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OnePlus 11 Audio test

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We put the OnePlus 11 through our rigorous DXOMARK Audio test suite to measure its performance both at recording sound using its built-in microphones, and at playing audio back through its speakers.
In this review, we will break down how it fared in a variety of tests and several common use cases.

Overview


Key audio specifications include:

  • Top front firing, bottom side firing
  • No jack audio output

Scoring

Sub-scores and attributes included in the calculations of the global score.

OnePlus 11
OnePlus 11
128
audio
124
Playback
115

158

117

149

136

162

120

162

131

157

139
Recording
120

147

138

146

124

159

144

170

144

145

138

166

Playback

Pros

Cons

Recording

Pros

Cons

  • No audio zoom despite an option for it in settings
  • Limited recording wideness

The OnePlus 11 audio performance was generally quite decent, especially in recording. Playback experience was mostly artifacts-free, but the tonal balance could have used a bit more high- and low-end, as timbre sounded very midrange-centric. In the dynamics area, the device also lacked sharpness and punch. Spatial performance was good, on the other hand, despite a narrow wideness.

The OnePlus 11’s strong suit was its overall recording capabilities, with a very good performance in all attributes and especially in timbre. Tonal balance provided a bright and lively treble in urban and outdoor scenarios, with a slightly duller sonority in calm and indoor contexts. Performance in dynamics was very good, especially with the main camera. The device also offered a great recording loudness in every use case, and performed well in high-SPL conditions such as concerts. Additionally, it proved to be quite resilient in the presence of winds — light or strong — when using the camera app, thanks to finely tuned algorithms. However, in memo recordings, the device was less performant when facing strong winds. Lastly, the OnePlus 11 was unable to deliver audio-zoom capabilities despite featuring an option for it.

Test summary

About DXOMARK Audio tests: For scoring and analysis in our smartphone audio reviews, DXOMARK engineers perform a variety of objective tests and undertake more than 20 hours of perceptual evaluation under controlled lab conditions.
(For more details about our Playback protocol, click here; for more details about our Recording protocol, click here.)

The following section gathers key elements of our exhaustive tests and analyses performed in DXOMARK laboratories. Detailed performance evaluations under the form of reports are available upon request. Do not hesitate to contact us.

Playback

124

OnePlus 11

163

Black Shark 5 Pro
How Audio Playback score is composed

DXOMARK engineers test playback through the smartphone speakers, whose performance is evaluated in our labs and in real-life conditions, using default apps and settings.

Listen to the tested smartphone’s playback performance in this comparison with some of its competitors:

OnePlus 11
Apple iPhone 14
Google Pixel 7 Pro
Recordings of the smartphones playing some of our music tracks at 60 LAeq in an anechoic environment by 2 microphones in A-B configuration, at 30 cm
Here is how the OnePlus 11 performs in playback use cases compared to its competitors:
Playback use-cases scores

Timbre

115

OnePlus 11

158

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Timbre score represents how well a phone reproduces sound across the audible tonal range and takes into account bass, midrange, treble, tonal balance, and volume dependency. It is the most important attribute for playback.

Music playback frequency response
A 1/12 octave frequency response graph, which measures the volume of each frequency emitted by the smartphone when playing a pure-sine wave in an anechoic environment.

Dynamics

117

OnePlus 11

149

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Dynamics score measures the accuracy of changes in the energy level of sound sources, for example how precisely a bass note is reproduced or the impact sound from drums.


Spatial

136

OnePlus 11

162

Black Shark 5 Pro

The sub-attributes for spatial tests include pinpointing a specific sound's location, its positional balance, distance, and wideness.


Volume

120

OnePlus 11

162

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Volume score represents the overall loudness of a smartphone and how smoothly volume increases and decreases based on user input.

