Marshall's Middleton Bluetooth speaker is water-resistant & app-controlled

Marshall Headphones has launched a water-resistant Bluetooth speaker called Middleton with multi-directional stereo sound.

The Middleton speaker has controls for playback, bass, and treble using controls on the speaker or within the companion app. Built-in Dynamic Loudness adjusts the tonal balance of the sound, so music sounds excellent at every volume.

Middleton uses True Stereophonic, a unique form of multi-directional stereo sound from Marshall. The company claims that it that can offer spatial audio and binaural sound for a surround-sound experience in a single unit.

The speaker has an IP67 rating for resistance to dust and water, making it a flexible speaker that works indoors and outdoors. And a single charge offers over 20 hours of playtime and reaches 100% battery life in 4.5 hours, or two hours of playtime with 20 minutes of charging.

The Middleton offers controls on the speaker or in the companion app

Audio specs for the Middleton include two 3-inch 15W woofers, two 3/5-inch 10W tweeters, and two passive radiators. It also has two 20W Class D power amplifiers for the woofers and two 10W Class D amplifiers for the tweeters.

Besides Bluetooth 5.1 with a range of 30 feet, the speaker also includes a 3.5mm port for audio input, though it doesn't have a microphone system.