Ultimate Headphones Test

jhracer3
jhracer3 Posts: 87
edited February 2014 in The Clubhouse
A friend of mine at work (my go to guy for headphone recommendations) shared this link with me, and I thought people here might enjoy it as well:

http://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php

It says its for headphones, but most of the tests should work for speakers as well.

The binaural test is fun. Reminded me of my favorite binaural recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA

enjoy
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    Thanks that was interesting.

    I decided to pit a popular budget pair of headphones many have talked about online (the Taskstar HI2050) against my ATH-M50 A-Technicas (a gateway HP to higher fidelity). And the Takstars held up reasonably well, except for one or two tests where the M50s proved to have slightly better Quality Control (but it was not a night a day thing).

    cnh
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited February 2014
    Philips Fidelio X1 - Could hear 22khz, makes me wonder how accurate the test is? Could also hear 10hz. Dynamic test could hear down to 60db below full scale. Quality never heard any shaking, besides my ear drums. Binaural test scared me, I still had the volume cranked. Sounded like someone was really in the room knocking on something.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Philips Fidelio X1 - Could hear 22khz, makes me wonder how accurate the test is? Could also hear 10hz. Dynamic test could hear down to 60db below full scale. Quality never heard any shaking, besides my ear drums. Binaural test scared me, I still had the volume cranked. Sounded like someone was really in the room knocking on something.

    Man, how OLD are you? 22Khz? I couldn't hear much about 14Khz. There was some minor pitching up high, but it was faint and was probably just some laptop feedback, definitely NOT a test tone!

    I've lost quite a bit of high end in the last decade. But I ain't 40 something anymore! Wait, even most 40 somethings can't hear 18 or even 17 Khz. lol

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited February 2014
    I'm 30. Nobody should be able to hear 22khz though, right? I could hear every test tone on the page. I wasn't using the laptop sound card. HDMI out > AVR > Headphones.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    Some people, usually VERY young, and not that many, CAN hear above 20 Khz. Not sure if they can hear 22 Khz. But I do know some youngsters than can hear 21 Khz.

    Human hearing is a distribution pattern that has SDs. As you get far enough away from the mean, or as you get to fewer and fewer individuals you get to some whose hearing is better than the averages.

    And as you age, well, let's not go there.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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