**The Girlfriend Test: Evaluating Sound Isolation and Leakage**

In this video, we put a pair of headphones to the test using the popular "girlfriend" method, where one person listens to music while their partner tries to have a conversation with them. This test is a great way to evaluate how well a pair of headphones can isolate sound and block out external noise.

**Initial Testing at 50% Volume**

We started by playing some music at 50% volume and seeing how much leakage there was. The results were not surprising - while the sound was still decent, it was clear that someone next to you would be able to hear what was going on. In fact, the reviewer could even make out the lyrics of a song they hadn't heard in years, which suggests that the leakage wasn't too bad at this volume. However, as one might expect, some background noise from outside still managed to seep through.

**Increasing Volume: 75% and 100%**

As we turned up the volume, the situation changed dramatically. At 75%, the sound was clear enough that someone next to you would be able to hear it easily, although not necessarily clearly enough to understand what's being sung. However, by 100%, the sound had become almost completely isolated from external noise, with even background chatter from the reviewer's partner barely perceptible. This suggests that these headphones are capable of excellent sound isolation at high volumes.

**Sound Isolation Performance**

The real test came when we started using the headphones to isolate sounds in a more practical sense - by asking our "girlfriend" to make some noise while we listened to music. We started with 50% volume and saw if we could block out most of what she was saying. The results were impressive, with even at this lower volume, we found it relatively easy to focus on the music without hearing much of what our girlfriend was trying to say.

As we turned up the volume further, we found that the headphones became increasingly effective at isolating sound. At 75%, we could block out most of what she was saying, and by 100%, it was almost impossible for her to be heard at all. This suggests that these headphones are capable of excellent sound isolation, even in noisy environments.

**Sound Leakage Performance**

While the headphones performed well in terms of sound isolation, they did leak a bit - particularly when playing music at high volumes. At 100% volume, we could still hear some leakage, although it wasn't too bad and wouldn't be enough to disturb someone next to us for long periods. However, at lower volumes, the leakage was significantly less noticeable.

**Conclusion**

Overall, these headphones performed well in our tests - they were capable of excellent sound isolation, even in noisy environments, and did a good job of blocking out external noise. While there was some leakage at high volumes, it wasn't too bad and wouldn't be a major concern for most users. If you're looking for a pair of headphones that can effectively isolate sound and block out background noise, these might be worth considering.

