Marshall Stanmore

Marshall as synonymous with rock music

Over the past 60 years, Marshall acoustics, amplifiers and guitar gadgets have literally become related to rock music, becoming one of its synonyms. More recently, however, Marshall has branched out into the consumer audio market with a handful of portable speakers with a nostalgic twist.

For those who love to indulge in nostalgia

Today's Marshall Stanmore patient is a massive speaker that exactly copies the appearance of Marshall guitar amps and literally flaunts its vintage look. For example, don't look for trendy touch buttons here. Instead, a massive metal toggle switch with old-school LEDs that light up when turned on. Instead of a remote control, there is a pack of the same massive “twists” for adjusting the volume and equalizer. Some reviews even write that the Marshall Stanmore needs to be warmed up before listening (hello 60s), but we think this is superfluous.

Customize your sound

Almost the only thing that speaks about the present age of the speaker is Bluetooth support with the AptX codec, without which it would be completely vintage. In terms of sound, Stanmore shows himself to be a versatile fellow and is not only friends with rock. Here it is worth saying thanks to those very massive treble and bass controls: for dance music, you can pile on the bass, for pop music or rock, on the contrary, emphasize the top. This is both a plus, since you customize everything for yourself, and a minus, since you often just want to turn it on and listen. In terms of volume, you rarely ever want to push it past the middle: two 10W speakers paired with a 50W subwoofer are pretty loud.