Customer Ratings & Reviews

All I listen to is heavy metal and it's booms it out all over the house. I position the rear about an inch away from a wall to get a nice bass boost. The may be the 1st speaker I've ever bought that wasn't part of a boom box or goes in a car but it's awesome lol.

Got this for daughter as her Christmas wish. She was so happy. I’m surprised the sounds is really great and loud even she’s using it from bedroom upstairs we can hear it downstairs. I would recommend this product to my friends. It’s a very useful portable little speaker that you can take it with you anywhere.

Small but loud! Prefect for travel. Sound great! Great product.

Great sound for a little speaker. Works awesome..

One of the best compact speakers that I thought can outperform JBL and Sony in the same form factor for similar price. I always bring this everywhere I go and people are surprised the sound quality coming from a small speaker.

Great sound quality with so much of detailing . Loved sound quality

Great job Marshall!!! Sound: Highs and Bass are distinct. Voice comes out clear. Connection: Easy. Simple Bluetooth connection. Battery: 20 hours!I a Appearance. Looks like a guitar amp. Nice colors and feel of rubber around for slip resistance and drop protection. Great speaker!

I wanted some headphones then decided this speaker looked better. Sound quality with Marshall speakers has never let me down. This speaker is no exception. Great battery life. Even pairs up with my Switch. Great for gatherings also.

Best portable Bluetooth speaker I have owned. Great sound and nice bass. Very portable to take around. I have the white Marshall logo and grill version. Then I saw this in black and brass and had to get it. Highly recommend. Only thing is you can’t sync and play two speakers at the same time.

It really does have great sound for such a little speaker! I had a JBL charge 3 before and I think this sounds better, and also isn't fragile like the JBL which ended up unusable after a couple of years. This speaker feels very sturdy and I expect it will last much longer.

The sound quality is amazing. Only the downside is the connection will be lost sometimes.

Excellent sound… A lot of bass and it comes out of both sides of the speakers. The battery life is insanely good… And it has a classic Marshall Styling!

One of the best speakers I’ve ever had for the size you can really take it anywhere and hold it without getting tired I would Definitely recommend this speaker if you were mobile and just need something to listen to

This speaker has a great sound. It produces a very full sound indoor and outdoors. It’s very portable, just throw it in your bag and go. I showed it to a couple of friends and they immediately ordered one.

Coming from Marshall you can expect high standards. They quality sound on this tiny speaker is amazing, connectivity and design are great too. The sound will come from both sides of the speaker. Just great investment

