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This is my first visit to this branch of AA so please excuse the naive question.I've never used or even wanted to use headphones primarily because my equipment is across the room from where I normally sit and I certainly don't want a cable between the two. However there are times when I think how great it would be to be able to turn up the volume to daft levels without my neighbours banging on my door, or just listening when well away from my normally listening position - where I thoroughly enjoy my Avantgarde horn speakers.
Wireless headphone would provide an answer so I'm asking for suggestions and comments on their quality of sound. My amplifier (NAD M32) has a "discrete headphone amplifier, which is able to drive even planar and high impedance studio cans. With high voltage and low output impedance, your headphones will sound their best." I presume a transmitter device would be needed to send the signal to the phones. Please educate me! Thanks. Peter
PS - PAR - what happened indeed! It was fine at first, then I edited it and pressed Post Edit, but I didn't check the result. I hope it work now.
Edits: 03/18/18 03/18/18 03/18/18Follow Ups:
Peter, what happened? Incomplete text and a link to an amp and not headphones ?
Anyway before committing yourself to wireless cans have a read of some of Tyll Hertsen's reviews. He is the doyen of headphones and has more experience in this field than anyone I can think of, even Jude over at Head-Fi.
Most use a Bluetooth connection. This is OK but is just OK what you want considering your current system and musical tastes?
I can imagine why you are thinking of wireless in your capacious living space. However for me wired is still king.
All the best,
Pete
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Thanks for fixing the message.Basically you wouldn't use your amp's headphone capabilities with wireless headphones. The amplification (and DAC as the tx is digital) is built into the headphones.
So you need to make a connection between the source and headphone. Some wireless headphones come with a base station that serves to do this or there are bluetooth transmitters available. Most connect to the source using a 3.5mm jack plug so you need to take account of your source's connectivity in relation to this. Some transmitters are not self powered and also need a power supply, usually the 5V available via USB.
Bluetooth is generally regarded as inferior to CD quality from an audiophile perspective. It is better if both transmitter and headphone have aptx which offers improvements over bog standard bluetooth. This is common these days but do check.
Bluetooth is not capable of hi-rez although Sony seem to have a proprietary scheme for wireless phones which does offer <384KS/s. However the transmitter end seems to be limited to the use of current Xperia smart phones.
There are a few wireless headphones that offer wifi connection as well as bluetooth and I assume that for this connection the source and headphone need to be connected to the same LAN.
Let us know how you get on,
Regards
Pete
NB: Do you still want to PM me about the ATCS?
Edits: 03/19/18
Thanks Pete. I can't send you a PM as your profile doesn't allow it. Could you contact me (address as my Username) and I'll reply? Thanks. Peter
Peter I replied to your PM to me last week. Did it reach you?
Weird. I altered my profile a long tome ago to allow members to contact me. I just checked and my profile said I would not allow anyone !?
Anyway I just amended it so you can PM me. For belt and braces reasons (that's belt and suspenders for our US friends) I will write direct as suggested.
Pete
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