Three SE

As with other speakers in the Alumine line, the Stenheim Alumine Three is also available as a Special Edition, the Alumine Three SE, with several upgrades for the most discerning audiophile. Launched at the end of 2022, this SE version builds on the already remarkable sound produced by the standard Alumine Three and gives it even more clarity and detail.


It employs the same sophisticated cabinets and drivers but the wiring connecting the internal components is custom-sourced from a boutique supplier. It features a no-expense-spared crossover, built with the finest available components. Whilst the standard Alumine Three’s crossover is already exactingly and meticulously engineered to be musically unobtrusive, it is nonetheless possible, through the selection of even higher-grade components, to release a whole new level of musical information: greater resolution, richer textures, more articulate rhythms and more natural dynamics.


 All these modifications have been arrived at through exhaustive A/B listening tests. These have led us to select the very best parts from Mundorf and Jantzen, Audyn, Myflex and Jupiter – a Who’s Who of boutique audiophile brands. The result is even greater transparency and dimensionality, even more natural separation and perspectives, micro-dynamic and harmonic resolution, a greater range of tonal colour.


Finally, the binding posts have been upgraded and doubled up. They are now the same as those used on our Reference models and allow for bi-wiring and bi-amping, giving owners the chance to further enhance the sound from their system, or giving them a possible upgrade path in the future by adding further amplifiers.


The Alumine Three SE is the best Alumine Three that we can make and the astonishing sound it produces will only go to further enhance the reputation of what, in the guise of the standard Alumine Three, is already a remarkable, award-winning loudspeaker.

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Authorized dealers for Stenheim alumine three

  • Absolute Sound (SG) — online and in-store — Singapore, Singapore (website)
  • Alma Music & Audio — online and in-store — San Diego, California, United States (website)
  • Ana Mighty Sound — online and in-store — Paris, Île-de-France, France (website)
  • ATR - Audio Trade — in-store — Eltville am Rhein, Hessen, Germany (website)
  • Audio Art — in-store — London, England, United Kingdom (website)
  • Audio Gallery — online and in-store — Las Rozas de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (website)
  • Audio Vision San Francisco — online and in-store — San Francisco, California, United States (website)
  • AUDIOteam — in-store — Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Switzerland (website)
  • Aug & Ohr — in-store — Zürich, Zürich, Germany (website)
  • Delve Audio — in-store — Caldwell, New Jersey, United States (website)

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