In January 2019, a robotic rover called Chang'e 4 (嫦娥四號) soft-landed on the side of the moon that we cannot see from earth. An accompanying satellite is already orbiting the moon and it will allow communication between ground control in China and the rover on the far side of the moon. What seems to be a neat bit of tech has in fact a huge chunk of rock music associated with it. In the early 70's the rock band Pink Floyd launched the album called "Dark Side of the Moon". A hug

Waves of progress always come crashing in on every product development. They come at a regular pace, just like the sea. In STEENSSEN we have been surfing on just about every type of wave that the world has created. The pandemic that started in our supply chain. The restrictions that stopped work. The price hike in materials and transport. The famine of electronic chips and even innocent small but necessary electronic components. Our strategy of going for manufacturing in Denm

Have you ever wondered about the sound of bees busily at work across a bed of blossoms? The latest buzz from bees is that flowers not only attract them using colour, form and the scent of pollen. It now seems that flowers actually listen to and respond to the sound of the bees. Perhaps most people have known this instinctively for years, but the latest research shows that flowers listen to the sound of the bees' buzzing and actively adjust the sweetness of the pollen to the a

A plastic violin is a laughable instrument. No-one would take such a thing seriously. The reason is that all the musical instruments that involve strings and an acoustic chamber need to be made of a material that resonates well with sound. In other words, the actual material is an essential element in the sound produced. Guitars, violins, cellos and double basses are all the same in this respect. So too with STEENSSEN products like the ACTION audio system. ACTION is built in

It is no bad thing that life will NOT go back to being normal again. Normal was a time of pollution, stressful lifestyles, obesity, climate change and pandemics. Most people today are looking forward to new thinking on how to bring back healthy living, sustainable materials, non-carbon energy and a healthier future across the planet. Part of the solution lies in making reusable, repairable and renewable products. In this, the AIR audio system is one step ahead. AIR contains p

That old evergreen lyric from Lennon and McCartney seems to describe well the long and winding road that the STEENSSEN NEO XX has been on. Just about every hindrance has been in our way in bring our unique style hifi to your door. We bow humbly before your patience, and gain strength from the fact that our fans and supporters are still there rooting for the success of the mission we are on together. The NEO XX is gaining with every extra day. We haven't been sitting around mo

It is one of those wonderful paradoxes that the newest technology is often tested in relation to the past. This is certainly true of the world of sound and hifi. One of the reasons for this is that CD's from the 80's are still the medium that delivers the best digital sound. In smart phones and tablets, the digital information that is streamed cordlessly is usually very diluted. In addition, the quality of the speakers in smart phones and tablets is hardly better than the old

Even from the very start of film-making, pioneers realized that sound was a completely essential part of the experience of watching a film. As early as 1940 Walt Disney was making cartoon films where classical music played by a full orchestra was an integral element in the film. Also before the technology of including sound in the film roll, music was used in all the so-called "silent movies". In every cinema, there was a live piano added the all-important soundtrack. Most pe

There is a basic truth, isn't there, that if you have to say that something is cool and trendy, then it isn't that anymore. Cool has to be cool without it being said. When something is cool there has to be an understated obviousness about it. You see it once - and that it’s it. That is the way it is. Fashionable is different from cool. Fashion is something that is applied and in fact has very little to do with style. Style in design is the effortless understanding of shape an