BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS
MARSHALL EMBERTON DIAMOND JUBILEE EDITION
£160 / marshallheadphones.com
In music circles, 1962 isn’t just famous for being the year the Rolling Stones formed and Bob Dylan released his debut album. It’s also the year in which Jim Marshall began building guitar amps in a small drum shop in suburban London – amps that would go on to become genuine icons of the great rock’n’roll revolution.
Six decades later the Marshall brand is still going strong, albeit with a much more diverse range of audio products. Released to celebrate this anniversary, the Emberton Diamond Jubilee Edition is a fresh take on the firm’s beloved compact Bluetooth speaker, swapping Marshall’s signature black-and-brass look for a striking all-black finish.
That’s right: the buttons, badges and grilles have all been what those in the car modification business call ‘murdered out’, giving this mini speaker a delightfully mean and moody look. The only flash of colour comes from a couple of red indicator LEDs on the top.