Marshall Middleton Portable Bluetooth Speaker, Cream

excelente producto se escucha super bien y se ve muy resistente a golpes y salpicaduras, obvio no lo pienso sumergir pero por si le lluevo confío en que se aguantara eso y mas, lo unico malo es que me llego abierto y como enpolvado, lo devolví y me enviaron un producto completamente nuevo, si es un poco caro pero se ve que vale cada centavo, me duro la bateria aproximadamente 14 horas con volumen a 60% – 70% y aun le quedaba un 25%, pero tuve que ponerla a cargar porque la iba a usar fuera sin conexion a la luz, confio en que minimo te da las 18 horas y con volumen arriba del 50%, aun no la escucho en espacio abierto pero aparentemen se escucha muy bien, solo pierde un poco la intensidad de las frecuencias bajas, cuando haya una buena promocion me comprate una segunda para escucharla en modo apilable

It looks good, it feels good, and yes: it sounds good. While it is a single portable speaker (tempting me to buy it a friend for “stack mode” with everything but it’s price), it fills our living room with music. My wife and I both feel that the sound has a “live” quality to it, a bit like you are at a concert – even when you’re not looking at the logo.

It gets plenty loud, even for use out on our screened porch, but most of the volume seems to come in the last few notches of my phone’s volume setting – maybe that’s more a quirk of my phone than the speaker – but as a system it has a lot of adjustability up to about half volume, then the upper half of the volume range only has about 5 notches to choose from.

The app settings are very basic, just treble and bass enhance from 1 to 10. I would have expected +/- levels, or at least a 0; and no it’s not a SpinalTap custom unit, so you can’t crank anything to 11. The app also helps to setup “stack” mode with 2 or more Middletons if you happen to have them, firmware update if that’s ever necessary, and that’s it.

When the phone and Middleton were both plugged in charging, they had a little interference from the nearby microwave as it was cooking, silent dropouts in the music – that’s probably just about any bluetooth product, especially when you have an unshielded 6′ cable plugged into it. It did similar intermittent drop outs in playback when the phone was taken too far away.

The soft rubber case seems very durable, and it prevents unwanted rattles and hums with the table when the U2 gets loud. The sound does project nicely in all directions, 360 degrees.

As compared with my ~$50 each pair of Earfun Ubooms, the single Middleton is clearly a better portable sound solution: louder, easier to carry than 2 Ubooms, and better sound overall when playing at equal volumes.

This speaker has a great over-all sound for the size, it’s a little big to throw in say a purse or something small, but it fits into my Backpack just fine, far as sound, it had great Low-End Bass Response especially on a shelf up close to a wall or something, it’s not Bang & Olufsen good or Bowers & Wilkins, but for the money it does the job well, and those other high end speakers don’t have the low-end this one does without going bigger in size, I definitely say it beats design quality and over-all sound over Bose, I’ve never been impressed by Bose, if you’re looking for something a little smaller and still has very good sound, I’d recommend the “Emberton” by Marshall also, you can find those close to $100 on sale, battery life is fine with the Middleton, it hasnt ran out on me yet after usi g it for a 10 hour shift at half or more volume, , water resistant, dust proof, if is a little heavy like I said but if you want the sound, it’s worth the extra weight, if you’re on the fence just buy it! I’ve looked at almost every speaker brand out there and this is what I ended up with, if you want a good comparison, check out “Danny Pops” on Youtube, he has them all!

Oh my! I have always wanted to try out a Marshall speaker and since our old portable Sony finally died on us – it lasted about 15 years, I knew Marshall was a quality speaker system with my husband being an audiophile nerd lol. We own some old school theater Ushers in pristine condition are amazing. Anyhow, ordered the black Marshall’s since we’ll be taking this camping. The rubber surrounding the unit is thick to protect the box and the carrying handle is sturdy and strong. It’s heavy too like a real speaker should feel like from the inside components. It just means that they’re aren’t any cheap plastics inside. Controls are integrated and a little hard to see in the dark but it is clearly labeled once you light on it. The on/off button is the big metal button that also serves as the forward/backwards and volume. The battery indicator is red and has easy to see bright bars. Bluetooth is easy to use and the sound! Oh boy, use the default setting for the bass and go up one push for the treble and you can clearly hear the middle and high notes! Definitely no Bose here – you know that saying, “no highs, no lows – it must be Bose!” Lol. “Into the Air Tonight,” sounded absolutely amazing when I tested the music! It’s definitely got volume that’s and clear! No wimpy cheap speakers here. As for the price, well, you get what you pay for here, and it’s definitely worth the price! Heck, if you get two of them, you’ll get a set of quality inside speakers for your TV system or to use outside as well!

Built quality is excellent, small size for perfect outdoor, function are great and mostly very easy to use and volume is excellent… I love it