Customer Ratings & Reviews

This speaker is an overall great purchase. I love the classic/vintage look. The sound is crisp and the acoustics is awesome. I would recommend. Now I gotta shop for new furniture to mesh with my speaker.

Love it!! I have the Actin Ii as well I am out of town for business for the next few months and I forgot it at home and I always wanted the larger one so perfect opportunity. Thank you for also having it in stock.

Great speaker! Perfect for my turntable. The switch and dials are high quality and the anesthetic is awesome,m. old school for sure with modern Sound and tech. Would and already have recommended!

Music sounds great and speaker adapts to the type of song your playing . I love that it has to maintain power because i forget to charge my devices . The sound is great .

This product is amazing and the soound is very nice.

Best little Bluetooth speaker I've heard not as loud as the Milwaukee packout speaker but pretty close. Sound quality on this little baby is better than Bose any day.

I absolutely love this speaker! The sound quality is amazing, and it was a perfect match with my vinyl player.

Setting the standard for bluetooth speakers. Looks as good as it sounds. Very satisfied with my purchase.

excellent sound quality! worth every penny of its price!

Good and nice sound shaking I love the music you can hear the music is good for indoor or outdoor.

I enjoy music with Marshall every day. Amazing sound

We absolutely love this speaker, we weren’t sure at first in the store but so glad we made this purchase! It sounds amazing. Definitely recommend this speaker to anyone!

The speaker has amazing sound, but i have issues the the connectivity and app being very finicky.

Amazing product- Great sound and good service by Bestbuy

Got this speaker to have a quick and easy way for friends and family to connect and stream music when they come over to our house. One of the things that really caught my eye were as the styling and build quality of this speaker. I have never owned anything from Marshall but know and understand their reputation and this speaker does not disappoint. It was easy and quick the frist time I connected my phone to it. It has analogue adjustment knobs on top to adjust the amount of bass or treble you want for the type of music you are listening to. There is also a button to pause/rewind/fastforward on the speaker in case you aren't near the phone that is streaming music to it. I like the look of the analogue knobs and controls and the whole speaker overall feels rock solid. For a smaller speaker it is not light as you may be used to with other portable bluetooth speakers. It also has an RCA input in the back in the event you have an old analgue receive that you want to play music from to it. Overall this is an amazing speaker and easily rivals that B&W Zepplin that I have in my living room but this is much easier to connect to and play music to. The only caveat or con that could be said is probably that it isn't very portable as it isn't battery power and requires a 110 AC plug to operate it. Other than that I have no complaints about this speaker and knew that when I got it.

This is my second Marshall Bluetooth speaker, having also owned the Acton II model about 4 years ago. Like the Acton II, the Stanmore III is both beautiful and functional, taking you back in time to the style of old-school amplifiers. Pros: - My favorite thing about this speaker is the design. It is gorgeous sitting on a bookshelf, looking like a perfect miniature version of a Marshall amp. From the leathery frame to the fabric and logo on the front, it's just one of those speakers that you want to constantly run your hand across. - The onboard control buttons/knobs look great and function well. If you have used Marshall Bluetooth headphones you will recognize the pause/skip button. It's nice that they keep design between different types of devices similar. - Not only is this a terrific Bluetooth speaker, but you can connect it to a record player or other device via the RCA connection on the back. An AUX port is also available on the top if you would like to connect headphones. The flexibility of how you can use this speaker is a nice bonus. - While there is no rechargeable battery to make this speaker more portable, that is actually a positive as its life span should exceed that of a speaker that is dependent on a lithium ion battery. Just keep in mind that this is designed to be an at-home speaker (or for any place with electricity). - The audio quality, as you would expect from Marshall, is outstanding. I've been going through my favorite playlists with my kids and having dance parties in the living room for several nights in a row. The bass hits better than you would expect for a speaker of this size and the highs were clear as well. Compared to the Acton II that I used years ago, the Stanmore III is a noticeable step above. You can adjust bass/treble with the onboard controls and also use the equalizer in the Marshall app to optimize your experience. Cons: - The price tag on the Stanmore III is pretty high, but you get what you pay for. If it fits within your budget, then don't let the price stand in your way. In summary, I love this speaker and look forward to enjoying it for years to come.

