Extended Audio Test For Speakers & Headphones

[@ThatOneDudeNick]

Learned that i hear much better out of one ear than the other after turning my headphones around and getting the same result.

[@animepussy8356]

It could be that one of your drivers has sustained light damage and isn't producing sound correctly.

[@Mez352]

@@animepussy8356 he turned them around and heard the same

[@cubicinfinity]

Actually, I hear the right channel louder, and when I swap ears the right channel still sounds louder.

[@Mez352]

@@cubicinfinity thats on your ears bro, get it checked up

[@cubicinfinity]

@@Mez352 I'm pretty sure it's my computer. For some reason audio frequencies are diminished with all audio playback on the left channel. Note I said channel, not ear.

[@Faesharlyn]

I love that I can see what I'm supposed to be hearing, it really helps narrow down where the equipment failure is happening... and its not my earbud that's the problem. Thank you for making this test available : )

[@RamBam_99]

Just used these tests to verify a volume issue with some wireless earbuds after cleaning them, this made it really easy to tell that the issue was fixed. Definitely need to use this in the car to adjust my eq in there though

[@OutlierAudio]

This 5-minute test can help you detect a huge range of speaker/audio playback issues: missing channel, swapped L/R wiring, mono summing, channel level offset, speaker sensitivity offset, frequency response offset, EQ processing offset, audio signal or acoustic imbalances, inverted polarity in signal, inverted transducer wiring (woofer, midrange, tweeter), frequency response deviations and limits, buzz & rattles, speaker cabinet air leaks and port noise, transducer damage, DAC aliasing, room modes, bass crossover issues, flutter echos or ringing, echo/reverb processing, compressor/limiter processing, spatializer processing, L/R time domain offset, and more. *So, how clean is your audio?*

[@stevethea5250]

MAYBE MY EARS ARE BROKEN HOW DO WE KNOW

[@Kasrasfriedchicken]

oof i put my center speaker into the woofer port, this really helped

[@OutlierAudio]

@@stevethea5250 Ask someone else, do they hear the same problem. Change the speakers/playback device, do you hear the same problem? Standard troubleshooting.

[@JETJOOBOY]

I bet the more money you pay out... The more irritating issues you have to pay to deal with!?

[@JETJOOBOY]

The best headphones earbuds I ever had cost 89 Cents USD... They were excellent... seriously.. I cracked them in the car door one day.. I re - ordered about 5 -7 pairs and gave them to real friends.. then one day.. they disappeared from Fast Tech and that was that... Peak Cheap Hi-Fi was 2015 FACT

[@fasttripe]

Very thorough, this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@aarneuuk9601]

Thank you SO much, Outlier Audio, monumental upload! This will become an ABSOLUTE LEGACY

[@justingreenwald3]

This is a good test of your ears too. I just realized that mine don't hear this fuzzy noise the same (L vs R).

[@markovlasic1978]

me to

[@Max-ed5gr]

ye

[@krayozmines]

Thanks! This helped me notice that I need to insert my in ears properly if not it would sound like there's channel in balance. I think because when i insert it wrongly, only half the nozzle is emitting sound into my ear canal while de rest of the sound is hitting the other part of my ear which blocks it from being heard so it sounds uncentered because the volume of one ear bud is softer. Made me realize proper insertion is important.

[@misterguts]

Hey Outlier Audio, thank you very much! I am using your audio tests to debug audio setup issues between my browser and GnuRadio. I like the noise sweeps and channel checks, these help ensure that I'm finding all my finger and toes and sources and sinks in the audio chain. I will eventually try to hunt DRM and MA3 digital broadcasting from IQ sources in WebSDR and KiwiSDR.

[@Shamus71]

Definitely a great test for car audio.. this really helped me come to a consensus for a happy medium for my new subwoofer and speakers

[@rishabhanand9751]

Bro, this is a very important comment. At 4:52 min, it really showed of the difference in left and right channel problem. My headphone has a very very minor difference between left and right speakers of EKSA e 900 pro that is almost impossible to detect with normal testing as only at specific frequency only, the difference is noticeable. Your video at the time mentioned really picked it up. I have tested with both mono and stereo and now i am confirmed that it has the problem. I think that EKSA is supplying this model faulty only. I think they even don't know about this. This is a really shocking for me.

[@MichaelThomas-be7gq]

Wonderful, thanks, just bought some new Edifier speakers running them through a FiiO 10K... am very happy, apart from I have no hearing above about 13K (shit, I'm getting old). Thanks for putting this up, it all passed with flying colours.

[@Rayyarhs]

Best sound test on yt.

[@HartRaver]

Best Kraftwerk track ever...

