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Test Bench 1.0  
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The following changes were made between February 2016 and March 2017. They're kept for reference; however, the test bench wasn't versioned at this time and changes were made irregularly throughout this period. For more information, see here.

See the 1.1 changelog next.

Tests

Design

  • Added test for headphone Breathability.
  • Increased the pool of subjective evaluators from 1 to 3 people.

Sound

  • Updated the weighting breakdown for Sound to better match human perception.
  • Changed high-mid range from 1kHz-2.5kHz to 1kHz-2kHz.
  • Changed low-treble range from 2.5kHz-5kHz to 2kHz-5kHz.
  • Updated Frequency Response target to a hybrid of Harman Target Response and the Diffuse Field Response.
  • Updated FR testing methodology by measuring the bass of over/on-ear headphones on five human subjects.
  • Added test for Frequency Response Consistency.
  • Updated THD's weighting filter.

Active Features

  • Divided the Wireless box (which included Latency) into two separate boxes: Wireless and Latency.
  • Added Passive Playback test to Battery.

Usage ratings

  • Added Home Theater usage rating.
  • Removed Studio Recording usage rating.

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We have retested popular models. The test results for the following models have been converted to the new testing methodology. However, the text might be inconsistent with the new results.

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