House of Marley Get Together Duo Bluetooth Speakers Review

Compact, powered bookshelf speakers can be the starting point for a rewarding audio system that saves space and costs less than buying separate components. The House of Marley Get Together Duo Bluetooth bookshelf speakers accomplish this, while offering the unique style combination of bamboo and black fabric.

[nathbeste]

Great review everything we need except for the one thing we care abooot…. The sound quality

[CharlyDS]

My sister bought these, they sound pretty well, however tiny they are. BUT I couldn't get them to connect to the computer via USB Audio. That won't work right? I thought the USBC to USBA could also transmit audio but it seems only is good for charging, so I had to go the aux to aux way (she doesn't have Bluetooth, desktop computer)

[veroniqueboileau]

Is it possible to combine with the Stir it up turntable with RCA ? (I think sound could be better with RCA than Bluetooth) Thanks.

[petercohen]

Can I run a left right RCA cable to the powered speaker and have it share the signal with the other speaker over bluetooth? Or do we have to wire them up individually?

[RockinJohnnyaitken]

Another possibility is using them as surround left and right speaker hot wired to a sony soundbar surround add on for instance as they have 3.5 inputs (Aux)

[emachines]

can i use this as a desktop speaker to replace laptop sound?

[marklucn]

How to disable the auto power-off function?

[sebastienbourque]

Well, i don't know why, the left one just stop charging when i plug in in the wall : i can't charge it!

[lukekoia]

Mine comes up with 2 seperate Marley duo in the Bluetooth settings. And they aren’t connecting..
if you try connecting to both Bluetooth “Marley duo” it cancels one of them out.

I noticed mine doesn’t speak instead I can a bongo like beat when powered up and powered off. Is mine faulty?

[taylormoon]

Was trying to get mine to work and have somehow accidentally changed the language to spanish. Any idea how to set it back? 😅

[manowiip]

Hi guys.
What's up ?

The speak 'r work w'll than an simpl speak'r ?
It's dif or mayb better.

Cheers.

[SC-hpsy]

Would buy if they had some smarts in them and could connected to Google Home. Could hook up with my chromcast audio but the speakers auto off feature would make that tiresome.

[daavve]

mine are stuck in a different language i can’t change so it’s a pain in the arse to connect

[janoschluccamarek]

Good sound, but:
My Bluetooth Speaker after falling down once broken.
On my request, no spare parts or repair option.
Sustainability can only be achieved through circular economy and I feel screwed.
Quote website: "Every Marley product shows that responsibility to the environment is taken very seriously."
Such a thing is also called greenwashing and is even more disgusting than standing by one's greed for profit and, by the way, has nothing to do with Marley's values.
The "support" (only reachable by mail) didn't even understand what I mean at all.
I am very disappointed and can really no longer recommend these products to anyone.
For JBL, on the other hand, there are many spare parts. The Marley speaker now ends up in the trash can - really sustainable, really climate-friendly.

[DinDin-hqmp]

I own a dindinmodern brand speaker. Honestly, it's really good. I prefer his bass. I've had it for a year so far and it deserves my praise. Contacted their customer service when I paid to get a discount code!

[andyb]

I like the bamboo, but these are not environmentally friendly. The fabric covers a giant chunk of plastic.

[papanino]

Disappointed that they don't both have a battery.

[tordb]

No reason in the year 2023 speaker companies should ever offer bookshelf speakers without optical and subwoofer outputs.

[Ghapuda]

Wasteful watching the entire video and no music test.

[ttaylor]

I'm looking at getting the Get Together Duo Bluetooth Speakers, Model EM-JA019-Sb. Each speaker has a 20W rating with 3.5" woofers and 1" tweeters. I read the following comments elsewhere:
"One problem, though: powered or not, they have an automatic power off feature: after five minutes of silence, they both shut off. To turn them back on, you have to press the power button on each speaker, and then a long press to the bluetooth button to reconnect the pair (they don't seem to reconnect automatically). The auto shut off and stereo pairing are the most irritating 'features' of this otherwise lovely set of speakers." Has anyone else experienced this? Could I at least avoid continually reconnecting the pair by bluetooth if I used the red & white cables? Ultimately, I'd like to pair both of the Marleys via Bluetooth with an Apple TV 4K (2nd gen, 2021) which is the streaming device I'm using with my LG 48" OLED 4K C1 (2021). I originally bought Apple's HomePod Minis for this purpose because of misleading reviews which made me think they were bluetooth compatible. They aren't - only wireless, and the relatively small room I have all this set up in also has two Alexa wireless devices. In short, I'd like bluetooth speakers for the Apple TV 4K and assuming the sound is decent, I'd appreciate knowing if these would do the trick.