Years ago, I purchased a small bluetooth speaker from Bose for $200–the Bose Mini Soundlink II - and have grown to love it over years. I bought that speaker right when I started to get more into better-quality audio, having graduated from the $5 Sony earbuds with the retractable case, and the cheap portable speakers that require constant power connections and bluetooth connections were less than quality. And years ago, when I made that purchase, I spent the right amount of money for the right product; it was expensive for sure, but to this day that speaker sits on my desk and gets used every single week. Generally speaking, speakers in this category—small, portable bluetooth speakers—need to sound great, operate relatively quietly (they are mostly single-room speakers, after all) and look great (something I’ve become to expect in nearly every tech product I buy). After acquiring that Bose speaker, over the years I’ve attempted to replace it many times, but could not quite find the perfect fit...either something would look great but not match the sound, or sound great but be too expensive or too large, or some other combination that wasn’t quite the ‘Goldilocks Just-Right’ speaker. Years went buy, and while my speaker collection grew when it came to medium and large speakers, I eventually resolved to avoid this small speaker market so as not to put another device back in its box to never be used again. And there have been contenders, for sure—but as soon as speakers started becoming circular, a design aesthetic I’m just not a big fan of, I stuck with my Bose speaker. But for years, I’ve seen Marshall speakers...they are obviously big players in the game, and there’s something about their design that has always caught my eye: consistency. I. Love. Consistency. It is among the most important things to me, and consistency in design, especially when it comes to speakers and the decades of development that have gone into sound science since my first stereo speakers, there is something that I’ve always viewed as ‘timeless’ with Marshall’s speaker designs. Such is the case with the Marshall Emberton speaker, which quite frankly is as much a decoration as it is a speaker. It is slightly more modern than the standard wood-box Marshall speaker designs I’ve seen over the years and even recently. This model, though, maintains a very specific design language to itself and to its brand, providing an almost ‘guitar-amp’ look with the rubberized textured grip around the sides and along the top of the speaker. Even down to the power on and power off sounds which sound like an electric guitar, this is a product that knows its audience. And, while I’m not some metal-head, nor am I in a band, I’ve wanted a Marshall speaker for years almost purely for how they look. In terms of physical size, it’s what you expect from a small portable speaker—and as long as you don’t mind it’s boxy design (as opposed to the cylindrical design alternative), you should have no issues fitting this into your backpack, suitcase, gym bag or picnic gear. The entirety of the speaker seems to be designed around simplicity, which is another thing that is consistent in its features as much as it is in its design. Simple interactions with a bluetooth speaker—all of the standard things (like play, pause, volume, forward and back) are handled with a single control knob, which isn’t a knob at all (although looks like one, except for the fact that it is flush with the top of the unit). Instead, it would be more accurate to call this a control ‘stick,’ in that it mimics the functionality of a joystick; it also serves as the power button when pressed and held. This button feels great to interact with, not feeling ‘new’ or ‘stiff’ out of the box, but like it’s intended to be used comfortably. The only other button on the body of the unit is the pairing button; this speaker will connect to multiple sources at once and, depending on your devices, will do a decent job at switching back and forth if you have more than one device paired at a time. And speaking of simple, this speaker has only one port—and thank goodness, it’s USB Type C. The port serves as the charging port, and Marshall includes a USB Type A to USB Type C cable in the box, although no power brick. It’s also worth noting that there is no line-in port, which is fine as far as I’m concerned, but nonetheless something to consider. Generally speaking, I have negative feeling toward smart phone companion apps that are created by manufacturers of consumer audio equipment...in many cases, I find them to be over engineered, or lacking in features, or both. I love having access to an equalizer for sure, but there are plenty of third-party options for that if it’s all you need. Marshall, while having applications for their other speakers, does not seem to bring this compatibility to the Emberton, which quite frankly, is nice...it maintains the move toward simplicity that everything about this speaker already boasts. Emberton claims a 20 hour battery life, presumably at 50% volume, although I haven’t had it long enough to confirm that. Generally speaking, it doesn’t seem an unreasonable claim, but I can’t be sure either way. One particularly nice feature when it comes to the battery life is the on-device battery indicator which consists of 10 red LEDs. This is a minor thing for sure, but having that level of specificity around the charge remaining is not something you see often when it comes to on-device battery levels. Marshall doesn’t claim this to be a multi-directional speaker, but one thing it does particularly well is utilize it’s surrounding surfaces—specifically walls behind it—to reflect sound and truly fill a room. I wouldn’t be afraid to have this in a larger room as my speaker of choice, provided you don’t need a multi-room setup or you just want one speaker you can move with you from room to room regardless of size. And, it’s durable—with IPX7 water resistance, and the aforementioned ‘guitar amp’ rugged looking design, you wouldn’t have to worry about dinging this up, although you probably still won’t want to. The sound is, put simply, fantastic. Speakers this small (and I realize, I have been out of the small speaker game for some time now) typically do a great job as mid-range audio performers; vocals, light instrumental sound great, while the bass leaves something lacking and the highs come off crass and cracky. That is not the case for the Emberton, which provides a great balanced sound in the mids and highs while also putting out a decent amount of bass for a speaker of its size. Straight up, the sound on this obliterates the quality of my years old Bose speaker, which started showing it’s age as soon as I pulled the Emberton from the box. Audio is crystal clear at all levels, even at its loudest...although I admit, I don’t think anyone would need to put the volume to the max as I found it difficult to be around at that level. For a small or even a large room, I wouldn’t think any more than 75% volume would ever be needed, even if you had people over. If I have one complaint—and believe me, this is nit-picky—for as loud as it can go, it can’t go equally as quiet, or at least not with the several devices I’ve tested it with. This is anything but a deal breaker, but I did find that its lowest volume was still a bit too loud for use in my office at night which is next to my daughter’s bedroom. I guess that’s why headphones exist. Another quick note, this time about the packaging. I’ve opened a couple of products recently that have had relatively basic, minimal packaging...nothing fancy by any means, but still easy to get into and presents the product (arguably the most important part) in a great way when opening. The Emberton is in this category as well, and while I like a good unboxing experience with a crisp, clean box, I will admit that this trend of putting a little less production into packaging, maybe for the sake of being somewhat more environmentally friendly, is growing on me. And, it serves a functional purpose for the buyer—I was able to get the box open and the product powered on and in use in a matter of seconds, which is great. This speaker was provided as a review unit in exchange for an honest, unbiased review—but regardless, this IS my new favorite small speaker, and one that I would fully recommend buying. The $150 price tag is about as high as it needs to be as far as I’m concerned, kind of at the top end of the budget for small portable speakers, but given the fantastic sound quality and a classic design, it checks the right boxes to justify the price.

Small portable speaker, great sound, long lasting battery!

This is a great sounding speaker. The size is perfect for setting it on your desk, a table or even a window sill. If you enjoy your music and care about the sound quality then this speaker is for you.

This is probably the best portable speaker for the money. The sound quality is superb. The battery life is also 20 hrs which is certainly longer than the competition. Buy this speaker and you won’t be disappointed.

Bought this speaker for my best friends birthday. It is small compact but it does the job on keeping the party going. Took this bad boy to the beach and was not disappointed!