Adding bluetooth headphones to a amp.

Schizo · 7 Dec 2016 at 19:47

I want to add some bluetooth headphones to my amp.

Any one done this and how has it been ?

Amp is a old denon AVC A10se which i want to keep as its pretty awesome

Marsman · 7 Dec 2016 at 22:27

I must be missing something. What would be the point of doing this?

Schizo · 7 Dec 2016 at 23:55

I thought it was obvious... To have Bluetooth headphones instead of wired headphones.

hornetstinger · 7 Dec 2016 at 23:57

my guess is bluetooth transmitter with bluetooth headphones?

MagicBoy · 8 Dec 2016 at 00:12

Bluetooth headphones transmitting using a lossy codec completely nullify any benefit of using a "pretty awesome" old Denon amp...

Schizo · 8 Dec 2016 at 02:22

hornetstinger said:
my guess is bluetooth transmitter with bluetooth headphones?

What transmitter though,it need to go via the headphone jack.

Schizo · 8 Dec 2016 at 02:22

MagicBoy said:
Bluetooth headphones transmitting using a lossy codec completely nullify any benefit of using a "pretty awesome" old Denon amp...

Have a "pretty awesome " old demon amp should have nothing to do with the lossy codec what ever you call it.

hornetstinger · 8 Dec 2016 at 08:21

schizo said:
What transmitter though,it need to go via the headphone jack.

Why headphone jack? That is a amplified output, a bluetooth transmitter would require line level input. You'd need to use l/r pre-out, or record out.

Bluetooth would probably require to downsample lossless to lossy, so audio quality will be degraded.

MagicBoy · 8 Dec 2016 at 08:55

schizo said:
Have a "pretty awesome " old demon amp should have nothing to do with the lossy codec what ever you call it.

OK, I'll make it a little simpler. Bluetooth audio streaming makes the sound quality worse. What you are trying to achieve doesn't make sense.

Are you assuming that all wireless headphones are bluetooth? There are good quality wireless headphones using different technology.

Schizo · 9 Dec 2016 at 18:41

hornetstinger said:
Why headphone jack? That is a amplified output, a bluetooth transmitter would require line level input. You'd need to use l/r pre-out, or record out.

Bluetooth would probably require to downsample lossless to lossy, so audio quality will be degraded.

MagicBoy said:
OK, I'll make it a little simpler. Bluetooth audio streaming makes the sound quality worse. What you are trying to achieve doesn't make sense.

Are you assuming that all wireless headphones are bluetooth? There are good quality wireless headphones using different technology.

I want to use bluetooth with my amp and phone,saves having 2 sets of headphones.

Are wireless headphones better for this option ?