Marshall’s lineup of non-rockstar-grade audio gear simply acquired somewhat larger. As part of IFA 2025, the corporate introduced the Heston 60, a extra compact soundbar that enhances its beforehand launched Heston 120. As typical, Marshall is maintaining issues mid-century with a design that invokes its traditional amps and consists of tactile controls (buttons as a substitute of knobs like these used on the Heston 120), woven material, and PU leather-based. It additionally is available in both cream or black, however if you happen to don’t purchase the cream model, you’re simply mistaken for my part.
Whereas the look is usually the identical because the Heston 120, other than the knobs (bummed these are gone, by the best way), there are some key variations between the 2 soundbars. For one, the Heston 60 is rather more compact, which makes it best for anybody with much less room, although you’ll get much less growth to your buck. The Heston 60 has seven amplifiers in comparison with the Heston 120’s 11 amplifiers. It’s a lot quieter at 56W of complete energy in comparison with 150W of peak energy. For most individuals, that shall be greater than sufficient, although, and regardless of the much less highly effective sound, the Heston 60 has another tips up its sleeve.
One cool function is that the Heston 60 could be mounted on the wall or set on a TV stand because of specifically designed waveguides and angled drivers. Relying on whether or not the Heston 60 is mounted or not, you’ll be able to flip the reversible management to go well with the soundbar’s orientation and even transfer the Marshall emblem, which is magnetic. In all probability my favourite factor about this soundbar is that it actually leans into repairability. Based on Marshall, the Heston 60 has a number of replaceable components, together with the fret (the speaker grill), finish caps, drivers, and circuit boards, which embody a few of the most essential components of any soundbar.
So far as connectivity goes, the Heston 60 ought to rise to the event, with HDMI 2.1 eARC, a 3.5mm jack, and Bluetooth 5.3. It’s additionally suitable with AirPlay 2, Google Forged, Spotify Join, and Tidal Join. There are additionally a number of modes for particular conditions. Whereas music and film modes are easy, voice and night time modes are sort of fascinating. Voice mode accentuates dialogue in films (for all these subtitle individuals on the market), and night time mode truly works to dampen loud sound results and retains dialogue listenable so that you don’t wake the entire rattling home up.
If you happen to’re questioning the place your low-end goes to come back from, Marshall can also be launching a subwoofer, the Heston Sub 200, which borrows the same power from the Heston 60. There’s the identical amp-inspired mid-century look, and the Heston Sub 200 is equally as repairable. It’s wi-fi, too, which is good if you happen to’re like me and hate stuffing a bunch of cables behind your sofa, even if you happen to gained’t ever see them. The sub will join with the Heston 120 if you happen to already personal Marshall’s larger soundbar. As is the case with Marshall’s earlier entrant into the soundbar house, neither the Heston 60 nor the Heston Sub 200 will come low-cost. Each will launch formally on Sept. 23 for $699 and $599, respectively.
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