- Marshall Heston 120 sound bar is launched on June 3, 2025
- And it will cost you $ 1000 / £ 899 almighty
- Dolby Atmos, DTS: X and HDMI Passthrough
Marshall, known for its assets of amplifiers and speakers inspired by rock ‘N’ Roll, is taking its first steps in a completely new category of products: sound bars.
The first sound bar of the audio brand, the Marshall Heston 120, will reach its rooms from June 3, 2025 and will be available for a striking $ 999 / £ 899 (around AU $ 1599). The sound bar enabled for Marshall Dolby Atmos has more than 100 cm long, suitable for the best 55 -inch televisions and more, and promises a “colossal audio experience” with “immersive and spacious sound.”
However, it does not take advantage of a separate subs or rear speakers to supply this, with Marshall, opting for a design all in one. As a result, he feels that this is a natural competitor for the excellent Sonos Sonos Arc Ultra, which has the title of ‘Best sound bar all in one’ in our guide for the best sound bars currently available.
Have hands with the heston 120
I was lucky to be among the first to listen to Marshall Heston 120 at Marshall headquarters in Stockholm. First, I was surprised by its luxury retro design, something that I have always loved about products such as Marshall Monitor III ANC and the Marshall Emberton III.
Its false leather exterior housing combined with elegant golden details makes it stand out in a market full of thick black plastic bars.
There is also close attention to the design. For example, Marshall has installed three tactile dials to control volume, equalization and source. These use haptic comments for a satisfactory user experience, and are made of annoying metal, another wink to the roots related to the Marshall amplifier. There are also buttons for different sound modes, such as music, film, night or voice.
But what you are probably most interested in discovering, how did Heston 120 play? Well, I only got a brief demonstration in a space that almost imitated a living room. But from what I heard, this is quite impressive.
Marshall showed the capabilities of Heston 120 in three formats: stereo music; Dolby Atmos Music; and Dolby Atmos movies. Ed Camphor, audio technology and adjustment leadership in Marshall Group, told me that “our approach was a lot to obtain a good level of enamel in each format”, and that certainly seemed to be the case.
For example, when I heard stereo music, I hit me instantly with serious and shocking serious, of the type that so many sound bars fight to replicate, particularly without the help of a dedicated submarine.
Dolby Atmos’s music also impressed me, when tuning in bury a friend By Billie Eilish, vocal pans were tracked with roar, deep and screaming disturbing.
Finally, we saw a part of Star Wars: Episode I – The ghost threat In Disney Plus. The directionality of the spacecraft in a scene was delivered precisely, and the sound bar recreated large sound effects such strands that are advanced and crashed cleanly, in a real way. Unfortunately, Jar Jar Binks’s dialogue was clear about the glass, all the way through the scene.
Of course, these are only my initial impressions of a demonstration, so if you want my complete and unilrurting thoughts, you will have to wait for my full review. That will come soon …
In the sandy Nitty …
Then, in terms of technological specifications, the Marshall Heston 120 uses 11 active controllers, which includes height channels to capture the necessary verticality for the ‘true’ true ‘true’ side channels and side channels for a truly expansive audio. In total, it is obtaining a maximum 150W power in a 5.1.2 configuration. Of course, there is the compatibility of Dolby Atmos for films and music equally, but the Heston 120 also admits the DTS content: X too, which is an advantage that has the Sonos Arc Ultra (Sonos continues to avoid the support of DTS).
There are also many ways to play through Heston 120. There are HDMI EARC and HDMI Portos (another also has on the Ultra ARC, which only has an HDMI port), RCA and Mono stereo grooves, as well as the Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6 compatibility.
You can play music at Apple AirPlay 2, and Marshall has also integrated a range of transmission services, including Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect and Auntable. These may also be obliged to preset buttons to facilitate access. There is even aircase.
A small nugget of more pleasant information is that Marshall will renew its complementary application in conjunction with the launch of the Heston 120 sound bar. This unlocks detailed equalization options, remote volume control, the modes of origin and sound, as well as room calibration options to obtain the best sound for its vital space.
The application is so developed, in fact, that the Heston 120 will not come with a separate remote control, all you need is your phone and will be ready to work.
Marshall can be launching the Heston 120 as an independent sound bar, but has confirmed that later in the future, he can take the Heston Sub 200, a separate subwoofer, to really feel that eruption of low range.
In addition to that, a smaller sound bar, the Heston 60, will be available for those who work with a little less space. Both will be launched later in 2025 and we will make sure to keep it updated with more details as they arrive.
The Marshall Heston 120 sound bar is available for pre-glear now and will go on sale from June 3, 2025 through the Marshall website. He will later be available with selected retailers as of September 16, 2025.
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