Marshall - Middleton

Marshall Middleton first gen. It’s a heavy beast but has the best balance. JBL has the best software but the sound profile is fatiguing. The ULT 3 is boomy compared to the better balanced ULT 1 and excellent ULT 7. Emberton 2 has great vocal clarity but not much bass. Middleton corrects that shortcoming. It’ll work well with what you listen to.

Great point. I take mine a lotta places, dusty places like camping and the beach. It’s been dropped on cement. Spilled stuff on it. Zero issues. And of course they pair with other same era Marshalls like embertons. And that’s the 1… afaik, the 2 ups the rating from Gen 1 —IPX7 ( waterproof not dust-proof) …to Gen2 IP67 both waterproof and dust-proof Also supposedly more base presence and even better sound staging. Also better volume levels and at full volume less distortion and bass drop ( it’s a bit of an issue but I usually don’t have it at full blast) My 1’s sound awesome as they are. Partly due to the fact that there’s actually 4 speakers on every side, afaik that’s quite unique. I lovem and would definitely recommend either them or the 2’s — Battery life jumps from not bad 20 hours to a more decent 30 on the 2’s. Wattage climbs from 20 to 30 watts. It’s pretty intriguing this review. Seems to say that the version 2 loses the stack daisy chain feature in favour of AuralCast which for me is a negative. If true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K-9rXsUKVQ

Not sure how light you packing, but the Marshall Middleton weighs 3.8 pounds, the Marshall Emberton II weighs 1.5 pounds…both sound amazing to my ears and I love playin em paired.

The Marshall Middleton line has Aux in and low latency. It’s what I hook my OP-XY up to when I travel.

Dont sleep on that middleton. I got 2 of them to stereo and it sounded rich but compare to its older siblings like tufton, acton or stanmore the middleton is a little digitally processed but besides that since yiu got the money for xtreme then I suggest you get the killburns 2/3.0 and it sounds better than middleton and louder for its size.

I wouldn't expect too much from it if I were you. You'll get a real performance boost if you opt for a larger speaker, such as the Marshall Middleton for example.

I have the Bose soundlink max and had the Middleton, the Bose sounds a lot cleaner and I think looks more modern and elegant. Don’t listen to those that say what about X speaker or X speaker sounds better than you find out that X speaker is better because it’s just gigantic (jbl boombox or Union X).

I also have a Marshall Middleton (which appears to be $209 on Amazon). It has pretty good sound. The bass rolls off pretty substantially at a certain point. I would still pick the Move 2 over it though. That being said, if you’re really looking to stay in your lower budget, the Middleton is a good choice.

I'd go with the Sony ULT 7 for a large speaker, and for a smaller speaker that also produces all frequencies, I'd choose the Marshall Middleton, because of the stereo separation which is superb in my opinion.

I have the Middleton by Marshall and that thing is amazing! It's loud has good base. The only thing I hate is the control. But you can control it through your phone.

From the RTINGS data, the major differences are: \- The Bose sounds better at higher volumes(less compression) and has 2x the battery life. \- The Marshall has much better soundstage The Bose also has slightly more accurate frequency response, but it's close. Soundstage and appearance/branding are really the only selling points of the Marshall. If those aren't important to you, you'd probably be better off with almost any other speaker in the price range. You could also get a UE EpicBoom which gives you the best of both worlds. For me, I'm happy to trade some volume and battery life for improved soundstage, so I have a Marshall(found a good deal locally).