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I'm a really big fan of JBL as portable speaker lineup they sound great and you can take them almost anywhere because they're pretty durable and they have long lasting batteries but a portable speaker means you're paying extra for that added durability and built-in battery and if you're just looking for a speaker for at-home use you're really only concerned about is sound so that's where something like the Stanmore 2 comes in it's slightly bigger than the extreme tomb but it gives the boombox a run for its money when it comes to sound quality and bass before I started using Noor VPN I would never use public Wi-Fi because I didn't want to risk having my data exposed which meant any time I traveled or was in a dead zone in the city I would have little to no internet on my phone but now with noir VPNs military-grade encryption I can use public Wi-Fi and know that my dad is safe from would-be hackers Nord VPN can do a lot more but this is one of the main reasons I use them see how you can enjoy three years of online security for only $2.99 a month by clicking on the link in the description down below just were clear we're gonna be focusing on the nine voice assistant enabled martial Stanmore tomb that we chose for $350 if you want to have Alexa or a Google assistant built into your new martial speaker it's gonna cost you a $50 premium and for comparison's sake the JBL Xtreme - its epic leery toast for $300 and the JBL boombox retails for $450 if you want to pick out of the speakers up I'll have links in description down below I highly suggest you check them out because you never know when these speakers might go on sale like I mentioned earlier the Stanmore 2 is strictly a at-home speaker there's no built-in battery and no IP water or dust durability certifications like you will find on portable Bluetooth speakers the Stanmore - however it does have that classic martial design that I personally like we've got a highly tumble of the looking body with a woven fabric grille on the front and brushed metal accents are doing the speaker the control panel is perhaps my favorite part of the speaker it just screams build quality the power switch has a very deep gnarling you've got three control knobs up top and the source and multi-purpose buttons have a lot of tactile feedback now we'll dive deeper into these control knobs in a minute but overall I'm a really big fan of Marshalls more sophisticated and timeless design is going to look good in almost any living room you place it regarding ports the Stanmore 2 still has a 3.5 mm audio jack up top for Wired listening and I like the Marshall still has an audio jack on the newer speakers because some manufacturers are starting to remove the audio jack on some of their newer speakers Marshall still even includes an RCA input on the speaker and on the back you'll also find an AC input for power but personally I would also like if Marshall had built in a USB a or USB C port so you can charge your own devices how many USB out port on your speaker to charge your own phone just gives it that little bit of actual functionality that you miss when you don't have it anymore because even when you're not listening to music you can still use your speaker as a charging pump but when it comes to speaker setups Stanmore 2 has a similar friend of center dual tweeters off to the side and a base of lecturer that shoots out the back whereas JBL's larger portable speakers both have dual front modifying transducers dual tweeters and dual passive radiators shooting out the sides now we're gonna jump into a sound test the boombox is an indoor SMUD understand more to is playing with the bass now set to 7 and the trouble is set to 6 even though the Stanmore 2 has less hardware going for it compared to JBL speakers it performs us as well but I can't help but feel the sound stage on the boombox is a little wider than understand more twos but it definitely doesn't take away from the listening experience now all of Marshall speakers feature control knobs up top that gives you direct control over the speakers based in trouble and if you raise the base all the way up on their speaker it's going to have more wall shaking base 10 to JBL boombox which I know that's what some people are looking for but through Marshalls app you have even more control over your speakers sound signature you can go in and adjust the mids on the speaker to bring vocalist forward and having this level of control over your speaker's sound signature it's just unheard of compared to JBL speakers their app just doesn't allow you to mess with their speaker's EQ settings you have to use a third-party app but the boombox does have an outdoors mode which lowers the bass and races to trouble so the sound can travel a little farther outdoors and when it comes to max volume again to stand more to easily gets louder than both the extreme 2 and boom box it actually gets uncomfortable a loud but that loudness could be useful for people who would like to use this because outdoors on a patio or something but something to always take into considerations with the jpoa larger portable speakers is that if you use them while they're plugged in they're going to get louder and they're going to sound fuller but they still don't get us loud or have this as much base as the Stanmore 2 now if you watch my marshall kilburn to review you know that one of the things I really disliked about that speaker is the lack of a multi-purpose button but thankfully that is an initiative the Stanmore 2 has that multi-purpose button we can play pause and skip through your music directly from your speaker this might not seem like a big deal to some but there are some speakers out there that just don't have this button and again it's one of those things you miss when you don't have it anymore we're going Bluetooth connectivity the Stanmore 2 is rocking bluetooth 5.0 it can be connected to two devices at the same time and if you're an iPhone user it's also good for watching videos because it has very little latency and if you're an Android user the Stanmore 2 also has the app tech support which is also good now I just want to point out that app tech support really only matters to Android users cuz Apple insists on using older AAC codec on their iPhones to keep it simple the benefits of using an Android device with your app tech support its speaker is that there's going to be almost zero latency when watching videos your music is just going to sound better and you're not going to hear as much distortion at how volumes compared to using an iPhone and again for comparison's sake JBL speakers don't have app that support but something JBL still does better than any other speaker brand out there is their multi-speaker pairing JBL connect plus would let you pair up multiple JBL speakers together with just a tap of a single button and more importantly you don't have to open up any other apps and it just works every single time now Marshall does have a coupling feature but you can only pair up the two speakers together and it only works with the act on two stand more - or whoa Berta - so even though it's nice Marshall has a coupling feature now it's a little behind compared to JBL whose ultimate ears and so nice pairing features even though Sonia still needs to work on theirs but overall I think the Marshall stand more - is a good option to consider if you just want one at home speaker like I've said in the past even though I really do like to JPL boombox I use it mostly as an at-home speaker cuz I feel it's just too big of a hassle to carry around because if you're looking for a speaker to take on the go with you on a regular basis then I highly recommend the extreme - instead but one of the biggest reasons the boombox is so popular is because of its sheer amount of bass and how loud it gets if you're someone looking for that then you can find it and more in the stand more - in a slightly smaller package and not to mention that classic marshall design might be more appealing for some people if you made it this far I guess you enjoyed the video so hit that like button and get subscribed to how someone didn't you realize if you want to pick another part except mention in this video those will be linked in description down below any girls will support the channel by checking out the merch store but other than that I'll get you next time