There's a richness to the sound, and yet clarity is very decent with the CD soundtrack of Hans Zimmer's score for "The Thin Red Line." This music has incredibly deep drums and I was taken back by how this little system held its own down there.ĮLAC B6 speakers sitting atop the NAD C 338Ĭountry singer Angaleena Presley's take-no-prisoners "Wrangled" album demonstrated the C 338/B6's stamina. Here, teamed with the C 338, the speakers are even better than usual. Streaming music from Tidal via Chromecast was fine, though I did the bulk of my listening with an Oppo BDP 105 Blu-ray player hooked up to the C 338's optical digital audio input.Įvery time I play the B6 speakers I can't get over how good they are for the money. That's where stereo systems with speakers spread five feet or more apart (1.5 meters or greater) have it all over sound bars, no matter their price. While it's true sound bars have improved over the last few years, they all stumble with music files and CDs. When it comes to playing music, the C 338/B6 combo is massively better than most sound bars. First, there's much better stereo imaging, superior depth and dimensionality dialogue sounds more natural and the bass is solid. My initial reaction was that this is so much better-sounding than a lot of sound bars we test here at CNET. Of course, we'll only compare the app's ability to correctly identify songs in this battle.To get started I paired the C 338 with ELAC Debut B6 bookshelf speakers ($280, £289, AU$599 per pair) and watched a few Blu-rays. Because of the app's nature, it won't work when used offline, so you can't save tagged music for later like Shazam does.ĭue to its unique angle of providing lyrics for songs, Musixmatch is worth keeping around even if you normally use Shazam or SoundHound. Musixmatch's premium plan is $3/month and provides a few benefits, like letting you save lyrics for offline use and enjoying word-by-word lyric syncing. This is a clever way to practice learning a language with your favorite music. As a cool benefit, you can show the lyrics translated into another language right below the original words (if available). Once you tag a song, the lyrics will immediately start playing. You can access past songs using the History link at the top-right, or use the Search tab to look up anything without tagging it. The music identification portion, which is what we'll test here, is under the Identify tab and works just like Shazam and SoundHound. To activate this, press and hold the Shazam logo. Notably, the app offers the Auto Shazam feature, which constantly listens for music and IDs it even when you don't have the app open. Tap the Settings gear to connect your Apple Music or Spotify accounts and tweak a few preferences. As you use the app, you'll find a Playlists For You section with music the service recommends. Use the Search panel at the top-right to look up anything you like, where you can access the same page as if you had identified the song with Shazam. You can listen to a sample, share it with others, open it in Spotify or Apple Music, watch the music video, see related music, and find other tracks from that artist. Upon opening it, tap its iconic logo button to start listening for music to identify.Įvery song you tag is collected in the My Music panel below, which lets you access a ton of information about the music. Based on popularity alone and its accurate music recognition, Shazam is the app to beat in this showdown.
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