Method of analysing geophones, comprising sending electric currents through the geophones and deriving desired parameters from the output voltages and/or currents. One string of geophones is used as a reference which compensates influences of temperature. A calibration measurement can be carried out on a precision ohmic resistor. Applied on geophones which have a high damping a negative resistance network is coupled in parallel to the geophone terminals. The pulse response test is used to derive sensitivity, damping and resonance frequency, and to calculate the DC resistance. Distortion tests are carried out on the basis of sine wave currents sent through the geophone(s).
The invention also includes an apparatus for performing the method. The apparatus is advantageously microprogram-based.