- Wi-Fi music streamer with Auracast broadcasting to multiple speakers
- Stream from a wired turntable and connect an older speaker
- $299 / £179 (about AU$356)
Marshall has announced a dedicated music streaming hub that's ideal for owners of its Acton III, Stanmore III and Woburn III speakers, and can turn them from Bluetooth-only speakers into being some of the best multi-room wireless speakers.
The new Heddon hub streams music via Wi-Fi and then transmits it to your Marshall speakers via Auracast. You can also connect one of the best turntables to it to stream records around the house to all your speakers, and you can connect an older Marshall speaker via an RCA cable.
Marshall Heddon: key features
The Heddon looks rather like an Apple TV 4K if it were made for musicians, with a small, square footprint of just 120.5mm / 4.75 inches square and the familiar black Tolex-style finish and Marshall logo.
It's deliberately simple because it's designed to be controlled via the Marshall smartphone app. It works with Spotify Connect, TIDAL, AirPlay and Google Cast, and in addition to Wi-Fi connectivity there's an Ethernet port round the back for wired networks.
The Heddon enables you to connect older Marshalls via an RCA cable, with compatible models including older Acton, Stanmore and Woburn speakers as well as Kilburn, Stockwell, Tufton and the Acton Voice and Stanmore Voice models.
Once you've connected the older speaker you can then use the Heddon to sync playback between your wired speaker and your wireless speaker(s).
The Heddon is priced very keenly, especially if you're in the market for a speaker too: if you buy an Acton III, Stanmore III or Woburn III you can get it for half price, and if you buy two or more eligible Marshalls you can get the Heddon hub for free.
If you're buying one for your existing speakers, the official price is $299 / £179 (about AU$356).
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