Well, I have listened to them in a show and shop demos and they sounded quite decent, but I had no experience with the matching components.
A pity audiophiles go on bashing so easily. Why not simply saying it did not match their preferences and give us some details on why?
To get an idea of the people behind Stenheim we can read this interview with their CEO , Jean Pascal Panchard
https://www.live.stenheim.com/english/issue7 . The kind of person I would love to have in WBF, but I doubt that he will feel tempted to participate in this forum. BTW, the Stenheim team comes from Goldmund. They are known to voice their speakers with DartZeel and Nagra.