Come on Marshall! 😑 Stanmore III vs Woburn III vs Acton III Review [Sound Samples] 

Whoops! 4:39 to 5:37 Images for Stanmore and Acton are inverted as pointed out by a viewer.

Since you specifically asked, i think there is still a big market für "old school" speakers with no wifi connectability or other fancy gadgets. I much prefer the plain and solid, sound-cost prioritising model, rather then the fancy "have a thousand applications and tell you the weatherforcast" device. All it should do is play music as best as possible. Everything added is raising the price and the margin of error.

So I had an original Stanmore I (one??) and I LOVED it for years. I moved and gave it to my mom and after a year and a half I treated myself to an Acton III in my new smaller apartment and all I can say is WOW… the Acton III is WILDLY impressive and to be honest for its size savings and cost savings I can’t imagine the Stanmore being worth it. I feel like the choice really boils down to Acton III or go all in on Woburn III. 2 generations later and I can TOTALLY hear the upgrades in sound quality!

My choice was made between the woburn and the stanmore and I eventually didn't pick the woburn because it was a bit ovesized/priced for my intended use of a wireless speaker. And I definitely can tell the stanmore III sounds really great in my bedroom and helps me listening to my cds again through the RCA input. I'm just annoyed with the loss of bluetooth pairing that occurs when I don't use my pc after 10 minutes or so, forcing me to pair again, and the latency when watching a video. I think I'll keep the bluetooth for the smartphone, and plug the pc to the jack input. But yes, the Stanmore surely is the right choice for a bedroom!

The Action and Stanmore sounded more compressed compared to the Woburn through my Klipsch HP-3 headphones, I agree the Stanmore and Action sounded very similar to each other. The Woburn sounds like a winner but for the money it should.

constructive criticism: i wish there was no purple light (should have proper white balance) so people can appreciate the color and finish of the product.

I have two Woburn IIIs as a stereo pair with an external Bluetooth dac going to the left and right speakers with a RCA splitter at each speaker. Both are volume matched and it sounds awesome.

Woburn III is definitely the better sounding and clearer of the 3. The Acton and Stanmore sounded exactly alike to me. Will definitely be buying the Woburn III.

All of these in this video still sound exactly like the earbuds I’m listening to this on.

Woburn is hands down the best out of all 3, don't see a point smaller ones.

@Aaron X Loud and Wireless, Could you confirm what material is used on the speaker driver? Is it paper cone or Kevlar or any other material? Why does this information is not available even in Marshall site?

I’ve got action 3 and Woburn 3 and obviously the Woburn is better but I won’t let my action 3 go because it really is good for the size and price, Stanmore is same as action but is a bit louder.

Quality review Aaron. Nice to hear you’ve noticed some improvement in the mids, it’s the one area Marshall speakers disappoint in previous models so fingers crossed they continue to improve. Keep up the great content 👍🏼

Hì Aaron, thinking of getting a small speaker and want to know which is a better buy, the Acton 3 or Aura 4? Thanks

The Stanmore isn’t to big isn’t to small, it’s the perfect fit if your not going with a killer volume and bass sound.

They are BT LE however , which makes it a first. This will allow for multi room set up. So I suspect Marshall are backing this option rather than wifi as a simplistic set up.

Marshal acton 3 or Bose portable home speaker?

I have a Kilburn 2 portable speaker currently. And I am looking to stack up another Marshall speaker along with it to play songs on both the speakers. Can you help clarify which all Marshall speakers can be stacked together with Kilburn 2?

Very useful thank you so much, helped me make a decision.

At first, my choices were between Stanmore and Woburn. In terms of sound quality, Woburn definitely nailed it, but it's too big and bulky, and it doesn't really aesthetically fit in my room. Then I found out that Marshall has another model named Acton. I'm getting an Ikea Vittsjo shelf just like the one in the video 0:30 , both Stanmore and Acton fit perfectly on the shelf. Now my choices will be between Acton and Stanmore.

Any idea where I can buy Woburn III? Or when Marshall will restock? I can’t seem to find them available anywhere

You cant create a stereo system with these via bluetooth, but what about with physical cables?

Please compare the standmore 3 with the harmon kardon soundsticks 4. Thank you.

Woburn II it has a brutal difference. between Action and stanmore , i only feel the base, but when you play Woburn, all the sound changes. I will go for this one.

Dear Marshall speaker users, I recently switched from the Stanmore 1 speaker to the Woburn 3, connecting it to my Audio Technica LP60 with a built-in preamp. I've noticed an issue while playing vinyl on this setup: the maximum volume with the Woburn 3 via RCA seems to be about 50% of what I got with the Stanmore 1. Any insights on why this might be happening? No issues with playing digital music

Which one would you recommend to watch movies/living room speaker for a living room of 20 m2?

