Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) vs Marshall Kilburn 2

The Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) is an exemplary product and one of the very best Portable Bluetooth Speakers at the $80 budget.

The Marshall Kilburn 2, however, doesn't seem to have enough data available for us to be able to draw any meaningful conclusions. If you're considering Portable Bluetooth Speakers in the $220 range, you might want to check out some other options.

The Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) got praised by Rtings and SoundGuys - two highly trusted sources that perform in-depth hands-on testing. It was awarded the "Best Compact Golf Cart Speaker" title from Rtings and "best style" from SoundGuys in their respective Portable Bluetooth Speaker roundups.

Moving on to the Marshall Kilburn 2: it has done really well in a number of roundups done by sources that perform objective and reliable testing, including MakeUseOf, iMore, and nextpit.com - it won the "Ranked 1 out of 10" title from MakeUseOf, "Ranked 1 out of 9" from iMore, and "Ranked 1 out of 6" from nextpit.com. That points towards it being a cut above most of its competitors.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. PCmag, for example, preferred the Bose SoundLink Micro (2017), while TrustedReviews and TechHive rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) got reviewed the highest by houseandbeyond.org - it gave it a rating of 9.8, while the Marshall Kilburn 2 most impressed reviewers at macsources.com, which gave it a score of 10.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Portable Bluetooth Speakers on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Portable Bluetooth Speakers being 7.6 out of 10, whereas the Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) and Marshall Kilburn 2 managed averages of 8.3 and 8.3 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Bose SoundLink Micro (2017) vs. Marshall Kilburn 2 comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.