[@ghifariamal]

That's why rain is very calming

[@UCMF4SIJqf75d5wWKVzbTtDg]

There is one issue with this - youtube normalize all videos and all of them are significantly quieter than everything else hear able on PC. This test would need to be downloaded and then tested locally however I still not sure if we would download it it would be already normalized. You should deliver us ability to download it in not changed form.

[@OutlierAudio]

You're welcome to download the Fast Audio Test files for offline testing here: outlierstudios.bandcamp.com If there's enough interest I'll upload the Extended Audio Test as well.

[@OutlierAudio]

Just uploaded the Extended Audio Test for download 👍 outlierstudios.bandcamp.com

[@TdSharp]

Just found out that my front left speaker wasn't connected (toddler likes to mess with things). Super helpful!

[@andrewkamoha4666]

0:04 Why this noise is not exactly the same in both channels?

[@borisblafhaas380]

great test for my edifier S3000 pro speakers if they are functioning correctly. thank you so much. (and glad to know im not deaf yet.....)

[@loejewis]

Thanks for this! It sounds like there's a slight tonal difference in the monitors I've just bought. Is this an illusion because the sound is changing sides or does everyone else have complete perceived symmetry in tone? I'm even pointing just one ear at the monitors and they're right next to each other, to rule out assymetrical hearing.

[@OutlierAudio]

This is really a common thing, to hear slight tonal differences between two (high end) speakers when listening closely to wideband A-B tests. It's almost impossible to have a perfectly indecipherable match in the real world, because of part tolerances and also acoustic asymmetries (although you've somewhat ruled out acoustics). If it's small but significant, you might consider EQ as a fix. For "smart" EQ solutions, have a look at miniDSP or Audyssey MultEQ stuff.

[@wolf_crown]

Finally a real sound test

[@supermananimationsstudios8519]

Sounds like im going through a car wash.

[@aceric1646]

its relaxing

[@Tuxx_]

@@aceric1646 💀

[@Hakkar6993]

Very useful and thorough test, thank you!

[@marciolima7975]

Excelente teste, um dos melhores que já ouvi!

[@PK-pt3qq]

- 3:33 - Fajnie, gdyby w tym czasie były wyświetlane wartości aktualnie odtwarzanego dźwięku w Hz dużymi cyframi - co prawda są małe na podziałce, ale to nie to samo .. :) .. - Fajnie też, gdyby jakiś dźwięk "pływał pomiędzy głośnikami" ( np. ze skrajnie lewej strony do skrajnie prawej i z powrotem..) - byłoby wtedy słychać nie tylko centralne i skrajne wartości - pomogło by to wyeliminować ewentualne problemy ze zniekształceniem dźwięku przez odbicia od przedmiotów i ścian... :) - A tak w ogóle - super sprawa ten test ;) ..

[@dami5663]

Why does normal polarity sound centered but inverted polarity sounds more towards the left channel

[@jennykhan5]

Thankyou,I Dropped My Phone in Water Bucket This helped a lot!😁😁

[@Rlts_wf3]

Well I have static and crackling sounds on my left ear bud. Great.

[@vaughngaminghd]

Quite a difference in the frequency response between my L+R headphones

[@JastenAudioVisual]

hi sir what is the name of this software spectrum viewer or analyzer?..

[@conorwalsh7512]

the continuous sine sweep gives me buzzing noises. what do i do next

[@VtuberRex]

Thank you so much now i can test my bluetooth headset

[@alekskot9240]

oh thank you so much! this helped me a lot

[@KorekFrost]

What a great and informative video!

[@KorekFrost]

What a chad, he hearted my comment!

[@ikealamp53]

My B&W 606's passed the test flawlessly.

[@DenisLiasis]

I can say with confidence that both of my phone's speakers are working perfectly. Although I have a question because they don't sound the same. The right one seems to be less bassy and more on the right side of the equaliser. Is this the stereo separation doing it's thing?

[@OutlierAudio]

Could be stereo separation/widening processing like you said, but could also be mismatch in the two speakers - e.g. if you have a newer iPhone, the two speakers are pointing in different directions and probably have different specs for enclosure, transducer, etc. Apple is probably using separate audio processing for each speaker to match them more closely, but that can only go so far.

[@DenisLiasis]

@@OutlierAudio I have an XZ Premium. It has 2 front facing speakers and they indeed sound different. The left is more bassy, more clear. The right is less clear, more on the voices. Together they do the work. If i have my head in front while the phone is in landscape I can feel the stereo sound, not only hear it. It's warm and really immersive. At the point that you play air sounds in your test, it feels like I'm really there when I close my eyes. Although when it's speakers play one after one, it seems that they miss something.

