SteinMusic
Website:https://www.steinmusicstore.com/
Est. year: 1982
Steinmusic is a German high-end audio company from Mülheim an der Ruhr, founded in 1982 by Holger Stein, who started it in a workshop while studying physics and still leads development. The firm says its approach covers everything that affects music listening at home, and it now builds horn loudspeakers and amplifiers alongside turntable accessories, room acoustic products and a long list of small system accessories, all handmade in Germany.
Range & what it's known for
The catalogue is split into product groups for horn loudspeakers, amplifiers, turntable accessories, essentials and room acoustics. The horn speakers come in two families, the Bobby in S, M and L sizes and the larger Bob in M, L and XL versions. Across the whole offer the company grades its systems into three tiers - Stateline as the entry into its high-end world, HighLine as the middle step and TopLine at the top. Turntable accessories and the essentials group of small system add-ons sit alongside the loudspeakers and electronics, so a buyer can stay with one maker from a single accessory up to a complete system.
Who owns it and where it's made
The operating company is Stein Music Pro GmbH, headquartered on Hingbergstraße in Mülheim an der Ruhr in the Ruhr region. It is a privately run firm with its founder at the head of development. Prototyping, production, assembly and quality control have been done in-house since the beginning, so both the loudspeakers and the accessories are made under one roof in Germany.
The lineup in this catalog
Accessories and cables. The Steinmusic products listed here cost from about USD 100 to more than USD 2,000.
Who it's for
Steinmusic suits owners of an established system who want to add hand-built German accessories and room acoustic products from a maker that also designs complete systems. Small essentials are the low-cost way in, room acoustic products are the next step, and the next stage is the brand's own amplifiers and Bobby or Bob horn loudspeakers within the Stateline, HighLine and TopLine tiers.