Should you get the Acton III or Stanmore III?

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We listen to the Acton & Stanmore side by side in real time...
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@LyssusX 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review! Appreciate that you shared your conclusion immediately, and the way you explained things was clear and entertaining. Didn’t feel like I needed to skip ahead at any point

@alexplane5359 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Danny P 👌 I bought the acton 3 a few weeks ago because of your review 😉 I've given it a kickin and it's what we call in South Yorkshire UK as a do 'er 💪 gets the job done and not to big to place around the house. Brilliant sound, mint build. It's like a guard dog for the neighbours too. When the acton starts barking they shut up 😂 keep up the top work matey, your a good en Danny 👍

@ItsJustMeStevie 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Seen many videos and couldn’t figure out what to get. I’m sold on the Stanmore! Can connect to home DJ controller, iPhone and Apple TV for home entertainment. Thank you so much!!!!

@JLamstudio 10 ай бұрын

Love my Stanmore III. Sounds incredible.

@TheAsvitor 8 ай бұрын

I bought the stanmore 3 and I am very happy. I have the iPhone paired and a record player connected to the RCA input. Thanks

@adele7904 9 ай бұрын

I just bought Acton3!! So excited

@matheusribeiro5142 10 ай бұрын

Great video, very useful to me! I have a 5-year 1st gen Stanmore, which is still great. I'm a great fan of bass but now I'm grabbing an Acton III for its value for money. Woburn still in my dreams, out of my pocket range though. Thanks! ❤

@richardneumann6694 6 ай бұрын

Hi there, you might be able to help me. I have an opportunity to purchase a Stanmore 1 in my country at a pretty good price .. I'm just not sure how it holds up vs the Stanmore 2 or 3... From what you've said you've been happy with your Stanmore 1? Cheers

@saspirella09 9 ай бұрын

That lil one packs a punch. I like that 💯

@michaelstanley5215 10 ай бұрын

Just bought the Acton III and love it, but it very much sounds like small speaker, no matter how awesome the audio quality is. Is this a problem that the Stanmore overcomes? Also, when you test speakers are they straight out of the box? I find that my Acton has greatly benefited from its week of break-in time.

@snappydragon824 3 ай бұрын

Impressive sounds Marshall is the best of all speaker and king of kings

@RoundNeckTshrt 10 ай бұрын

You helped me a lot to hear the difference and last month i bought a Acton iii.. waiting for your next video.. Love from India brother.. keep rocking!!!

@kitboy56 10 ай бұрын

Ești mulțumit de Acton 3? Aștept sa ajungă și a mea.

@aaronlobo496 10 ай бұрын

How do you find the bass?

@ec8155 2 ай бұрын

I went to best buy and checked both. I bought the stanmore 3.

@georgescheng5808 7 күн бұрын

great video! Very helpful

@MetalXaron 9 ай бұрын

Just bought the Acton III, and it was this video that helped me choose between the acton and the Stanmore. Also your video with all your speakers, where you described the Acton being great for 70's rock. It does sounds great and it punches more than enough for a room. I also had the Emberton 2, and i was expexcting that sound experience. Although the Emberton has that unique signature, the Acton sounds more neutral, as default. So it fits better for a larger variety of musical genres. Love it so far! Thanks for your work and helping us listen to quality sound. By the way... at the store, I couldn't listen the Acton, only the Stanmore was displayed. And I feel no difference at low/mid volume.

@naveenparuuthi1868 8 ай бұрын

How is Acton compared to Emberton..??

@MetalXaron 8 ай бұрын

@@naveenparuuthi1868 A totally different beast. Gets much louder and keeps its bass to top level. And the sound quality is amazing. If you're not looking for portability, get the Acton. You won't be disappointed. Emberton has a really cool sound signature, but as soon as you turn the volume upper than 60%, the bass vanishes and it sound distorted. So if you are able to listen to your favorite music and you like to play it loud, get the Acton.

@naveenparuuthi1868 8 ай бұрын

@@MetalXaron Thanks a ton for clearing my confusion.

@user-zs2lj9mv5m 2 ай бұрын

thank you for the review !! extremely helpful ! by the way what is the music that was played at 4:00 ? so good, haha

@bsxtn 10 ай бұрын

I am new here and I hit subscribe because your presentation is awesome.