[@OutlierAudio]

@@DenisLiasis I see - my guess would be manufacturing tolerances on the drivers/enclosures, but really could be any number of things in the audio signal path of that phone, including stereo processing like you mentioned

[@Garock2]

Great test!

[@roporsche]

cool -snakes vs underwater and snowstorm.... thx 4 sharing

[@wyattafterglow9160]

on 3:31 ?? is it the same as right or is there a diff tone ?

[@wtficantgetausername]

are both the L and R exactly the same?? i play it in 2 of my monitors and L and R dont seem to be exactly the same

[@JamieMcJapan]

I agree, tried this video on multiple speakers and the channel matching section doesn't match on any of them

[@zzezzobike]

Huh,I thought that my Beyerdynamic DT880 sound bad or my ears are not equal but now I see I am not the only one hearing the difference

[@OutlierAudio]

Yup, exactly the same. Identical in both time and frequency domains.

[@wtficantgetausername]

If thata the case, my left ear is worse than my right....

[@SuperPiccolo82]

Often waiting for that beat to drop at the fade off.

[@ShameerAhamediboad]

Great Job, Keep it up

[@yourbuddybill]

In Continuous Sine Sweep test 7, at end in the ultradark violet portion, I get a slight "fuzz" not quite staticy sound maybe 30% as loud as the tone, for both channels tests. What might that be, just range of the speakers? Bose Companion 2 series III

[@EnterSpacebar]

That's the speakers dodgy DSP clipping the tweeters probably.

[@kilbeam99]

The polarity test is throwing me for a loop. The inverted version sounds much more centered! That has to mean that my car speakers are inverted right?

[@OutlierAudio]

Does it sound more centered with the inverted signal, in all 3 signal ranges (low, mid, high)? If so, you might be better off flipping the polarity on one side. That said, car audio is extremely tricky because of all the reflective surfaces, the positions of the speakers, and the fact that the driver is off center. Even the best stereo soundstage will still be a compromise in a car, and a polarity flip won't have as clear an impact as it would on a home/studio listening setup. A couple more things to watch out for would be: if you have no subwoofer, the wrong polarity could kill your low bass, and also some modern head units have delay settings per-speaker, so this will have an impact on speaker phase (and polarity) as well. Finally, if you optimize completely for the driver, your passengers' sound could get bad.

[@ultradam8694]

amazing works!

[@eatmywhopper]

extremely useful, thanks

[@heheheheheheheheh3391]

Why does my phone is stuck on mono even though I've checked every setting and my headset supports stereo even on different devices

[@jpsalis]

Both ears have the exact same sound, I think something shorted.

[@ruinfox4108]

You know whats weird, during hte Channel matching - treble part my right ear is slightly higher pitched than my left, and on the bass part my right ear sounds like something rattling loose inside but left ear sounds perfect, i use DT990 pro 250ohm

[@kitchan9866]

I like this!

[@piscesk9595]

Does Left and Right share the same sound from 0:04 to 0:30? My newly bought speaker doesn't sound like the same. Thank you.

[@DenisLiasis]

That's because only one of the two speakers works dummy

[@LuizFelipe-lk1hs]

Can you make a 30 minute version with different tests on it? I don't even listen for the test anymore, it is just nice to listen to it

[@Elevated805]

Thank you!

[@NSCTripleAgent]

I got a tiny, tiny crackle 2 or 3 times on both sides during the Continuous Sine Sweep test. Any idea what that may be? Yamaha HS8s. Thanks.

[@bboyshine13]

same, let me know yamaha hs7

[@forthcomingphenomenon]

fantastic, fixed my crackling

[@AntonWingfield]

I thought I had a problem with channel being quieter on my amp - changed speakers around and the other speaker went quiet. Tried different outputs, same problem. Plugged headphones in, same problem. Tried my laptop jack, then my DAC through the laptop, then my phone - same problem. Ordered a new amp, then while I was waiting realized I hadn't tested my headphones this way directly through my phone or the laptop. Guess what - SAME PROBLEM. All the white noise sounds lower in pitch and varyingly quieter on one channel on all of my devices through all of my sources. Of course I've switched everything around to make sure it's not just my ears. New headphones on the way, I'll update when they arrive. Losing my mind over here, almost suspecting this video to be a practical joke! But I probably just have cheap gear. Just found the same thing with bluetooth headphones from my phone and my laptop, so I don't think it's cables - crappy audio drivers I guess. Sennheiser HD6XX should help me figure it out. I'll find some better sources. Will update

[@Meilybloomy]

4:55 At this test i get a crackling sound on my earphones, is it normal?