It’s hard not to love the Stanmore III speaker. It’s got a style and quality to it that just begs you to interact with it. And it sounds great to boot. The fact that it doesn’t include any sort of Wi-Fi-based streaming is a letdown for a home speaker in this price range, but I think it has a lot of qualities that a lot of people would be really happy with (myself included). Unboxing the speaker I was immediately drawn to the build quality. The vegan leather that wraps the side feels great to touch and the buttons and knobs across the top are the highest quality I can remember in any speaker I’ve owned. I normally prefer to interact with most of my speakers via my phone, but I’m constantly drawn to the Stanmore. It’s got a such a cool timeless aesthetic that is backed up by the build quality and looks fantastic. For sources you get Bluetooth 5.2, a 3.5mm input, and an RCA input. The sources are swapped via a button on the top of the speaker. The controls on top offer 3 knobs for volume, bass, and treble, a play/pause/skip control, and a power switch (which is VERY satisfying to use). There’s no AirPlay or Cast built-in, which is a shame, and while you’re getting the (mostly) latest Bluetooth 5.2 built-in, there isn’t any support for hi-res codes like aptX or LDAC. This is consider a home speaker, so no built in battery. There’s no power brick to contend with, just a regular power cord, which is nice. Getting connected to the Stanmore III via my Pixel 7 was dead simple. I switched it on and almost immediately got a notification to connect to the speaker via Android Fast Pair. Marshall doesn’t seem to advertise it on the box, but there is an app you can download for the Stanmore, though it only offers some basic room correction controls and firmware updates in addition to the audio controls already present on the speaker itself. It’s likely you won’t be accessing the app much and that’s actually fine with me - everything seems to have an app these days and I appreciate the simplicity here while still being able to apply the occasional update to the speaker firmware. It would be nice if Marshall added more granular EQ adjustments to the app in the future, but I could see this clashing with the treble/bass controls. I listened to the Stanmore III mainly through Bluetooth via my Pixel 7. I was a little worried the volume/bass/treble controls on the speaker wouldn’t be synced via Bluetooth, but they are and you can adjust volume on your phone or the speaker. In general I found myself leaving the bass/treble controls at their default 50% values, though they do make a noticeable difference without completely destroying the audio if you find either of them to be lacking. Music sounded really great through the speaker and felt clear and balanced to me. I could pick out lots of detail in all the tracks I played and while the bass isn’t room-shaking it’s still very present and not muddy at all. I don’t mind listening to music over Bluetooth and sound quality is not an issue here, but one thing I don’t like about listening to music via Bluetooth is that I’m more-or-less tethered to the area the speaker is in if I don’t want the audio to drop out and the music is potentially prone to being interrupted by my alerts and phone calls. This is the main reason I would have liked to see AirPlay or Cast built-in, especially since this is considered a ‘home’ speaker. I was able to travel around my living room and kitchen with my phone with no issues though. The Stanmore III is advertised with a 30ft Bluetooth range, which seems about right to me not factoring in walls. I think the Stanmore III offers a unique set of features. It sounds great and has the looks to match. Without Wi-Fi it does feel like an incomplete home solution, but if that’s not a factor to you there’s a lot to like.

The first thing I noticed taking this speaker out of the box is its weight and build quality. It looks and feels high quality and it's very handsome with its iconic script Marshall logo across a woven front cover. The sides, top and bottom have a sort of leatherette finish. The speaker weighs nine pounds and sits solidly on four rubber type feet. This is a household current powered unit with a standard wall socket plug, so its best placement is on a bookshelf, table, or desk. There's no battery power so this is not a portable unit that can be taken to the beach or a picnic. There are three ways to connect to an audio source - Bluetooth, 3.5mm, or RCA jacks, making it very versatile. I have used it connected to my desktop PC via 3.5mm jack and also to my phone via Bluetooth. The basic controls are all on the top of the unit which makes them easily accessible, although except for the power switch they can all be controlled with the Marshall app. The controls are the Power Switch, Source Selector, Volume, Bass, Treble, and Next/Last Selector. The Volume, Bass, and Treble have very nice-looking LED lit hash marks showing the level settings (See picture). As mentioned, the Marshall app enables full control of everything but the Power Switch, but it's not necessary for Bluetooth connectivity. Also, there is no way that I was able to find to import any songs or other media into the Marshall app. You have to initially select a playlist, music channel, podcast, etc. with a music app or other media source before it is accessible in the Marshall app. Once you do, then it can be controlled (next/last/pause/play/volume/bass/treble) with the Marshall app. The sound quality of this speaker is outstanding. High notes are clear and crisp, bass is strong and there is great depth and balance. It has much better quality and power than a portable battery powered speaker I have that is about the same size. The bottom line for me is It's a bit pricey, but this Marshall Stanmore III is high quality and makes an ideal tabletop or bookshelf speaker with its great looks and great sound, if you don't mind paying for it.

