Speaker Test

Check that your speakers or headphones work and that left and right are the right way round. Play a tone on either side, run the stereo or 5.1 surround sequence, try bass and treble tones, pink noise and a sweep. No app to install and no account to create.

Test your speakers

Left
Right

Press a button to start. The meters show what the browser sends to your output.

Start at a low volume, especially with headphones. Press any button again to stop it. Keys L, R and B play a side, Space runs the stereo test, Escape stops.

Each tone plays for two seconds on both sides, the sweep for ten. Press a button again to stop it early. Small speakers and laptops often cannot reproduce 40 Hz at all. Any other frequency: Tone Generator.

Noise plays until you press it again or Stop. Pink noise has equal energy per octave and is the usual signal for judging left-right balance by ear.

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Meters moving but no sound? The signal leaves the browser fine, so check the system volume, mute and the selected output device. On an iPhone, check the ring/silent switch, which can mute web audio.