Review ID: 15738

Review Text: Impressive Retro Design Speaker. 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.

Gold Attribute: {'Wireless Connectivity': 'bluetooth', 'Brand': 'marshall', 'Color': 'black', 'Color Category': 'black'}

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