Approximate response measurement
See roughly, with a microphone, how strongly your speaker reproduces each frequency. For speakers, not headphones.
Approximate: phone and computer microphones are not calibrated; the result is the combined response of the speaker, the room and the microphone. It is not a sound-pressure or hearing measurement.
The microphone stays open only during the measurement, with echo cancellation and automatic gain requested off. No audio is recorded, stored or sent; only band averages remain on screen.
Measurement
- Set the speaker to your normal listening level; start low.
- Place the phone or computer facing the speaker, about one metre away.
- The measurement takes about 10 seconds: first pink noise plays, then the room's background noise is measured.