I’ve tested more than 60 Bluetooth speakers and this Marshall model may just be the most stylish of them all — but does it sound as good as it looks? Here’s my verdict
THE SO WHAT
Consumer audio is now a brand and aesthetics game at parity performance. If you build hardware, assume industrial design and story carry more pricing power than marginal spec gains in mature categories.
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