Details
An orchestra plays many instruments at once, with a voice in the background. Listen for the quiet ones behind the melody.
Prelude Carmen
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra · ← → seek 10 s
00:00
−01:30
Sound effects
Prepared sounds that test one thing at a time.
Start at a moderate volume.
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Second part below the melody, dB
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Detail test for headphones
The track has quiet instruments behind the melody. The sound effects check how well the headphones keep quiet sounds audible:
- Quiet layer plays a plucked melody at one level and a bell line above it. At each step the bells drop 10 dB further, from 10 dB to 50 dB below the melody. The more steps in which you still hear the bells, the better the headphones play quiet sounds. To compare two pairs, play this test on both at the same volume.
- One more instrument adds an instrument every two and a half seconds, up to six: bass, plucked strings, chords, wood block, bells and hi-hats. On headphones with good detail you can still pick out each instrument when all six play.