The biggest reason I love this speaker, is it's design. A million bluetooth speakers can have varying sound quality to cater to any need but there is only one Marshall design. No one else can spell this better for us, but this brand. My experience with it makes it even better: it is easy to connect, and with 5.2 Bluetooth technology, it future proofs me if I decide to dual connect it to another 5.2 Bluetooth speaker. Sounds quality is great that it fills my living area with awesome sound with hardly any distortion on high volume. The range is not that wide-- the highs are not that far off from the lows, but the volume power is enough to make it sound big, while keeping the highs to a crisp level without much distortion. The bass is powerful and not overpowering, while the app and the device itself has dials for settings. I love it that the dials have the light indicators so it does not make me guess what levels they currently are. The dials and its lights are also synced with the app so it does not have that weird feeling like other apps that I maxed it out in the software but the hardware still is on the "same level"--- when you turn up the app levels, the hardward levels move as well; pretty useful. I also like it that this is not a wifi device-- wifi devices nowadays are tied to a brand ecosystem, so it makes multi-speaker systems so limiting. Instead, this has an aux, and an RCA so I placed my wifi (cast) device on it, and it works the same. Build-quality-- there is no question with a device like this. material finish, coating, texture-- name it-- it looks gorgeous. It replaced some items on one of our display shelves because, besides that this device is powerful enough to throw out sound everythere in our living space, it also looks so beautiful on there. I have to display this speaker-- I just have to. Glad that it sounds as well as it looks.

