Marshall Woburn II Wireless Bluetooth Speaker, White - NEW

I like the basses

For starters the styling is classic Marshall, the lettering on the front grille and the controls on top. The sound is boomy with the tone controls in the flat positions. Some suggestions...Download the Marshall app to your phone, it has a 5 band equalizer to help customize the sound relative to room acoustics. Leave plenty of space between the back of it and a wall. This helps alleviate boominess. It is a ported enclosure enabling the large drivers to operate effciently at low sound levels. Making these adjustments gives it incredible sound. It also has plenty of power to fill a room, and then some.The construction is sturdy and robust, weighing in just south of 20 pounds. Now the best part. It has RCA audio input jacks, my cable box has RCA audio output jacks. Given this , I knew the speaker could be used as a soundbar for my HDTV, watching cable broadcast channels. Also had a hunch that it could possibly be used for streaming on the HDTV...Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, etc. The trick is to access those apps through your cable box and not the HDTV. Soundbars typically have a floor mounted subwoofer. No subwoofer needed using this speaker.I am very pleased with this speaker and would highly recommend it, regardless of the price.

Years ago, I went through an audiophile phase where I bought, evaluated & listened to high end equipment. Eventually, I lost interest in analytical listening & got back to just enjoying the music. I settled on a vintage McIntosh amp & a pair of JM Reynaud speakers and that’s been my system for years. But, I moved into a tiny house & no longer have the luxury of space so I needed a smaller solution.In the past, I’ve used single Bluetooth speakers by Bose and Bowers & Wilkins. Decent sound but small & not a replacement for a good amp & speakers so I wanted something else. I came across a picture of a Marshall speaker in a high end Airbnb & started researching it. Most of the reviews were of high praise. Amazon warehouse had the Woburn III Bluetooth at a discount so I gave it a shot.It arrived in like new condition. Not a speck of dust or fingerprints. Setting it up was fairly straightforward although the mobile app is weak. Then I started playing it. I listen to a number of genres of music, rock, jazz, old school country, classical & podcasts.The first thing I noticed is how big the Woburn sounded, not at all like my previous Bluetooth speakers. For its size, it has a wide soundstage. The notes from low to high are all there & there’s a good separation of the instruments. Vocals are rich and bass is clean & thumping. I am incredibly happy with the sound fidelity. Is it as good as the McIntosh/JM Reynaud system? No. But it is damn close & I wouldn’t have expected it from a single speaker. The Woburn makes listening enjoyable and it doesn’t feel like I had to sacrifice fidelity for it to be the only stereo system in my little house. I recommend it without hesitation.

Finally pulled the trigger on the Woburn II. No disappointment here. The looks of this speaker is killer with excellent quality and attention to detail. I bought the black one. The overall construction is solid and top notch. The sound is crystal clear and the amount of bass is right on. I have the speaker set up in my living room area which is about 440 sq/ft and keep the volume at just below half. The sound fills the room with incredible clarity. I've cranked the volume up to about 75% and it is incredibly loud with ZERO distortion. It'll blow you out of the room for sure at that level or more. Setting up the app on my iPad was easy, except for the few times where it would say "update failed". So I hit the "try again" button and it picked up where it left off until everything was set up with all the updates. Took about 10 minutes. When you power the speaker on and off, it plays a little guitar riff which I personally love. I listen to mostly alternative and rock and I'm hearing instrumentation in songs that I never really heard before. The overall sound detail with this speaker is excellent IMO. A+ all around to Marshall!

Edit 4/9/24: still love this speaker, so much so that I just purchased a second. Unfortunately, Amazon and I have a different idea of what "new" means. I spent $470 for a brand new item and was sent a smashed up box with a previously used speaker inside. Everything in the box was dusty, nothing in plastic, the leather casing already has scratches, very obvious someone used and returned this. Super disappointed and am not inclined to try again at almost $500. For that much money, there should be some kind of quality control involved. Their loss. NOTE: THE SELLER WILL HOLD YOUR MONEY FOR 30 DAYS AFTER RETURN. IF YOU CANT AFFORD TO GIVE SOMEONE A $500 INTEREST FREE LOAN, DONT BUY THIS ITEM HERE.Edit 1/15/23: this speaker still sounds as great as the first time I played it. You should buy it.I've only had this for a few weeks but so far it's love. I have had probably 10 different versions of Bose and JBL speakers, even ones with great reviews, and I have blown out the bass in all of them. After listening to music on my iphone for almost a year, I couldn't take it anymore and coughed up the loot for this thing. Not only do I love its retro look, it's sound is bomb. It is so clear and I've only had it up to like 5 on the volume scale because that's loud enough. I actually have some hope that I may not destroy this one.

I bought this in 2020, as I was about to work out (one of my favourite thing to use it for) I realized that i have had it for so long and it's been used almost every day and guess what? It still sounds and works as good as the day I bought it! I had to come back and leave this review! And should it break tomorrow and I have to eat my words, guess what? I'm buying it again!