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everyone it's been several years since I've reviewed a Marshall speaker if you don't know of them if you look back at some old photos of concerts some concerts today you probably see their amplifiers in the background it's a very iconic look and for years Marshall makes their consumer and at-home speakers in that same design it's pretty sick this is a kill burn to the newest portable Bluetooth speaker from Marshall coming in at 299 dollars as always being transparent Marshall did send us over for a review however my assessment was not altered in any way I'll go over both pros and cons as always my affiliate links are down in that video description below click on those for the most updated prices I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review the physical features first this thing is quite portable the Coburn 2 features a guitar care and inspired strap made of what feels to be leather and lying with this red felt the lower feeling material on the inside it's a nice touch the front features a pretty strong girl that resembles a classic microphone of course with that iconic Marshall branding the entire enclosure is wrapped in vinyl with a leather like texture if you run your nail against it you'll notice it's not solid plastic pretty cool the top features a bluetooth pairing button the NAB's are practically identical to the amps they offer they have a lot of resistance with a lot of good feedback when turning the dials volume bass and treble or up top the only thing I don't want to say necessarily is a negative since Marshall sticks with more of a classic design but I do miss the ability to skip and go back on songs that's common on many other Bluetooth speakers today but to be fair who offers these awesome knobs here for you to adjust on the fly now on the far right I've always give good praise for any brand that offers this it's their battery level indicator glowing in red that lasted Coburn to is meant to be their most durable portable bluetooth speaker in their lineup from my testing the speaker is usable for upto moderates outdoor use they have endcaps of course on either end here on all four ends that is and the speaker itself is water-resistant with an IP x2 rating the speaker is not meant for the pool though but with the IP x2 rating it means that it's fine against dripping water with my testing especially around the knobs in this recessed area right here this speaker still works fine today although I do wish for a stronger water-resistant rating I can see this being enough to withstand entertaining your friend at the backyard barbecue camping those kind of outdoor activities now speaking of entertaining rotating this to the back the Coburn 2 does offer multi-directional audio as there's a Twitter and a bass port in the back here placing this in the middle of the table doesn't matter where you are you're going to hear some form of music but more my audio test a little bit later on the bottom left is an axillary port for your 3.5 millimeter connections and on the bottom right under this water-resistant flap is your power plug ports now I gotta say every speaker that I reviewed around the 250 to 300 dollar prices every large bluetooth speaker usually comes with a pretty big power brick woody Kilburn - it just comes with a simple cord for connection something small but it is convenient though for transports as we're better life this has quick charging 20 minutes it gives you 3 hours of playback recharging this from a dead battery to full I'd take me 2 hours and 34 minutes and doing my battery test of playing this at 50% volume and having the base of the treble up top here at 50% as well for the middle-of-the-road result I got 14 hours and 19 minutes the marshal claimed the Coburn's who can achieve 20 hours of playback well this is average among the industry and average footing category of large Bluetooth speakers now the last test I did was being bluetooth connection the kilburn 2 features Bluetooth 5.0 which is awesome this is the latest Bluetooth technology as of this video while some competitors are at least so sticking with Bluetooth 4 points you testing this with my Samsung si+ and the iPhone 10 I was able to get me maximum length on my office building right here of a hundred and twenty feet of distance it's the best performing Bluetooth speaker for a distance that I've tested so far and this speaker can connect up to two devices at the same time on that that's really about it for the speaker very straightforward not intended to be super techie and there's no app there's no RGB lights that doesn't pair with other Marshall speakers for stereo sound what Marshall does in my interpretation is sticking true to its luck its heritage and if I can't I if I can tie it all together basically this really feels timeless now up next please put on your headphones or earphones as I'll be using my binder all microphones for the audio test and folks be sure to line up that comment section down below with fire emojis as always I appreciate everything you guys do to help me up alright folks here we go alright folks put on your headphones or earphones and get ready only you could see just all right first up this speaker is loud enough for small to medium sized rooms for large areas this figure tends to struggle a bit with providing room filling music I can put this up to maximum volume both on my phone and the speaker and it's still comfortable but I'm not really jamming out or feel like it's hitting hard as I would have hoped in those large open areas now with that being said if you remember this has multi-directional audio so there's again that little speaker on the rear with its base port it does output audio and it does help if anyone is walking back here basically but the front firing speakers are stronger of course and in contrast the rears don't provide that same experience unfortunately you do get some audio but it's not the same immersion as of course standing in front of it at the end of the day it's better than nothing but what is to follow my back up for it the audio in general testing this over and over again hands down the Kilburn's who has some of the best quality out there for a Bluetooth speaker there's clarity adalian frequency separation but first let's talk about bass this sounds obvious I know but I want to emphasize the foundation the stack settings the heart of the speaker before any adjustments there's a lot of quality in its signature with nothing too extreme on one end or the other and tweaking it with the tune abs up top you have a much better chance of having it sound the way that you want to without affecting other parts of the audio spectrum now adjusting bass with the knob hits practically every nail in the head if you feel it's too busy turning it down and you have a flatter sound signature turning this up to 3/4 of the way which is what I person lights gave me a bass boosted audio signature without muffling the vocals turning it to maximum will do that though but then some people prefer the bass over a strong mid-range either or I left mine being punchy it's non distorting it's not deep sub bass either but there's enough for a good experience across all genres of music now for the mid-range it's very clear quite surprising as not many Bluetooth speakers hit this you could hear little details nuances and breaths from the vocalist quite clearly actually I placed the mid-range around 50% and to be a little forward and a little bright for me this makes the majority of the audio heard by the human ear pretty distinct now for a Bluetooth speaker there's a bit of depth heard from front to back separating instruments from others and the audio never sounded boxy or enclosed again you can control the amount that you want neutral to vary for dim bright is an option as well so you have a variety it's also no adjustments but the adjustments goes a long way now the high notes experience was mutual to me it wasn't underwhelming but it was never sharpen every ear piercing I wish I had a little bit more sparkle up top there if anything it's pretty mellow with some roll-off then with everything discussed this is a well balanced speaker with the ability of tuning it to make it fit your listening preference with quality from the get-go that's where this speaker shines the audio performance is well the best out there hands-down no question about it the only thing though I just wish it was just a little bit louder so last but not least I did test this with video on both again my iPhone and my Samsung phone I didn't have any syncing issues across YouTube twitch and Netflix so overall do I recommend this no question yes I think being aware of the heritage from Marshall over two decades remaining time fists here to the quality of craftsmanship to the quality of audio output this is surely a speaker worth looking into no gimmicks just some damn good 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