Here are a few sound pressure levels (SPL) measured when playing our sample recordings of hip-hop and classical music at maximum volume:
Hip-Hop Classical
OnePlus 11 73.6 dBA 72.5 dBA
Apple iPhone 14 74.8 dBA 71.9 dBA
Google Pixel 7 Pro 73.1 dBA 68 dBA
The following graph shows the gradual changes in volume going from minimum to maximum. We expect these changes to be consistent across the range, so that all volume steps correspond to users’ expectations:
Music volume consistency
This line graph shows the relative loudness of playback relative to the user selected volume step, measured at different volume steps with a correlated pink noise in an anechoic box recorded in axis at 0.20 meter.

Artifacts

131

OnePlus 11

157

Asus ROG Phone 5

The Artifacts score measures the extent to which the sound is affected by various types of distortion. The higher the score, the less the disturbances in the sound are noticeable. Distortion can occur because of sound processing in the device and because of the quality of the speakers.

Playback Total Harmonic Distortion (Maximum Volume)
This graph shows the Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise over the hearable frequency range.
It represents the distortion and noise of the device playing our test signal (0 dB Fs, Sweep Sine in an anechoic box at 40 cm) at the device's maximum volume.

Recording

139

OnePlus 11

160

Honor Magic6 Pro
How Audio Recording score is composed

DXOMARK engineers test recording by evaluating the recorded files on reference audio equipment. Those recordings are done in our labs and in real-life conditions, using default apps and settings.

Here is how the OnePlus 11 performs in recording use cases compared to its competitors:

Recording use-cases scores

Timbre

120

OnePlus 11

147

Honor Magic3 Pro+

The Timbre score represents how well a phone captures sounds across the audible tonal range and takes into account bass, midrange, treble, and tonal balance. It is the most important attribute for recording.

Life video frequency response
A 1/12 octave frequency response graph, which measures the volume of each frequency captured by the smartphone when recording a pure-sine wave in an anechoic environment.

Dynamics

138

OnePlus 11

146

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Dynamics score measures the accuracy of changes in the energy level of sound sources, for example how precisely a voice's plosives (the p's, t's and k's, for example) are reproduced. The score also considers the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), for example how loud the main voice is compared to the background noise.


Spatial

124

OnePlus 11

159

Vivo X Fold

The sub-attributes for spatial tests include pinpointing a specific sound's location, its positional balance, distance, and wideness on the recorded audio files.

Recording directivity
Directivity graph of the smartphone when recording test signals using the camera app, with the main camera. It represents the acoustic energy (in dB) over the angle of incidence of the sound source. (Normalized to the angle 0°, in front of the device.)

Volume

144

OnePlus 11

170

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Volume score represents how loud audio is normalized on the recorded files and the how the device handles loud environments, such as electronic concerts, when recording.

Here are the sound levels recorded in the audio and video files, measured in LUFS (Loudness Unit Full Scale); as a reference, we expect loudness levels to be above -24 LUFS for recorded content:
Meeting Life Video Selfie Video Memo
OnePlus 11 -24.3 LUFS -18.1 LUFS -16.8 LUFS -17.3 LUFS
Apple iPhone 14 -23.8 LUFS -22.5 LUFS -20.5 LUFS -18.7 LUFS
Google Pixel 7 Pro -29.8 LUFS -19.2 LUFS -17.1 LUFS -22.4 LUFS

Artifacts

144

OnePlus 11

145

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Artifacts score measures the extent to which the recorded sounds are affected by various types of distortions. The higher the score, the less the disturbances in the sound are noticeable. Distortions can occur because of sound processing in the device and the quality of the microphones, as well as user handling, such as how the phone is held.

In this audio comparison, you can listen to the way this smartphone handles wind noise relative to its competitors:

Recordings of a voice sample with light background noise, facing a turbulent wind of 5 m/s

Background

138

OnePlus 11

166

Black Shark 5 Pro

Background evaluates how natural the various sounds around a voice blend into the video recording file. For example, when recording a speech at an event, the background should not interfere with the main voice, yet it should provide some context of the surroundings.

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