I absolutely loved reviewing this Marshall Bluetooth speaker, and I'd buy it in a flash at this early Black Friday price

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Marshall Emberton III Bluetooth speaker
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There's a really good Black Friday deal on a really good Bluetooth speaker right now – and I know it's a good speaker because I'm the person who reviewed it for TechRadar. The Marshall Emberton III Bluetooth speaker is currently £99 on Amazon UK, down from its recommended price of £149.

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This is one of the smallest portable speakers that Marshall makes, but it's perfectly capable of being a hooligan if you want it to be: it has Marshall's Dynamic Loudness, which adjusts the overall sound so it's consistent across the volume range – meaning bass doesn’t disappear when you turn it down a bit, and it resists harshness as you turn it up. I thought it was particularly good for artists like REM, whose Out of Time and Automatic For The People sounded fantastic on it.

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Marshall Emberton III
Marshall Emberton III: was £149.99 now £99.99 at Amazon

Marshall's Emberton III is a surprisingly powerful, ultra-portable Bluetooth speaker with great sound, amazing battery life and those distinctive Marshall looks. With 20W of output it's pretty punchy, but it's also small enough to stick in a bag or to put on a busy bookshelf. This deal is a good one – it's only ever been cheaper by a few pounds – but it's only currently available on the Black/Brass colour option.

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Why the Marshall Emberton III speaker packs a punch

The specs here are very impressive: a whopping 32 hours of battery life (provided you don't play it at neighbour-alienating volumes), multi-directional audio, 20W of power and Marshall's useful Dynamic Loudness, which adjusts the bass and treble to keep them consistent across low, medium and high volumes. And it's also IP67 rated so it can handle dust and even accidental drops into puddles, so it's festival-friendly too.

This speaker rocks much harder than you'd expect it to, and naturally the first song I tested it with was AC/DC's Back in Black. The promise of room-filling sound was definitely delivered, with excellent mid- and high-range clarity and impressive punchiness.

In my Marshall Emberton III review I said that to my ears, it's a speaker best suited to bedroom, kitchen or study listening and for taking outside on nice days. It's not a party monster – Marshall makes bigger, louder speakers if that's what you need – as much as it's a pocket rocket, with a surprisingly big sound from its compact case. At full price I rated it four stars; with a third knocked off the RRP I think it's an even better buy.

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Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than twenty books. Her latest, a love letter to music titled Small Town Joy, is on sale now. She is the singer in spectacularly obscure Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind.

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