@antoniovivaldi5218 3 ай бұрын

Ciao e grazie x il video. Potresti dirmi come lo hai collegato in aux?Grazie.

@Dgamax Ай бұрын

Hello, thanks for this review :) Do you notice any latency on aux input ? I would like to plug Microphone on it but I saw some ppl complaining about this aux input because latency is noticeable.

@jadeofspades2226 10 ай бұрын

wow the Acton lll is $$629.99 here in New Zealand 😢 and i still want it 😅

@nickmegadeth6633 Ай бұрын

I bought the Acton 3 because of the more compact size and it was 120 euros cheaper... quality of both sounds good and the bass on the Acton is still mega! I have it close to a wall with treble at 5 and bass at 6 and it's very good!

@jkproduction4631 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the contents!! I am trying to figure out if I can buy two of the Acton to use as surrounding speaker through aux connection for my MacBook set up but I cna't really see anyone uses them like that. Can I use them like that? and how did you connect both of the speaker in your labtop?? thank you!!!

@hisir750l1 3 ай бұрын

Just got the stanmore 3 and have bitten by the bug. I currently have a yamaha whole home system but now want marshall to take over the duty. 2 stanmores and a woburn. For the ultimate in aesthetics, 1 stanmore stacked on woburn (yes literally) with bass down and the woburn taking care of the thunder. As you own quite a few marshalls , do you know if LE is active yet. Cheers

@GOLFADDICT65 9 ай бұрын

Hi Danny...awesome review....ACTON 3 is currently 299 ( Canadian ) ... 215 ( US ) .....stanmore 3 399 ( canadian ) 290 ( USD ).....would you say thats a great deal and worth the money ? thx bud....cheers from Canada

@calebzmayberry Ай бұрын

I have a question, I’m trying to get my action III to pair with my Crosby C6 record player. Both have Bluetooth and I’ve tried everything but I can’t get the two to pair together. I can pair them both to different devices just fine. When I use the 3.5 jack I don’t get great volume control. Can anyone give me some advice to fix this issue? Or what 3.5 jack should I buy to get more volume? Thanks 🙏🏻

@Kyoungminyshka 10 ай бұрын

can't wait to get my acton iii

@JavierLiera3 7 күн бұрын

I sold my Woburn 3 and although I do miss it I can’t complain because I replaced it with a DiamondBoxx L3. Amazing speaker but it just sounded a little “boxy” to me if that makes sense.

@toniamitchell3486 5 ай бұрын

Best comparison ever

@DannyPops 5 ай бұрын

Best viewer ever :)

@robmarth2226 7 ай бұрын

your laptop has 2 of 3.5mm jacks??

@ChrisBessy 3 ай бұрын

with my sutdio headphones i directly hear that the Acton is more flat sound .... the Stanmore has more bass but a great hollow in the mids. I prefer the sound of Acton.

@doax3333 7 ай бұрын

Totally disagree. I own both and the Stanmore has a way fuller sound.

@MalcolmX96 5 ай бұрын

It is worth it to buy stanmore 3 ? Which u most prefer

@billl_wattss578 4 ай бұрын

@@MalcolmX96 I would recommend Stanmore bc u can clearly hear the difference even in this video. Acton unfortunately still sounds like a small speaker. If u have larger spaces like living room def Stanmore but maybe for smaller rooms acton.

@ec8155 Ай бұрын

Go for Stanmore3

@victorlemaire1216 4 күн бұрын

Yes ,Stan more 😂❤

@ACasualCustomer Ай бұрын

For me the Stanmore is better. Its going for $350 now. Key differences are the RCA input in the Stanmore is going to be much more versatile for me, I can connect it to my TV and my DVD players. In this category since they're not portable size isn't important, it's pure specs

@yashj8238 6 күн бұрын

your voice is so pleasant

@gastredner6044 9 ай бұрын

Hear this with my Kilburn II. Like your Videos.

@Z-sarcor 8 ай бұрын

Now in Amazon the Stanmore II is cheaper than the Acton III, which would you say will be a better choice? The Stanmore II is €249 and the acton III €280.

