Marshall Stanmore II Voice: Voice-controlled Bluetooth speaker with the iconic look of rock royalty
Anyone with even a passing interest in popular music has probably seen Marshall guitar amps sharing the stage with many of the world’s greatest rock bands. Since 1962, the iconic look and logo of these venerable road warriors has let everyone know there’s some serious guitar shredding on the way.
More recently, Marshall licensed Sweden’s Zound Industries to manufacture headphones and Bluetooth speakers bearing the Marshall brand, including the Marshall Stanmore II Voice reviewed here. The “Voice” in the name indicates that it responds to voice commands, and it comes in two different versions: Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. I had the Alexa version for review. After some trouble getting everything working, the speaker sounded quite good, especially playing rock music.
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The Marshall Stanmore II Voice looks just like the amp head for a Marshall stack. It’s not exactly small, measuring 13.78 x 7.68 x 7.28 inches (WxHxD) and weighing a hefty 10.47 pounds.
The bass-reflex cabinet houses two 0.75-inch damped-fabric dome tweeters and one 5.25-inch coated-paper cone woofer facing forward with a port on the back, so don’t place it right up against a wall or other surface to avoid overemphasizing the bass—unless you’re into that sort of thing! The specified frequency range extends from 50Hz to 20kHz (±6dB) with a maximum output of 101dB SPL at a distance of
