By Jamie Carter
Here’s a multi-room speaker that looks unashamedly like a bulky Marshall amplifier you might find on stage at a gig. Need your own Wall of Sound at home? If you do, the Woburn spits out a pretty serious 110W from any device with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Compatible not only with AirPlay, ChromeCast and Spotify Connect, but also with two other wireless speakers in Zound’s Marshall collection – the Acton and Stanmore – the Marshall Woburn makes one helluva sound.
The new collection of Marshall multi-room speakers are all about presenting a stylistic alternative to Sonos. And like its nemesis, the Sonos Play:5, the Woburn has no remote control. Compatible with Apple AirPlay, Google ChromeCast and also baked-in to Spotify, the Woburn can be installed using the Google Home app on either OS, and connected to via WiFi or Bluetooth. However, it does have hard-button controls.
The release of the Woburn and its smaller stablemates, the Acton and Stanmore, has led to some confusion because the manufacturer Zound used these names a couple of years ago on some basic Bluetooth speakers. The newer products’ much higher prices are the only giveaway. The Marshall Woburn is available in black …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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