When it comes to EVP research, playback is arguably the most important and time-consuming task. It can also be quite tedious, but without a proper review of your audio, the whole EVP session is pointless.

Even if you were conducting a "quick fire" session or a "listen live" session and you reviewed the audio as you went during the session, you should still review all of the audio in full after the session.

The built-in speakers on audio recorders are often inadequate for a proper review, and while at a location, you may find it hard to find somewhere quiet enough to properly review the audio.

The simplest approach for reviewing and analyzing your recordings is to plug your audio recorder directly into a good-quality external speaker or connect a pair of good-quality over-ear headphones. Neither of these methods is ideal, but they are really the minimum effort required to get started.

A better...