The Marshall Monitor II ANC are noise canceling headphones with a high wearing comfort. The ear cushions are made of soft leather, which makes them comfortable to wear. I am not very impressed with the noise canceling, since this function does not dampen all the ambient noise well.
High wearing comfort
The leather ear cushions fall over my ears and are very soft. Because of this, I hardly feel like I have headphones on my head. The headband, like the ear cushions, is made of soft leather, making these headphones ideal for longer listening sessions. After several hours of listening to music my ears and head don't hurt.
Compact
What I like about the design of the headphones is that they are compact. I easily turn the ear cups in either direction and simply fold the headphones. This makes it easy for the headphones to fit in my jacket pocket. A bag is included as standard, in which you protect it when you put it in your bag. I control the music easily with the multifunction button. I just think the button is too sensitive. When I want to hold the button, it sometimes shoots left or right.
Detailed sound
I like the sound of the Marshall Monitor II ANC that the different tones are equivalent to each other. When I listen to rock music, I hear the drums as clearly as the guitars and vocals. What surprises me most here is that the bass is still powerful and not overpowering. This makes the music sound detailed.
Extensive app
Sometimes I like to give the bass an extra boost. I do this in the Marshall Bluetooth app. I connect the headphones to the app and adjust the sound here via the equalizer to my wishes. I slide the different sound bands up or down and create my own favorite sound. I also adjust the noise canceling in the app. This way I determine how much ambient noise is muffled. It is only noticeable at the highest damping that I still hear certain sounds, such as cars passing by, through my music.