**The Verdict**

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey it's your average consumer I just want to let you guys know that this channel was made with the average consumer in mind all right let's get to another tech video what's going on guys it's your average consumer and here's my girlfriend again hello and we're going to be doing another sound leak and sound isolation test aka the girlfriend test for you guys today with the Beats By Dre mixers now a lot of you guys have been asking about these headphones and the how much it leaks so here's this video all right well let's not waste time let's get right into it and I'm going to be wearing the headphones um because one you know that he doesn't find these too comfortable and two um he's really the better judge of how much it leaks so just to make it better for you guys all right so what we're first going to do is we're going to try it out at 50% then 75% then 100% so you guys can have an idea of how much it leaks at those different points all right so let's get it started so here it is at 50% now there's some there's some decent leakage not too bad nobody next to you would be really bothered at this point um but someone next to you will hear that you're listening to music I can hear what song it is um it's not too bad but it does leak a bit at 50% so now let's try it out at 75% is that 75 one more there you go okay now I hear this pretty clearly I'm not sure if you guys can pick it up but there's a decent amount of leakage at 75% yeah so at 75% there is some good leakage there all right let's try it out at 100% you ready yep once you've done the studios you can do anything okay all right so here it goes it's pretty clear it's not as bad as the studios but it's very clear this is not even a loud point in the song Let's see out of chorus yeah these are pretty well you expect that at 100% it's going to lead really badly but I've we've heard worse so at 100% it does leave good out cool all right so now we're going to start the girlfriend test my favorite part okay so we're going to be trying now to see how much I can isolate sounds from the outside using these headphones just so we can have an idea of how much we can focus on the music itself and not what's around us so the girlfriend test we'll see what she has to say or do and let's see if I can block it out and of course we're going to start this at 50% 75% and 100% so for now let's see it at 50% are you ready yes are you ready I hopefully I am all right oh god let's hope this works let's see if I remember some tunes from like six years ago YouTube brace yourselves all right so we're started off at 50% and here we go yeah so I can clearly hear that clearly lucky maybe it's cuz you're really close to me but um I really heard that really well so I mean it sounded a little muffled but at 50% it was not quite enough to block out this thing so we'll try it out at 75% and see if we can get the job done all righty you ready yes all right it's not bad at 75% I was surprisingly able to uh block out a pretty good amount of that I heard a little slightly but I think these will do a good job blocking out most sounds from the outside this is really loud and close to me so I'm assuming that at 75% you won't hear much on the outside it'll do a really good job isolating at 75% and maybe even a little lower than that so let's try it out at 100% okay again I'm sorry YouTube this can't be easy in case you can't tell I'm playing playing Jingle Bells all right and here we are 100% all right let's not put you through too much YouTube I don't want you guys to go deaf on me these did a perfect job at completely isolating all the noise from 100% so this did a really good job I think that these will do a great job isolating sounds like I said this is particularly loud and very close to me and I still struggle to hear it so I think these do a really good job at keeping noise on the outside out and you will be able to focus on your music so good job on the sound isolation and the girlfriend it has passed but for the sound leakage it did leak a little bit wasn't the worst we've heard but it did leak slightly so at high volumes the person next to you or around you probably will hear it but most more times than not they probably won't so all right I think that concludes it and finally we can put this thing down all right and there you have it guys if you like this video please feel free to rate comment and subscribe and I'll see you guys in the next video if you have any other requests for other headphones or anything that You' like to see the girlfriend test on let us know and we'll get right to it all right till the next video guys peace peacehey it's your average consumer I just want to let you guys know that this channel was made with the average consumer in mind all right let's get to another tech video what's going on guys it's your average consumer and here's my girlfriend again hello and we're going to be doing another sound leak and sound isolation test aka the girlfriend test for you guys today with the Beats By Dre mixers now a lot of you guys have been asking about these headphones and the how much it leaks so here's this video all right well let's not waste time let's get right into it and I'm going to be wearing the headphones um because one you know that he doesn't find these too comfortable and two um he's really the better judge of how much it leaks so just to make it better for you guys all right so what we're first going to do is we're going to try it out at 50% then 75% then 100% so you guys can have an idea of how much it leaks at those different points all right so let's get it started so here it is at 50% now there's some there's some decent leakage not too bad nobody next to you would be really bothered at this point um but someone next to you will hear that you're listening to music I can hear what song it is um it's not too bad but it does leak a bit at 50% so now let's try it out at 75% is that 75 one more there you go okay now I hear this pretty clearly I'm not sure if you guys can pick it up but there's a decent amount of leakage at 75% yeah so at 75% there is some good leakage there all right let's try it out at 100% you ready yep once you've done the studios you can do anything okay all right so here it goes it's pretty clear it's not as bad as the studios but it's very clear this is not even a loud point in the song Let's see out of chorus yeah these are pretty well you expect that at 100% it's going to lead really badly but I've we've heard worse so at 100% it does leave good out cool all right so now we're going to start the girlfriend test my favorite part okay so we're going to be trying now to see how much I can isolate sounds from the outside using these headphones just so we can have an idea of how much we can focus on the music itself and not what's around us so the girlfriend test we'll see what she has to say or do and let's see if I can block it out and of course we're going to start this at 50% 75% and 100% so for now let's see it at 50% are you ready yes are you ready I hopefully I am all right oh god let's hope this works let's see if I remember some tunes from like six years ago YouTube brace yourselves all right so we're started off at 50% and here we go yeah so I can clearly hear that clearly lucky maybe it's cuz you're really close to me but um I really heard that really well so I mean it sounded a little muffled but at 50% it was not quite enough to block out this thing so we'll try it out at 75% and see if we can get the job done all righty you ready yes all right it's not bad at 75% I was surprisingly able to uh block out a pretty good amount of that I heard a little slightly but I think these will do a good job blocking out most sounds from the outside this is really loud and close to me so I'm assuming that at 75% you won't hear much on the outside it'll do a really good job isolating at 75% and maybe even a little lower than that so let's try it out at 100% okay again I'm sorry YouTube this can't be easy in case you can't tell I'm playing playing Jingle Bells all right and here we are 100% all right let's not put you through too much YouTube I don't want you guys to go deaf on me these did a perfect job at completely isolating all the noise from 100% so this did a really good job I think that these will do a great job isolating sounds like I said this is particularly loud and very close to me and I still struggle to hear it so I think these do a really good job at keeping noise on the outside out and you will be able to focus on your music so good job on the sound isolation and the girlfriend it has passed but for the sound leakage it did leak a little bit wasn't the worst we've heard but it did leak slightly so at high volumes the person next to you or around you probably will hear it but most more times than not they probably won't so all right I think that concludes it and finally we can put this thing down all right and there you have it guys if you like this video please feel free to rate comment and subscribe and I'll see you guys in the next video if you have any other requests for other headphones or anything that You' like to see the girlfriend test on let us know and we'll get right to it all right till the next video guys peace peace\n"