Swiss Options - Piega & Stenheim

Hi @gregm 

...the Stenheim offered more clarity (exemplified subjectively by the sense of distance between the instruments). As a result perhaps, bass was more pronounced.

This is surprising, and valuable, thank you! I would have expected the Piega with its ribbon tweeter/mid to have won out when it came to the impression of clarity. That has me even more curious to hear the Stenheims.

I had the same assumptions on the standard vs the SE - they're charging the better part of $10k for those internal upgrades. Pretty wild. 

@overthemoon - It was the Alumine 5s I also heard at AXPONA and agreed.... wow. But those are obviously twice the price of the Alumine 3s. Interested to hear the penalty for the smaller model. 

No, And I think Stenheim Alumine 5 are the best speakers I've ever heard (not close and I've heard very high end Sonus faber, Focal, and Wilson).

I have heard them in someone's house with CH Precision and at an audiofest where the room was horrible but not as bad as it should have been.

Good luck in your journey!

Hi @qwaszxxx 

Firstly, has anyone found themselves in this same position and compared these two models themselves?

Unfortunately, no, but I have listened to them separately in show conditions.
While I found the Piega clear, with a good dynamic range and probably more bass than I could hear in show conditions, the Stenheim offered more clarity (exemplified subjectively by the sense of distance between the instruments). As a result perhaps, bass was more pronounced.
Both played loud without perceptible compression.
I don't remember the electronics used.

Stenheim vs Stenheim SE: no clue, but marketing blurb has it the difference is in the internal wiring, etc. Don't know if it justifies a high premium.

Franco Serblin

Borresen

Stenheim