Should you get the Acton III or Stanmore III? 

Thanks for the review! Appreciate that you shared your conclusion immediately, and the way you explained things was clear and entertaining. Didn’t feel like I needed to skip ahead at any point

Thank you so much for this video. Seen many videos and couldn’t figure out what to get. I’m sold on the Stanmore! Can connect to home DJ controller, iPhone and Apple TV for home entertainment. Thank you so much!!!!

Cheers Danny P 👌 I bought the acton 3 a few weeks ago because of your review 😉 I've given it a kickin and it's what we call in South Yorkshire UK as a do 'er 💪 gets the job done and not to big to place around the house. Brilliant sound, mint build. It's like a guard dog for the neighbours too. When the acton starts barking they shut up 😂 keep up the top work matey, your a good en Danny 👍

Love my Stanmore III. Sounds incredible.

I bought the stanmore 3 and I am very happy. I have the iPhone paired and a record player connected to the RCA input. Thanks

That lil one packs a punch. I like that 💯

Great video, very useful to me! I have a 5-year 1st gen Stanmore, which is still great. I'm a great fan of bass but now I'm grabbing an Acton III for its value for money. Woburn still in my dreams, out of my pocket range though. Thanks! ❤

I just bought Acton3!! So excited

Impressive sounds Marshall is the best of all speaker and king of kings

Just bought the Acton III and love it, but it very much sounds like small speaker, no matter how awesome the audio quality is. Is this a problem that the Stanmore overcomes? Also, when you test speakers are they straight out of the box? I find that my Acton has greatly benefited from its week of break-in time.

You helped me a lot to hear the difference and last month i bought a Acton iii.. waiting for your next video.. Love from India brother.. keep rocking!!!

I am new here and I hit subscribe because your presentation is awesome.

Just bought the Acton III, and it was this video that helped me choose between the acton and the Stanmore. Also your video with all your speakers, where you described the Acton being great for 70's rock. It does sounds great and it punches more than enough for a room. I also had the Emberton 2, and i was expexcting that sound experience. Although the Emberton has that unique signature, the Acton sounds more neutral, as default. So it fits better for a larger variety of musical genres. Love it so far! Thanks for your work and helping us listen to quality sound. By the way... at the store, I couldn't listen the Acton, only the Stanmore was displayed. And I feel no difference at low/mid volume.

For me the Stanmore is better. Its going for $350 now. Key differences are the RCA input in the Stanmore is going to be much more versatile for me, I can connect it to my TV and my DVD players. In this category since they're not portable size isn't important, it's pure specs

can't wait to get my acton iii

I went to best buy and checked both. I bought the stanmore 3.

Totally disagree. I own both and the Stanmore has a way fuller sound.

wow the Acton lll is $$629.99 here in New Zealand 😢 and i still want it 😅

Best comparison ever

Ciao e grazie x il video. Potresti dirmi come lo hai collegato in aux?Grazie.

Hear this with my Kilburn II. Like your Videos.

Hello, thanks for this review :) Do you notice any latency on aux input ? I would like to plug Microphone on it but I saw some ppl complaining about this aux input because latency is noticeable.

your laptop has 2 of 3.5mm jacks??

Have the Stanmore iii it's amazing

I bought the Acton 3 because of the more compact size and it was 120 euros cheaper... quality of both sounds good and the bass on the Acton is still mega! I have it close to a wall with treble at 5 and bass at 6 and it's very good!

Love my Acton iii.

Hey, I’m wondering if I should get the Acton 3 or Stanmore 3. I have discount and it will only a 67$ difference for the Stanmore. Acton comes out to 207.83 Stanmore comes out 274.94 Which one should I get.

thank you for the review !! extremely helpful ! by the way what is the music that was played at 4:00 ? so good, haha

Just got the stanmore 3 and have bitten by the bug. I currently have a yamaha whole home system but now want marshall to take over the duty. 2 stanmores and a woburn. For the ultimate in aesthetics, 1 stanmore stacked on woburn (yes literally) with bass down and the woburn taking care of the thunder. As you own quite a few marshalls , do you know if LE is active yet. Cheers

Hi Danny...awesome review....ACTON 3 is currently 299 ( Canadian ) ... 215 ( US ) .....stanmore 3 399 ( canadian ) 290 ( USD ).....would you say thats a great deal and worth the money ? thx bud....cheers from Canada

with my sutdio headphones i directly hear that the Acton is more flat sound .... the Stanmore has more bass but a great hollow in the mids. I prefer the sound of Acton.

