Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this for my home office / music room. It's connected to my Sony record player and puts out lots of premium sound for a small space. I don't think I would recommend this for a living room but it's the perfect sound for a bedroom or office. There is no distortion at it's highest volume level. I do have to toggle the on/off lever a couple times to get it to turn on sometimes.

Good speaker. Packs a good punch for the size. The only con is that it is not portable. It plugs into the wall outlet.

The Stanmore II is a beautiful speaker. This has a look similar to a guitar amp with a leather grain like surface with a aluminium front grill brushed with gold highlights at the base of the grill embossed with”Est. 1962”. There is also a large aluminium Marshall logo found centered on the grill. At the top of the you have control dials for volume, bass and treble as well as a play/pause button, an audio source toggle (bluetooth, ux or RCA mode) and finally a power switch. Also at the top there is 3.5mm aux input while at the rear there is a RCA input. Based on the dimensions and weight of this speaker I don’t think it is intended for regular movement, it comes off more like a tabletop fixture. In the guts of the Stanmore II there is a pair of 15-watt tweeters along with a single 50-watt woofer delivering an impressive frequency range of 50Hz-20kHz. With the knobs on top you can manually adjust adjust the sound to your liking but with the Marshall app found in the Play and Apple store, you have more options. Through the app you can carry out firmware updates to the speaker. You can use and create custom EQ presets, adjust the brightness of the red LEDs around each control knob as well as pair the speaker with another Marshall unit. The Stanmore II has strong Bluetooth 5.0 and aptX support and also allows two different devices to be connected at once. Personally I found that the speaker provided solid sound across a wide range of genres without the needing to change anything. The default levels of the bass and treble were well balanced and this was pleasing. The audio overwhelmingly came through clear crisp and distinct no matter what track I threw at it. Editing the EQ the app or with the knobs happened instantly and you can experience this change right as the music is playing. The only problem I ran into was with tracks having deep bass. With the bass turned up , some distortion occurred at high volumes (not that anyone would normally listen to it that loud in a house setting) . In conclusion the Stanmore II is great speaker with a classic retro look , matching its style with its stellar audio performance.

I expected to be impressed by the retro aesthetics of this speaker and indeed I must say I was. It's a throwback to when sound quality was the most important part to a speaker and the design was simple. The setup to sync with your phone's bluetooth is easy and only took a moment. The quality on the knobs and buttons are good. The leather or imitation leather is good but on my unit I can clearly tell where the seam is since it is on the front. Once you start playing your jams you will notice no matter if your room is big or small, this speaker can put out some clear audio. The bass is just enough to bang out on your heavy tunes. It can get very loud but also soft enough on lower volume for some good background tunes. Kudos to Marshall for including an RCA input so that I can connect my record player and really feel old school vinyls on a new age product.

4 out of 5 because it won't replace Alexa (Echo or Dot) Otherwise, it's a 5 out of 5 for music and sound/build quality in general. I point this out because with the Stanmore II that is one of the big selling points; Alexa integration. You're simply just better off using your Dot/Echo for that and keeping this speaker as only a music listening device. The response time is slow/laggy and the two devices need to be really close to one another. That aside, when it comes to simply playing music it shines. I left volume at 50% for a week of listening to give it a nice burn in period, but then turned it up to 70-80%. No distortion, and with the bass/treble knobs on the top in a quick and easy to access place makes on-the-fly adjustments a piece of cake. There's RCA inputs on the back (for use with a turntable, for example) and a 3.5mm aux input on the top plate. Bluetooth connectivity was quick and painless. High quality materials (lots of metal - brass - and leather, very little plastic) round the Stanmore II off as an easy recommendation for a nicely balanced speaker. If you are primarily listening to hip-hop/rap/EDM, etc etc etc, might want to try something else if you're after a bass heavy listening experience. Even adjusting the knobs will only take it so far and not likely be enough for those after extremely heavy bass.

Love this classic looking speaker. I did need to use the app to change the equalizer to get it to sound good to my ear, but now it's perfect. Sometimes, it gives me a problem when switching songs or albums (Amazon Music). It says it's connected but no sound comes out? I have to go press the power switch to make it come back on. Super Annoying!! But, it really does sound good. Nice base line that I was looking for. It isn't really portable if that is what you're looking for. But it can be moved from room to room. I would love it it had a handle. Overall, very happy with this purchase.

Great loud sound, heavy bass and solidly built. Unfortunately, has to be plugged in to run. Does not run on rechargeable batteries.

Great product quality sound ease-of-use would prefer it to be able to run off a battery power.

Plays loud and clear for its size, great build quality, looks and ease of use. Indoors it fills the room with exceptional sound. Outdoors it could do with a wider soundstage. I'll compare it to the Stanmore III and update this review.

Good size and sound. Like the style.Pricy nevertheless.

Awesome sound quality, more than powerful enough for my master bedroom. The app integration leaves much to be desired and the volume control via phone is a bit glitchy. Still would recommend!

Love the speaker, great sound, the only problem i have is for the price they should have made the speaker wireless other then that I couldn't ask for a better speaker the sound is second to none as I use it for work, parties in the back yard, and listening to music while play my xbox and entertaining as I enjoy some friends over for a night cap to end my day and sometimes as a good speaker to just relax and unwind before I go to sleep at night. No complaints other then wishing it was wireless so I can have the freedom to move it around with out wires as I go from place to place

Very nice blue tooth modern day speaker with high quality sound. At my age it's really hard to hear most anything from my phone in a water proof case. So I use this speaker to watch many YouTube videos. And information videos as well as entertainment YouTube videos or plain old Rock and roll music.

Beauty- nice sound- reasonable price. I will buy another next time

This speaker has great tone, a nice solid speaker. If it had a battery, it would be a 5 star. The price was outstanding for this great speaker.

The sound is great. Speaker emits bass at top quality

Great speaker, sounds clear, punchy bass and crisp highs and has a built in knob for quick eq. Can easily fill a room and looks clean on a table.

Great sounding speaker. Sound fills the room and has good bass and mid tones.

a good-sounding speaker in a compact package, it does have Marshall's signature bass-y sound

Sounds great ! Nice looking speaker to have out on a table or stand!