Customers express satisfaction with the Stanmore III Bluetooth Speaker's exceptional sound quality, encompassing powerful bass and clear highs, as well as its stylish design. Many appreciate its ease of use and impressive volume, easily filling multiple rooms. However, some customers wish it included a built-in battery for portability.
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Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Marshall Speaker
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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The sound quality of this speaker is amazing! Totally sits up there with two other high quality name brand speakers we own. In fact I would venture to say sits above them. You will not be disappointed.
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I desperately needed Woburn but was not in stock. So I had to go for this. But it never disappointed me. Instead it astonished me with its performance and clarity. Only drawback I felt is that it goes on a standby mode very often when unused. we have to manually restart it then.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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 .
Sound quality and loudness beats out Bose in my op
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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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.
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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!
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Pros mentioned:
Bass, Bluetooth, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Phenomenal sound in a small package
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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.
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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.
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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.