Marshall Heston 120

Can Marshall hit a home run with its home cinema debut?

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Soundbars have a tendency to look quite dull. And, sure, it's hard to make a black or white rectangular bar look jazzy. Marshall has made its model stand out with a retro design in keeping with its famed guitar amps. The rotating metal knobs on the top allow you to adjust the volume, source, sound mode, bass and treble. They even illuminate when you interact with them.

The body consists of wrapped leather trims and a brushed metal panel. Beware though: it's quite a long soundbar at 110cm.

There are five full-range drivers, two tweeters, two mid-woofers and two subwoofer units. Three of the full-range drivers are at the front of the soundbar, leaving the remaining two at either end in order to fire the sound sideways. The tweeters and mid-woofers are upwards firing. That leaves the rectangular bass drivers facing forward towards the listener, with four passive radiators around the back to boost the lower frequencies.