's key takeaways

• The Marshall Motif A.N.C. earbuds are on sale now for$120 at the Marshall online store.
• With the help of the Marshall Bluetooth companion app, you'll hear a remarkable sound that beautifully serves just about every genre of music.
• Without the personalization settings in the app, the Motif earbuds deliver a sound that's too heavy in the mids.

I own a Marshall amp, and although I'm a terrible guitar player, I love the way it sounds. There's just no mistaking the Marshall signature sound, as it's gritty and in your face. It's rock-and-roll, plain and simple. So, when I received a pair of Marshall earbuds to review, you can only imagine how excited I was to test them out.

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Sadly, out of the box, that amazing Marshall sound didn't exactly translate well to earbuds. Instead of that powerhouse rock and roll glory, I was treated to heavy mids and lackluster lows. To get the most out of these earbuds, you'll need to install the Marshall Bluetooth app (for Android or iOS). Once I downloaded the app and customized the EQ settings, I experienced some of the best noise control I've ever heard.

Come with me as I show you how I turned the Marshall Motif II A.N.C earbuds into a pair of earbuds suitable for audiophiles like me.

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Marshall Motif A.N.C. earbuds

With the help of the Marshall Bluetooth app, their earbuds deliver sound as the musicians intended.

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The specs

To start, let me lay out the specs for the Marshall Motif A.N.C. earbuds, which are:

• Driver sensitivity - 106 +/- 1 mW (0.126Vrms) 1 kHz.
• Driver type - dynamic
• Driver impedance - 16