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An Iconic British Hi-Fi Brand Just Gave Its New-Age Speaker a Vintage-Inspired Upgrade

The gorgeous wireless speaker looks like one of the brand’s iconic guitar amps.

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By Tucker Bowe

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For a number of years now, Marshall has been making wireless speakers in the image of some of its iconic guitar amps. They have a faux leather finish, cloth speaker grille, tactile brass control knobs and, of course, the British hi-fi maker’s iconic logo front and center … but you can stream music to them straight from your smartphone.

The Woburn III is the largest, best-sounding, most versatile, and most expensive of Marshall’s wireless speaker offerings. While not exactly new — it was released in 2022 — the brand just introduced a new finish that gives it a seriously cool, old-school look.

Marshall Woburn III

Marshall Woburn III in brown
The wireless speaker is designed to look like one of the brand’s iconic guitar amps.
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A new, vintage look

Since its release, Marshall has offered the Woburn III in two different finishes, black or cream, but the brand has now introduced a third option — brown.

According to Marshall, the brown finish allows the Woburn III to blend seamlessly into various interiors and bring a “timeless style to [the speaker’s] signature rock ‘n’ roll sound. “

Marshall Woburn III in brown
The Woburn III supports Bluetooth streaming, but has a number of wired connections as well.
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Same, big speaker

Besides the new look, the Woburn III is the same powered speaker as before. It’s a front-firing speaker with five individually amplified drivers — a six-inch woofer, two two-inch midrange drivers and two 0.75-inch tweeters — and can output a beefy 150 watts of power.

The Woburn III is a wireless speaker that streams music via Bluetooth — it lacks built-in Wi-Fi and therefore doesn’t support AirPlay 2 or Spotify Connect.

For wired connections, the speaker supports RCA and 3.5mm inputs. Most interestingly, the Woburn III also has HDMI input, so you can technically use it as a TV speaker.

Marshall Woburn III in brown
The Woburn III is the biggest and best-sounding wireless speaker that Marshall makes.
Marshall

Price and availability

The Marshall Woburn III wireless speaker in the new brown finish is available now. The speaker costs $580, same price as before.

You can purchase the Woburn III in brown from the company’s website.

(Other online retailers like Best Buy and Amazon sell the Woburn III, but not in the new brown finish.)

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