Today, Marshall has opened up pre-orders for its newest active noise canceling earbuds: the Motif II ANC. It's actually the first headphone or speaker product released by Marshall Group, a new venture combining the core Marshall Amplification company and Zounds, which has been producing the headphones and speakers under the company's name since 2010. These earbuds boast some big advances over the last gen (2021), with improved battery life and quick charging at the forefront. You can pre-order the Motif II ANC ($199) from Marshall's website today and the product will be shipping on September 12th. Plenty of features remain the same as before, so existing Motif users can do a cost-benefit analysis to decide if they're ready to upgrade. There's still the 6mm dynamic drivers pushing out tunes within the 20Hz - 20kHz frequency range. You get touch controls for core operations like play/pause, skip and noise control (ANC and transparency mode). The Bluetooth range o