The Stradivari family in Italy were violin builders in the 17th and 18th century. The violins they crafted are considered some of the finest instruments ever made, and are extremely valuable collectors’ items. Many musicians are of the opinion that the quality of their Stradivarious sound has defied attempts to explain or equal it. Well we are not comparing STEENSSEN loudspeakers with these fine Italian instruments. However we have experienced intriguing events. About a month

As they move away from the "headphone generation" many couples are re-discovering that listening to music out loud together is really a major plus for their relationship. In earlier days, when radio was more widespread, whole families would listen together. Now couples are finding that they are actually bonding together in a new and indeed in a more romantic way. There is of course neuroscience to add data to this effect. Music affects three main regions of the brain — the re

No less than 29 years ago, the loudspeaker called Facette was designed for Dynaudio by Frederick Rickmann - the founder of STEENSSEN. It was immediately a design icon in the world of hifi because the triangular shape was great for sound quality. The exquisite edge details also seemed to predate the coming of flat screen tv's. Somehow the geometry of the speakers, defined a line in space. So although the speaker had depth, it appeared to be elegantly thin. These photos are of

Our world needs change. Yet changing things for the better can be really challenging. At STEENSSEN we can see that society needs to recognise that the climate needs help, that we have just come through a pandemic, that there is a really hot war in Europe and the global economy is going back into inflation. That might all seem very abstract, but at the company level, it can affect the way our products are made, who makes them and where. And more importantly, where are customer

The traditional material for casting bells is bronze. The metal is a mixture of copper and tin and it is used because of its durability and hardness in comparison to copper. It is also used because of its acoustic qualities in sound. The US Liberty Bells and the Great Bell of Big Ben in London are made from bronze. In Asia, Buddhist monks have made great use of the sound qualities of bronze in bells and also in their bowls and ceremonial cymbals and smaller bells. In ACTION S

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

Can you really have a timeless product that constantly needs to be updated? Technology right now, is changing and constantly introducing new standards. That in turn makes products obsolete even although they could have been used perfectly well for several years. In STEENSSEN we kind of designed that challenge out at the start. For instance ACTION is solidly crafted in natural materials and will easily give superb performance for well over ten years. But tech will change in th

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