@DannyPops 8 ай бұрын

I prefer the III series over the II so if it were me I'd go for the acton III

@Nicebuoy666 2 ай бұрын

Have the Stanmore iii it's amazing

@chidambarbhat7294 3 ай бұрын

Hi Danny, I have small room. Which marshall speaker should I buy. I want to buy acton 3 but I wonder if it sounds good even at very low volume. Please suggest which one should I buy.

@olafzuberbuehler4867 23 күн бұрын

Hello, I am the (loud)speaker of Danny. Buy the Acton III! I give you money back guarantie 😅

@maxtretyakov3075 Ай бұрын

why in all photos and videos metal details looks like yellow brass, but in real life they looks like pink gold???! and leather's cream color is more white

@JoaoLopes-ln2im Ай бұрын

Love my Acton iii.

@leonardussumargo775 6 ай бұрын

I kinda get the point...while the Acton sounds more trebly dan Stanmore more balanced, but the treble on Acton sounds a bit more refine, more open compared to Stanmore here. Stanmore sounds a bit darker and not that open (a little boxy?) compared to Acton

@CarMumel_Anthony 9 ай бұрын

What a timely video.. i was in this dilemma now.. hahaha 😂

@aaronlobo496 10 ай бұрын

Not sure if a fair comparison but I'm torn between the Jbl charge 5 and Acton 3. Heard then in person at the mall, but just to make sure which of these are better for POP music and good bass? I mostly listen to Taylor Swift.

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

The Acton III is going to be producing a lot fuller sound than the Charge 5. Maybe the Xtreme3 would be a better comparison. Or for a budget - the Tribit Blast or Soundcore Motion Boom + are good.

@aaronlobo496 10 ай бұрын

@@DannyPops we don't have tribit or soundcore in India. Difficult to find. JBL, Bose and Marshall are easily available to check. I wouldn't mind spending a bit more on Acton 3 since I'll also be getting a discount from Marshall but wouldn't want to spend much on the charge 5. Hence wanted to just be sure on what would be a better purchase.

@nitinbhawnani 9 ай бұрын

Marshall’s sound signature is a lot better than JBL imo. Also, acton is not portable, it needs constant power supply. On the other hand JBL charge is portable. So you can purchase according to your need..

@kitboy56 10 ай бұрын

Ieri am dat comanda pentru Acton 3. Azi trebuie sa ajunga. 310 $ costa la noi.

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Song name ???

@aaronlobo496 10 ай бұрын

What is the best setting to have with Acton 3? With the treble bass and voice settings I mean. I'm looking for good clarity and better bass too.

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

I just keep mine centered on treble and bass.

@michaelstanley5215 10 ай бұрын

It really depends on your volume level. I keep mine at a low level (it's in my home office) and have the bass set at 8 and the treble at 10. There are 11 settings for each. I also have my speaker connected to my PC and use Equalizer APO/Peace GUI on Windows to adjust sound. I find that the higher treble gives the speaker a very nice airyness that it doesn't have at lower settings and if you set the bass too high it can begin to distort, even at low volumes.

@anastasisstratos5633 10 ай бұрын

For me it works best Bass 6 and Treble 8, around mid to high volume. Also depends on the music you listen to and other eq's etc. Cheers!

@Masya116 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comparison. Tell me please, does the cream version get dirty or easy to clean?

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

I have the Woburn 1 and thus stanmore iii in cream and haven't noticed a lot of marks. In terms of cleaning them it'd be like cleaning a pleather car seat I'm guessing... I haven't cleaned them much.

@michaelstanley5215 10 ай бұрын

They are coated in 'vegan leather' - just a soft cloth with some water should easily clean them.

@87evens 7 ай бұрын

I based my purchase more on aesthetics than sound. I bought the Stanmore III yesterday (haven’t gotten it yet). I saw both the Stanmore and Acton in person at a home store and purchased the Stanmore III based on the size. Have yet to hear the audio quality of it in person. My other speakers in my home are Sonos, which I use for streamed airplay music over my phone. I plan to place the Stanmore III on a credenza in my living room to use with my vinyl record player. Aesthetically, Stanmore III has much more of a significant presence than Acton. I also looked at the Woburn but that thing looks too massive vertically for my taste and would overwhelm my living room aesthetically.