[@olileclerc7672]

Ivo Zamora yes it’s the video

[@Meilybloomy]

@@olileclerc7672 Thanks, i get really paranoid in regards to the quality of my audio xD

[@olileclerc7672]

Ivo Zamora no problem bud :)

[@aepokkvulpex]

what do i do if my left and right speakers have different tonal sounds? Like #3 channel matching sounds off

[@xxg.tester7851]

Ok its very good

[@yanivbalas1]

THANKS!!!!!

[@владимирсергеев-д7ш]

у меня такой в ресивере пионер для кинотеатра стоит -для калибровки 7 динамиков

[@ofiji750]

I get so scared when that sine sweep happens

[@Jittery_XBZ]

can someone explain no.7? i don´t get it

[@420anonymous]

Studio headphones sound fine, even when reversed. Guess I'll need a hearing aid for my right ear later in life.

[@mikesun9009]

I just learned that 20 year old Sony PC speakers kick major ass lol

[@arumugamsuresh2635]

i also found out that blood can come out of my ears

[@nicthemasterclown1974]

Well great i need to clean out my right ear

[@johnvierneza15]

Love it. simply love it

[@darklinggolem]

One, One. Dammit

[@ZackSeifMusic]

RIP

[@PanzerKatzeWagen]

help my right channel has a different tone and has slightly lower volume

[@Vysair]

I can relate which is what prompted me to buy a new and different model from completely different brand that is two times more expensive....yet I still hear the the problem so I conclude it is a software that had nothing to do with the hardware of your earbud or earphone. I tweaked the audio balance to fix it though may pose problem in gaming. You might be slightly tone deaf on your right ear and mine's does not because this problem does not suffice in my other device. The problem occured in my Android 10 phone while this seems normal on Android 7.1 samsung tablet

[@DenisLiasis]

@@Vysair that explains why one is called right channel and the other is called Left channel. They are different channels and sound a bit different. The one is towards the right side of the equalizer, and the other speaker on the left. That's why they are called stereo speakers.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Is this testing my Hearing or headphones?

[@OutlierAudio]

Both, and more 👍 Just as when "listening to music" or "listening to speakers" you're actually listening to the entire signal path including the original recording mechanisms and also your own hearing.

[@pavankesa3967]

right head set is not testing

[@goodoc8248]

this is like an ear massage

[@there-is-weeping-in-the-at1746]

Amazing

[@voidthat]

nothing 4:26

[@lycandusk7263]

right earbud isn't as loud and also has a problem with bass

[@wheretonow3106]

knuckles to you.

[@Daivik9]

This hurt my ear but I also found out that my echo show is better than my ipad speaker

[@ikealamp53]

It looks like I hear nothing above about 15/16 Kh. I guess at the age of 44 that's pretty normal. Haven't checked with earphones yet, just speakers.

[@K05M1C]

Can't hear out of my right headphone

[@jurumal]

How is the "Stereo Width" test achieved if both channels are playing the exact same tones?

[@OutlierAudio]

The filter parameters are the same, but the noise itself is entirely uncorrelated and will appear as two distinct sources at the Left and Right speakers

[@LegendaryMaoMao20]

I just bought a new phone, and the top speaker is much quieter than the bottom

[@akashshrestha01]

great

[@jcspotter7322]

It's official, my speakers are trash, time to upgrade

[@straightlinestraightline1710]

❤

[@zephyrdrake_]

Thought I was going crazy, turns out one of my ears is being weird atm.

[@munch9290]

just found out the sound in my ear buds is reversed

[@ronin6928]

3:40 4:13

[@leekulaleen6198]

the best

[@Pazzoblox]

my left speaker is weak as f

[@akshz.413]

Quarantine day 182940203

[@darrellahuriri2766]

Hn

[@vapervop]

First

[@miekwavesoundlab]

Congradulations! You win.

[@jackywng1236]

Last

[@vapervop]

Michae Thompson （╹◡╹）

[@thenthson]

@@jackywng1236 nope I am last

[@jackywng1236]

Last

[@michaelriddle9674]

Second.

[@psyoni4286]

test full nonsense

[@JETJOOBOY]

The expensive part costs NOTHING as it is possible to get FREE EMULATED Audio EFFECTS emulated onto a Smart Phone for NO MONEY AT ALL but at least KNOWLEDGE has become MORE valuable than technology and software! Rich kid says.. I bought all this "Perfect Hi Fi Software but I don't know how to STOP IT MAKING MY "Music" from sounding like TURDS!!!! "I will pay you to help me enjoy my Bad Ass Beeeeats" MWHUUUHAHAHAHAH!

[@christhomas148]

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