Initial Impressions: The Marshall Stanmore III has a clean and sophisticated look. I will never be embarrassed showing this off in any room. It is a very handsome piece. The speaker has a faux leather wrap, cloth grill, an intelligently lighted brushed copper and black control panel, and finished with the iconic Marshall signature scrawled across the front grill. The Stanmore III should be able to easily blend into any modern household décor. Setup is easy as one, two, three. Plug in, flip on the meaty power switch, and sync with your phone or other stream source. Done! Room placement is very important for the Stanmore III. Thankfully, Marshall took the time to include some EQ settings to assist with room boundary compensation. And finally, sound quality, in my opinion, is hit or miss depending on the content, physical location, and the overall volume level. Room Position: I will start off by stating that room position and your listening position have a lot to do with getting the best out of any speaker. This is especially true with this speaker. I tried two rooms and four positions. The best position for my Stanmore III was in the middle of my multi-purpose room, 5.5 inches off the wall, and on the top shelf of my bookcase. See included photo. The top shelf of the bookcase is also ear level with my sitting position in the room. Next, I used the Mashall App to adjust the speaker’s Placement Compensation. This is an EQ adjustment and not auto-room correction feature like you would find on a modern AVR. Placement Compensation corrects for two situations: 1) Is the speaker close to an edge, and 2) Is the speaker close to a wall? I set the speaker Placement Compensation to “Yes” for the first setting and “Yes, a wall” for the second. I then set the tone controls to Bass-1 and Treble-3. Volume was set to 4. For me, this produced the best sound from the Stanmore III for this room. Sound: My sound source was my iPhone and my Apple Music subscription. I both streamed and used the RCA cable connection on the back for musical playback. I spent three days listening to content. Below are the highlights. Music like electronica, metal, hard rock, anything recorded live, or anything with a lot of artificial sounds sounded muddy, muddled, and hallow on this speaker. Classical, Jazz, easy listening, and anything with vocals and acoustical instruments, content without a lot of processing, seemed to work out well. For example, Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” sounds good at low volume. But who plays Metallica at low volumes? Turn up the volume, and the bass, and the wheels simply fly off this speaker. The speaker box rings like a bell. Meaning the box vibrates so much from the speaker output it overwhelms the music. Plus, the midrange takes a back seat to the bass reproduction. In my opinion, I think the woofer is being asked to do too much in this system. At least for something heavy and hard hitting like Metallica. In stark contrast, “Closer to Fine”, by the Indigo Girls, sounds good on the Stanmore III. The acoustic guitars came through with authority and a level of clarity that really shows the Stanmore III’s midrange capabilities. At least when the bass isn’t overpowering the woofer. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers’ voices are clear, pitch perfect, and the system effortlessly responds to the dynamics of the singer’s voices as they weave in and out and around each other. It is almost like the Stanmore III was designed specifically for this type of music. A high energy song, such as the B-52’s “Love Shack”, comes off as a complex mess that sounds terrible at anything above half volume. And even then, the true dynamics of the song feel subdued and hollow at lower levels. If there was ever a B-52 song that could get you to kick off your shoes and dance around the room then it is this song. Just not on the Stanmore. Idena Menzel’s album, “Christmas: A Season of Love” sounds good on the Stanmore III. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, and the Jacques Loussiers Trio’s jazz arrangement of Bach’s “Fugue in G Minor” sound great once the Stanmore III is dialed in properly. Even the lonely piano notes at the beginning of George Winston’s “Colors/Dance” show an amazing decay that I did not expect to hear on a small system like this. But, a highly synthesized, big sound, such as Boston’s classic album “Third Stage” easily overwhelms this speaker and sounds terrible. Everything else: Control Panel: The manual controls on the top of the Stanmore III are beautiful and provide a luxurious experience. The power switch is meaty and satisfying to flip back and forth. The volume, bass, and treble control nobs are black plastic with copper textured caps which turn with little resistance. Each nob has 11, 0 – 10, red lighted notches that light as you dial up or dial down. The notches will also dim after a preset amount of time and then light up fully when you make a new adjustment. There is a single rocker switch for Back, Play/Pause, and Next. The switch looks good and is free floating. There is also a button that allows the Stanmore III to switch between Bluetooth, Aux, and RCA inputs. These two switches have the same build quality and presentation as the other nobs on the control panel. I am impressed with the level of sophistication Marshall put into the control panel experience. Aux inputs: I connected my iPhone to the Aux ports using an RCA to Mini-stereo jack cable. The unit played without any issues. The input needs to be chosen from the control panel on the speaker. The Marshall app does not allow a soft switch between inputs via their app. Tone controls: Treble and Bass tone controls can be set from the “Equalizer” page. Volume can also be set from the app but you have to enter another screen to manual adjust the volume. You can also use the manual volume controls of your source app or source device for Bluetooth playback. Sleep mode: The speaker will go into sleep mode if left alone long enough. However, the speaker will also put the Bluetooth transmitter to sleep. The speaker’s physical control panel requires interaction before Bluetooth connectivity will be re-established. Bass: This little guy will throw out the bass. Put on your favorite bass heavy piece, crank the bass nob to 11, and rock out! Put it up against a wall or in a corner to take advantage of boundary enforcement and you’ve got yourself a party. However, the speaker will ring like a bell with its own resonance which will degrade your listening experience. Treble: Just like the base, the Stanmore III is capable of amazing treble. Whitney Houstin sounds outstanding on this speaker with the treble turned up. Recycled materials: The packing material is almost 95% recyclable. I included photos of the packing material. The little desiccant packets are not. Otherwise, bravo Marshall! The Stanmore III is also 70% recycled material. This is huge from an environmentally friendly position. Portability: This speaker is as portable as there are available wall outlets. There is no internal battery. Final thoughts: The Marshall Stanmore III is second to none in the looks and styling department. Marshall chose to spend its money on styling instead of gimmicks. And I think they made the right choice. The system is powerful. It will play music loud and with authoritative bass. Even at low volumes, the bass output of the Stanmore III can be satisfying. Is it good bass? In my opinion, it depends on the content and the volume level. At lower volumes I think it is good enough. For sound quality, I think Classical, Jazz, and acoustic Singer/Song Writer type content sounded best to me. I also feel that this speaker shines at volume levels of 50% and less. Over 50% and this speaker has a very hard time controlling box resonance and speaker balance even with tone controls and Placement Compensation EQ presets. Overall, I had a mixed experience with the Marshall Stanmore III. I can see this speaker working out well in a collage dorm room, a kitchen, or a small den providing background ambiance. But, if you are a head banger, then you will find plenty of bass here to rock to all night long. For me personally, I did not find the musicality of the Stanmore III to my liking.