Bluetooth/wireless headphones for watching TV only

neil pettitt · 21 Jun 2019 at 12:43

Hi.. Just asking for a friend. As the title says but not gaming headset recommendations. Budget up to £200 but could go over a tad for the right ones. Cheers

ToTheMax · 24 Jun 2019 at 19:04

Personally I would look into something like a FiiO BTR1 Bluetooth Headphone Amp with a TIN HIFI P1 IEM. All the audiophiles are swooning over this new planar IEM and it's right within your budget, got one on order myself ^^.

Z reviews of the new planar IEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8_D_K6wJQ&t=2s

Marsman · 24 Jun 2019 at 19:44

I suppose it depends what the person in question would be looking for; full size headphones or IEM/earphones.

Sennheiser RS range is worth considering if the person in question would rather full size headphones.

neil pettitt · 24 Jun 2019 at 20:03

Thanks chaps ...my friend as been looking at the Sony wh 1000mx 3. If I'm honest he's got the cash so for this price range are they worth the money...lots of reviews say so....Also just a quick one...would he need a blue tooth adaptor for his TV to get these to work..?

Marsman · 25 Jun 2019 at 14:50

Depends on what TV he has. I would imagine there are more TVs these days that have Bluetooth built in, but it's something only found on selected models I would imagine.

If he has a TV without Bluetooth built in, then he can connect a Bluetooth transmitter to the 3.5mm output, assuming it has that; otherwise, he would probably need to connect a DAC to the optical out, then a transmitter to that.

aoaaron · 1 Jul 2019 at 19:11

Sony CH700Ns are all round decent bluetooth headphones for around £100 with an amazing soundstage for a bluetooth set of cans (nearly all other bluetooth headphones prioritise crappy features like ANC, noise isolation) whilst these don't.

Superior choice would probably be a proper bluetooth transmitter with a higher end wired pair of headphones but for convienance and price the CH700Ns are hard to beat apart from their crap build quality and the bass leakage if you wear glasses.

neil pettitt · 1 Jul 2019 at 20:08

Thanks for all the reply chaps..will pass info on to my buddy and he can decide....