I have a question, I’m trying to get my action III to pair with my Crosby C6 record player. Both have Bluetooth and I’ve tried everything but I can’t get the two to pair together. I can pair them both to different devices just fine. When I use the 3.5 jack I don’t get great volume control. Can anyone give me some advice to fix this issue? Or what 3.5 jack should I buy to get more volume? Thanks 🙏🏻

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What a timely video.. i was in this dilemma now.. hahaha 😂

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Now in Amazon the Stanmore II is cheaper than the Acton III, which would you say will be a better choice? The Stanmore II is €249 and the acton III €280.

I based my purchase more on aesthetics than sound. I bought the Stanmore III yesterday (haven’t gotten it yet). I saw both the Stanmore and Acton in person at a home store and purchased the Stanmore III based on the size. Have yet to hear the audio quality of it in person. My other speakers in my home are Sonos, which I use for streamed airplay music over my phone. I plan to place the Stanmore III on a credenza in my living room to use with my vinyl record player. Aesthetically, Stanmore III has much more of a significant presence than Acton. I also looked at the Woburn but that thing looks too massive vertically for my taste and would overwhelm my living room aesthetically.

Ieri am dat comanda pentru Acton 3. Azi trebuie sa ajunga. 310 $ costa la noi.

Hi Danny, I have small room. Which marshall speaker should I buy. I want to buy acton 3 but I wonder if it sounds good even at very low volume. Please suggest which one should I buy.

What is the best setting to have with Acton 3? With the treble bass and voice settings I mean. I'm looking for good clarity and better bass too.

Recently bought Acton 3 and while the sound quality is good I can’t recommend this speaker for modern music genres like house, it just doesn’t have enough bass. On the other hand it is perfectly fine for rock, classical, vocals and overall midrange just don’t expect much bass from this unit.

I kinda get the point...while the Acton sounds more trebly dan Stanmore more balanced, but the treble on Acton sounds a bit more refine, more open compared to Stanmore here. Stanmore sounds a bit darker and not that open (a little boxy?) compared to Acton

Thanks for the comparison. Tell me please, does the cream version get dirty or easy to clean?

Thank you for the contents!! I am trying to figure out if I can buy two of the Acton to use as surrounding speaker through aux connection for my MacBook set up but I cna't really see anyone uses them like that. Can I use them like that? and how did you connect both of the speaker in your labtop?? thank you!!!

Not sure if a fair comparison but I'm torn between the Jbl charge 5 and Acton 3. Heard then in person at the mall, but just to make sure which of these are better for POP music and good bass? I mostly listen to Taylor Swift.

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Saya menemukan video ini karena saya sedang mempertimbangkan membeli acton 3 tapi saya ragu apakah kualitas suaranya sama bahkan lebih baik dibanding onyx studio 7/8 saat ini saya memiliki onyx studio 3 yang berumur lebih dari 4 tahun sekarang.

why in all photos and videos metal details looks like yellow brass, but in real life they looks like pink gold???! and leather's cream color is more white

seems jbl getting in on the retro look now as well with the authentics range

If I am trying to play a lossless music from Apple Music. Which one of them can play that? Either through Bluetooth or wired?

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What if stanmore 2 is now cheaper than Acton 3? Which is a better buy?

Those aren't passive radiators. They're vents. Passive radiators are like those things you see at each end of a JBL BB3. Vents are cheaper to implement, but allow easy ingress of dust abd moisture into the box, so IP67 rating is not possible.

Danny I have the option to buy either the Stanmore 2 or the Acton 3 - the kicker is the Stanmore is on sale, so is actually cheaper than the Acton! Do you have a recommendation on that basis?

Does this speaker support lc3 codec...

what's the brand of the aux cables that you used to plug into these 2 amazing speakers?

The stanmore has a lot of bass ,if you love bass and son’t care that much about crisp audio you can go with stanmore

Stanmore sounds more “live”

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no aac nor ldac codecs.... only sbc ....well, not for music on bluetooth.

cool song! could you list?

You should Never listen to Any Speaker at Max Volume - it causes Distortion, poor Fidelity and will eventually "Blow-the-Speaker" and Sound like a Kazoo.

Go Xtra Large! WOBURN III! Those speakers aren't portable so size definitely doesn't matter. Plus stanmore's bass just doesn't sound right.

what song is this?

I love all these comparison sound videos but god please choose better music

Acton sound better through my android phone speaker.

Stanmore definitely sounds better

Louder is not better. Stanmore sounds better but definitely less louder than the Acton.

very good review....but stop saying the word like each 10 words...

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