@kunalrana5321 2 ай бұрын

how has been the stanmore so far

@curlyboy5540 9 ай бұрын

Recently bought Acton 3 and while the sound quality is good I can’t recommend this speaker for modern music genres like house, it just doesn’t have enough bass. On the other hand it is perfectly fine for rock, classical, vocals and overall midrange just don’t expect much bass from this unit.

@SILKY_999 6 ай бұрын

This is why I don’t wanna buy the Acton because I listen to lot of house music. And same time I feel like if you gonna buy the Stanmore 3 you might as well spend a little more and get the Woburn 3 but I only need a bedroom speaker so am so confused 🙈

@curlyboy5540 6 ай бұрын

@@SILKY_999 Then I would look elswhere. There is a lot of other stylish speakers with good bass like Harman Kardon aura studio 4 for example.

@SILKY_999 6 ай бұрын

@@curlyboy5540 I ended up ordering the Acton 3 just to see what it’s really like 🙈 will be getting it in few days so will report back. Thank you for the other recommendation will look at that never heard of it ? Is it really good ?

@anonymon35 5 ай бұрын

Did you end up keeping the Acton 3, how’s the bass?

@SILKY_999 5 ай бұрын

@@anonymon35 returned it wasn’t good

@Grommet2007 10 ай бұрын

Those aren't passive radiators. They're vents. Passive radiators are like those things you see at each end of a JBL BB3. Vents are cheaper to implement, but allow easy ingress of dust abd moisture into the box, so IP67 rating is not possible.

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

Thanks yeah the ports or vents.

@michaelstanley5215 10 ай бұрын

IP67 is not important for a speaker like this, they are not intended to be used outdoors or in an environment where moisture or dust is an issue.

@aaronlobo496 8 ай бұрын

What if stanmore 2 is now cheaper than Acton 3? Which is a better buy?

@Visse90 6 ай бұрын

This guy would probably say Acton 3. He didn't like Stanmore 2 or Acton 2 and didn't even keep 'em. Think he did a review of this a while ago.

@aaronlobo496 6 ай бұрын

@@Visse90 I got the Acton 3. Been months.

@user-bf5bg1kc2b 4 ай бұрын

Напишите название песни ?

@Isaiah11823 9 ай бұрын

🔥

@maju_mundur_kena 6 ай бұрын

Saya menemukan video ini karena saya sedang mempertimbangkan membeli acton 3 tapi saya ragu apakah kualitas suaranya sama bahkan lebih baik dibanding onyx studio 7/8 saat ini saya memiliki onyx studio 3 yang berumur lebih dari 4 tahun sekarang.

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Song name

@alanrossreviews 10 ай бұрын

seems jbl getting in on the retro look now as well with the authentics range

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

alan! Thanks :)

@michaeldavis6550 7 ай бұрын

I had a quick look at JBLs retro & they look awesome & wish I could hear them against marshals lineup. JBL hasent been as good since taken Over by Harmom Cardon, They lost their umth & shear power they used to be known for. I tried a JBL Soundbar with the 10in sub for my TV & it frankly sucked & exchanged it for a Polk audio with smaller sub & it totally blew the JBL away except in hard base. The JBL retro blutooth speakers definitely have my interest tho. They really look beautiful

@alanrossreviews 7 ай бұрын

@@michaeldavis6550 the 300 was disappointing to me.

@michaeldavis6550 7 ай бұрын

@alanrossreviews thanks for that info. Ended up with the marshal standmore 3 & while great I now have to take it back because you cannot enjoy music & do anything else on your phone because it shuts the music off when doing so & it's beyond frustrating. Incoming text shuts it off. Trying to scroll on your phone shuts it off & it's so frustrating that I think blutooth speakers suck now & hate to concept because you can't do anything else with your phone while music is playing & that's so worthless to me & frankly down Wright pisses me off to no end.

@alanrossreviews 7 ай бұрын

@@michaeldavis6550 not sure whats happening there its certainly not normal behavior

@Cursey69 10 ай бұрын

what's the brand of the aux cables that you used to plug into these 2 amazing speakers?

