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.

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).

Got the Middleton for my buddy who loves his music.....had a little play with it before gifting it to him and was blown away with the sound, tried all kinds of music ranging from metal, hip hop, electronic and the bass was impressive given the size of the speaker! No experience with the Bose but the marshall blew me away. I usually listen to music through big kef floor standing speakers and couldn't believe the clarity and volume from it 🤘