Marshall Motif II True Wireless Active Noise-Canceling Earbuds Headphones, Black

Comfortable fit & great clarity
They fit great in my ears and all audio is very clear

Great sound – TERRIBLE ANC
I have a problem buying (too many) headphones and earbuds. So my review is at least objective.I love Marshall amps, so naturally I thought I’d give these a shot. They sound great. They felt like they fit funny at first, but after wearing them a couple hours they are really well fitting (make sure you have the right size earpiece, of course). So for fit and sound they rank right up there.ANC, however, sucks balls. It’s possibly the worst “active noise cancellation” I’ve heard. My test is having someone talk in front of me and turning it on and off. There’s literally no difference. And the transparency mode is a laugher too. They shouldn’t be allowed to call these ANC earbuds.Apple is still the best ANC, in both the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. It’s just not even close.They sound great tho. Just would rather have a better pair of ANC on an airplane.

Had to return
While the sound quality was not life changing, it was decent. My issue was the ear bugs did not recognize when they had been taken out of my ears and kept playing rather than pausing my music. At one point, they were playing after I had placed them in my pocket. IMO, this is basic functionality that should be considered standard at this price point. They were being used with an iPhone 16 Pro with the Marshall app installed. Gave them three stars because the sound was not bad and they looked great

Uncomfortable, no bass, poor ANC and pass-through
I have been a rabid Marshall fan for years and I’ve owned multiple pairs of their headphones. When my Jabra earbuds went through the washing machine and stopped working, I decided to give the Marshall earbuds a shot.First of all, I could not get a comfortable fit no matter which of the silicone tips I tried.I would describe the sound quality as tinny, not punchy like I am used to with my other Marshall headphones. No matter how much I adjusted the custom sound in the Marshall app, I could not get the bass up to the right level. The sound volume was another issue – I almost had to have the volume turned up to 100% to get any decent sound levels.I wasn’t a fan of the touch interactions either. I can foresee that these would give a lot of false positives with accidental light touches resulting in skipping songs or pausing the music unintentionally.The ANC was not great. Maybe it was because I couldn’t get a great fit with the silicone tips, but I was able to hear plenty of background noise. Strangely enough, the pass-through sound mode hardly let any sound through.I really wanted to love these earbuds, but these failings made me realize I would be unhappy with these for years into the future. The inferior quality even made me wonder if I somehow got an imitation Marshall product, but these came directly from Marshall so I guess they’re legit. I returned them and I’m going back to Jabra.

*Edit: I decided to set the app eq to “Marshall” and apply eq from a third party app (PowerAmp on android and EqualizerAPO on windows). It sounds so much better and realistic.The sound on these is stellar. I was half expecting an extremely v-shaped tuning going into these, but knowing that these only equip a 6mm driver I had a slight feeling that they would actually have a more neutral default tuning. It seems as though my feelings were right- for the most part. The default tuning doesn’t have much lower-mids and therefore sounds somewhat hollow, but with some tuning that can be fixed. Using the app I have bumped the 160hz slider halfway up along the band, the 400hz slider halfway up between the 160hz slider and the top of the band, the 1khz slider a couple notches lower than the 400hz slider, the 2.5khz a couple notches higher than the 400hz slider, and lastly the 6.25khz slider a tiny bit lower than the 1khz slider. This sound might not be for everyone, but it suits the music I tend to listen to most often, that being classical,jazz, and some rock. The sound with these settings is crisp, full and extremely comfortable, and by that I mean you get none of that ear-piercingly loud 10khz+ that a lot of earbuds have that is sometimes not capable of being done away with.In terms of design, I think these look absolutely beautiful. While it is very clear from size and shape comparisons that these are highly influenced by the airpods, that doesn’t get rid of how amazing the case feels and looks and how amazing the individual earbuds look. Additionally, the earbuds are extremely comfortable in the ears.Now, when it comes to features, that’s where these begin to fall down the tier list. The anc and transparency mode are not bad, but for the price bracket I believe that the anc and transparency could be improved. Touch controls are very responsive and accurate, but the customization is restricted to pressing and holding the earbuds, which by default switched between the sound modes.Lastly, some extra points I’d like to make are that 1) the sound separation+soundstage is very impressive, and 2) the battery is amazing; the battery on a single charge of the earbuds lasts 6hrs with anc ON and possibly 9 HOURS with it off.If the anc and transparency were better I probably would have given these 5 stars, but for the price, I believe that 4.45 stars is adequate.I highly recommend these to those into music with lots of instruments and vocals, like jazz or rock, but I probably wouldn’t recommend these to bass heads.

Was also Manche hier für einen Müll schreiben ohne audiophilen sachverstand unfassbar. Ja es sind keine Bumm bumm Kopfhörer. Das wollen sie auch gar nicht sein. Gerade wenn man Rock und Metal hört spielen sie ihre Klangqualität richtig aus. Da kann der viel teurere Müll von , Bose, JBL und wie sie alle heissen einpacken. Habe sie alle probiert und bei keinem hatte ich so einen klaren Klang wie bei den Marshalls. Tolles Design und Haptik. Richtig gute Passform und keineswegs störend auch nach 3-4 Stunden Nutzung. Der Akku hält richtig lange. Habe die Teile noch nie leer bekommen. Das NC könnte noch etwas besser sein. Aber das ist eine Softwaresache. Finde es völlig in Ordnung.Bin begeistert diese earpods zu besitzen!