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

amzn.to/3Pl11RT (affiliate) while I couldn't find the original cables, this appears to be the exact same 3.5mm (the ones in the video came with the purchase of my original marshall 1 series speakers)

@Cursey69 10 ай бұрын

@@DannyPops thanks Danny 😁👍

@Cursey69 10 ай бұрын

@@DannyPops Hi Danny, did you notice a sound difference between using the aux cable instead of the bluetooth for both the Acton and Stanmore or it doesn't really make a difference due to the bluetooth version 5.2.

@nonamenofamily6832 5 ай бұрын

Super!!

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Techno song name please

@TomalBhattacharjee 9 ай бұрын

If I am trying to play a lossless music from Apple Music. Which one of them can play that? Either through Bluetooth or wired?

@marshall_forrest 8 ай бұрын

lossless only happens vai cable. Bluetooth is always a bit compressed. So both, as long as you have a cable.

@baldaslove 8 ай бұрын

@@marshall_forrest How can play lossless if I have a cable? Can you help me with that, please?

@yashj8238 6 күн бұрын

@@baldaslove just connect it with 3.5mm audio jack

@MotivateSnaps 3 ай бұрын

Hey, I’m wondering if I should get the Acton 3 or Stanmore 3. I have discount and it will only a 67$ difference for the Stanmore. Acton comes out to 207.83 Stanmore comes out 274.94 Which one should I get.

@karthikchandra3079 Күн бұрын

Which one did u end up getting?

@user-us7zj9is5i 6 ай бұрын

Danny I have the option to buy either the Stanmore 2 or the Acton 3 - the kicker is the Stanmore is on sale, so is actually cheaper than the Acton! Do you have a recommendation on that basis?

@SILKY_999 6 ай бұрын

Am in the same boat I think the Stanmore 2 is better value with more bass

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

This song name

@itinere7093 8 ай бұрын

no aac nor ldac codecs.... only sbc ....well, not for music on bluetooth.

@alokmurmu7682 6 ай бұрын

But support lc3 codec which is not available in market

@imitheus 2 ай бұрын

cool song! could you list?

@snack_buster7062 5 ай бұрын

The stanmore has a lot of bass ,if you love bass and son’t care that much about crisp audio you can go with stanmore

@alokmurmu7682 9 ай бұрын

Does this speaker support lc3 codec...

@DannyPops 9 ай бұрын

It does support it. But LC3 won't be out for a indefinite period of time.

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Song was play in video name plz

@rll527 5 ай бұрын

human rex banner

@michael_caz_nyc Ай бұрын

You should Never listen to Any Speaker at Max Volume - it causes Distortion, poor Fidelity and will eventually "Blow-the-Speaker" and Sound like a Kazoo.

@melancholic.egoist 2 ай бұрын

Go Xtra Large! WOBURN III! Those speakers aren't portable so size definitely doesn't matter. Plus stanmore's bass just doesn't sound right.

@herbfletcher 9 ай бұрын

Stanmore sounds more “live”

@hiddindragon08 10 ай бұрын

what song is this?

@kitboy56 10 ай бұрын

Cauta cu Shazam

@herbfletcher 9 ай бұрын

I love all these comparison sound videos but god please choose better music

@DannyPops 9 ай бұрын

If you'll give me money for the rights I will gladly accept. This is all royalty free.

@mattblack9344 20 күн бұрын

Acton sound better through my android phone speaker.

@nicole_barnaba 8 ай бұрын

Stanmore definitely sounds better

@sathira_anuk5179 6 ай бұрын

I don't think so, It's louder and have more Base that's it

@travelust90 8 ай бұрын

Louder is not better. Stanmore sounds better but definitely less louder than the Acton.

@PeterWelder 10 ай бұрын

very good review....but stop saying the word like each 10 words...

@DannyPops 10 ай бұрын

It's the 90s in me

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Song name??

@mayanksoni7710 6 ай бұрын

Song name ???

@philipbraun 3 ай бұрын

Rex Banner Human With Stanmore or Acton!!!!! BAMMMMMM