freesabaiSpeaker and headphone test
Listen to the left side, the right side and both, and check each comes from the right place. Try pitches from deep bass to high treble. Works for laptop speakers, computer speakers, headphones and Bluetooth speakers. The sound is made on this page, with no audio file to download.
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Before you start: turn the volume down
The test sound can be louder than you expect, especially very high or very low pitches, and with headphones on it goes straight into your ears. Turn the volume of your computer or phone down first, then raise it a little at a time until you can hear it.
- Take your headphones off, or do not put them on, until the volume is set.
- Very high pitches (over 15,000 Hz) may be inaudible yet still loud. Take care with small speakers and earphones.
- This tool starts quiet, and stops by itself when you switch to another tab or after ten minutes.
This is the volume of the test sound; what you hear also depends on your device's own volume.
How to use
- Turn your device's volume down, then press "I turned the volume down: start".
- Press "Left-right test, automatic": you hear two beeps on the left, two on the right, then two on both. If a beep comes from the wrong side, or one side is silent, there is a problem.
- Or choose the side, the sound and the pitch yourself and press "Play". Set this page's volume with its slider, raising it a little at a time.
- Press "Sweep" to hear the pitch glide from the lowest to the highest in 20 seconds, and notice where your speaker starts and stops giving sound.
Nothing leaves your device
The sound is made on this page: no audio file is loaded from anywhere. This tool does not ask for the microphone or camera, and sends nothing off your device. The website only counts how many times this page is opened (it never sends a file name, size or content, and you can switch the counting off at the foot of the page; see the privacy policy).
Good to know
- Laptop and other small speakers give very little sound below about 100 to 150 Hz. Hearing nothing at 60 Hz does not mean they are broken: try 200 Hz and up first.
- Most people hear up to about 16,000 to 20,000 Hz, and less as they get older. Not hearing 15,000 Hz and above is normal.
- If a sound that should come from one side comes from both, or from the wrong side, check the system's left-right balance setting, or mono audio in the accessibility settings, and that the headphone plug is pushed all the way in.
- White noise has every pitch at the same strength; pink noise is deeper. Use them to listen for a rattling or distorting speaker.
- This tool plays through the audio device the system is using now. To test another speaker or headphones, change the sound output in the system settings first.
- With Bluetooth, the sound may arrive a little late and the lowest bass depends on the device. If there is no sound at all, check that the device is not muted and, on an iPhone, that the silent switch is off.
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