MIDDLETON II vs Sonos Five
Side-by-side on the specs that matter, with category winners and an opinionated take to help you decide.
This is a choice between iconic rock-and-roll style and seamless modern multi-room audio for your home.
Pick the Marshall Middleton II if you want a portable, rugged speaker with classic rock aesthetics that can move from the living room to the backyard.
Pick the Sonos Five if you want superior, room-filling sound quality and to build a connected, multi-room audio system throughout your home.
- —The Middleton II is a portable Bluetooth speaker, while the Sonos Five is a Wi-Fi powered home speaker.
- —The Sonos Five offers vastly better sound and stereo pairing, but the Middleton has a rugged, iconic design.
- —The Sonos integrates into a whole-home system, whereas the Marshall is a standalone, go-anywhere device.
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