Thank you for this! So helpful 🙏

They all got LE audio built in - the next gen bluetooth protocoll a broader bandwith that is supposed to enhanc sound quality, let's see when phines or devices will be able to bradcast in throught that...

Whats the difference between these speakers and sound bars ? Somebody please explain. I just want to experience a good sound stage, not that much keen on bass but want the sound to be pure. Im thinking of marshell speakers or JBL sound bars - 500 pro, sonos beam 2, samsung sound bars ? Pls do help with your opinion.

i heard the sound of Marshall and i felt in love. I boutht one 4 years ago and i had to give it back after tree times trying to fix the bluetooth by garantee. In Amazon i cannot find the Woburn III, only the Woburn II. Wich is the difference between those two. And wich other brand do you reccomend better than woburn.

Even worse that all the Marshall III-line speakers does not have WiFi streaming, the Stanmore II does have great WiFi streaming support AND multi-room. Why would anyone REMOVE great features like that?? Makes no sense to me. Now I need to replace my two beloved Stanmore II, and there is nothing from Marshall that can do what these did 5 years ago!! Come on Marshall!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I just bought the Marshall action l l. Because liked the old school bass and treble control. Suits me fine.

Compared with authentics 200? Wich wins?

In STANMORE 2, Below 50-60% volume, it sounds pretty low, and when changed to 70%, it use to get pretty loud. Is it the case?

Hi, thanks for the review, how do I know if my Woburn 3 is genuine if the serial numbers on the box and the app don't match? Please help

Just for to be sure. Did you configure all the Marshall with the same bass and same trebble volume ?

..awesome review....ACTON 3 is currently 299 ( Canadian ) ... 215 ( US ) ......would you say thats a great deal and worth the money ? thx bud....cheers from Canada

Nothing sucks by Marshall it’s just all overpriced

I love Aaron's reviews. I see his face and I click on the review. A Jewish Asian, who would have thought...

Marshall Acton vs Stanmore are showed inverted in the video..(4:39 to 5:37)

Great review! Thank you!

is the acton 3 and Stanmore 3 the same sound

Which one should I buy, what do you recommend? I want to pair it with a Rega Planar 2 record player, I would listen mostly to hip hop, I like good and strong bass :), it would be placed in a room of 18m2

So the stanmore 3 does not have multi room feature

Great video.. with lots of details. thank you..

what's the wattage of each?

Stanmore is kinda disappointing comparing to other 2.

good video

how about sounds from mac via bt on Woburn 3?

Moja propozycja testu to Marshall tufton vs JBL party box 110

Can u compare woburn 2 vs woburn 3

I saw the video and thank you but I have a question. I currently live mainly in an apartment. On low volume would you still recommend the Woburn or can I take the little ones? I really like the mids and in the Acton II they were very poor. Do you think Woburn is too much for an apartment?

Quite recently ... 3 months ago or so ... I asked Marshall support if they are planning to add AAC support to their speakers. They replied that there is no such plan at the moment.

Acton and Stanmore sounded similar. The Stanmore offers a little more base.

Woburn the best!

on/off not hearing mashall sound?(drum sound)?

Acton???

I recently bought the Acton III

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For anyone wondering it is a huge disappointment, "it fills the room" they say... it barely fills 30 Square meters. The bass is so bad it doesn't even make the leaf blow. Also the sound is so sharp even with treble at 0 some songs screams like nails on the chalkboard. This was the greatest disappointment of a speaker purchase in my life. Absolutely no doubt about that, I'm so disappointed by the performance of this (i would even call it a speaker) that I will stay as far from Marshall products as possible. I will never touch their products again. I purchased this product from a verified Marshall vendor too, brand new, $600. I've never purchased Marshals products before also, so I wouldn't say I had any bias towards them. This product definitely sucks, so I'll be returning it back tomorrow morning. This also makes me loose all my respect to these "RU-vid partners channels" claiming it to be "the deal". What a joke, y'all must be paid and bought for by Marshall. Anyway, I'll never come back to any of these types of channels nor buy any marshall products ever again. I just hope for anyone caring to read this, please stay away from this garbage brand. I heard rumours that they were sold to someone else, maybe this is the reason they are now terrible? I don't know. I also can't say anything about the other models as I haven't tried them. However, for sure stay away from Wooburn III its a scam!

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Dude is expecting sound of some high end stereo from a $300 broootooth speakers 🤣😆

The stanmore seems not good for the money just listening off this... I mean for full price i could build a better sounding setup

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you had less than 80k subscribers at the time you made this video. how could you afford all these gadgets?

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