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

Hear the sound quality difference between them. You'll be surprised!

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Chapters
00:00 Too little, too late?
01:01 What's special about Homeline III?
01:47 Sound improvements?
05:21 The souped-up Woburn III
04:38 Sound Sample 1
05:38 Sound Sample 2
06:46 Acton III Sound quality
07:36 Stanmore III Sound quality
08:11 Woburn III Sound quality
09:36 Should you buy?

[aaronloudnwireless]

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

[maximilian_k.]

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.

[MrRyanchester]

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!

[SamSoulTrop]

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!

[markhalstead]

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.

[KlipschHead]

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.

[oiccollector]

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.

[steveuk]

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 👍🏼

[carlw]

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.

[robertcorona]

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.

[covallrms]

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

[Starch-Wreck]

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

[JillScott-vt]

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.

[Tanya_V]

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

[chessee]

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

[GOLFADDICT]

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

[AMPathi]

@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?

[codylawson]

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

[karananubhav]

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?

[Weyjx]

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