A computerized test system for digital audio devices, comprising: - a personal computer operatively connected to a sound card, - said sound card comprising a sound card input for receipt of an analog test signal, an A/D converter adapted to convert the analog test signal to a digital test signal, a D/A converter operatively coupled to a signal receipt channel for receipt of a digital response signal and for conversion into an analog output signal provided on a sound card output, - a digital calibration generator adapted to generate a digital calibration signal of predetermined level and spectral content according to calibration signal data supplied by a calibration program executable on the personal computer, - a data communication interface being adapted to transmit and/or receive data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol, - the data communication interface comprising an encoder adapted to receive, encode and transmit the digital test signal or the digital calibration signal to an external digital audio device and a decoder adapted to receive and decode an encoded digital response signal from the external digital audio device to provide the digital response signal to the signal receipt channel, - a switching arrangement (sw1a, sw1b, sw2a, sw2b, sw4b, sw4b), operating in accordance with a mode control signal supplied by the calibration program, configured to selectively operate the computerized test system in either: - a first mode wherein the digital calibration signal is routed through a cascade of the encoder and decoder to couple the digital calibration signal to the signal receipt channel, - a second mode wherein the digital test signal is routed through the data communication interface to the external digital audio device. - a personal computer operatively connected to a sound card, - said sound card comprising a sound card input for receipt of an analog test signal, an A/D converter adapted to convert the analog test signal to a digital test signal, a D/A converter operatively coupled to a signal receipt channel for receipt of a digital response signal and for conversion into an analog output signal provided on a sound card output, - a digital calibration generator adapted to generate a digital calibration signal of predetermined level and spectral content according to calibration signal data supplied by a calibration program executable on the personal computer, - a data communication interface being adapted to transmit and/or receive data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol, - the data communication interface comprising an encoder adapted to receive, encode and transmit the digital test signal or the digital calibration signal to an external digital audio device and a decoder adapted to receive and decode an encoded digital response signal from the external digital audio device to provide the digital response signal to the signal receipt channel, - a switching arrangement (sw1a, sw1b, sw2a, sw2b, sw4b, sw4b), operating in accordance with a mode control signal supplied by the calibration program, configured to selectively operate the computerized test system in either: - a first mode wherein the digital calibration signal is routed through a cascade of the encoder and decoder to couple the digital calibration signal to the signal receipt channel, - a second mode wherein the digital test signal is routed through the data communication interface to the external digital audio device.