x838nwy
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Hi,
While i'm enjoying my (wired) headphone rig at work, i often have to move around my office. So i'm thinking about going wireless... and as a result i'm getting confused... Hopefully someone here can shed some light on my queries so here goes.
There seems to be two types of wireless headphones: 1.) the usual wireless headphones like the RS series from Sennheiser and 2.) the bluetooth kind.
I understand that (1) can use basically any source and (2) needs a bt capable source. But what is actually being transmitted in each case?
I assume the non-bt types somehow convert the analogue signal from, say, the rca inptut, into whatever it is it transmits/receives and then reverse that process at your head and drive the headphones. So essentially, allowing for losses, a better source should achieve a better sound to your ears, right?
But what about in bt headphones? What do they actually transmit/receive? A similar deal to the above or the actual file data? What i mean is, if i play a song from my iPhone, is the transmitted signal the bt version of the iphone's dac output, or would the dac be by-passed and the digital file data sent? If the former is the case, different bt sources will sound different, surely? Also would that mean that regardless of how good a bt heaphone is, it is more source-limited in comparison to conventional wireless headphones? What i mean is while i can (hope to) make the rs 180 sound better by using a better dac or amp, with a bt headphone, i'm basically stuck with my iphone, mbp or whatever with no possibilty of 'upgrading'?
May be i'm just confused... But thanks in advance anyway
While i'm enjoying my (wired) headphone rig at work, i often have to move around my office. So i'm thinking about going wireless... and as a result i'm getting confused... Hopefully someone here can shed some light on my queries so here goes.
There seems to be two types of wireless headphones: 1.) the usual wireless headphones like the RS series from Sennheiser and 2.) the bluetooth kind.
I understand that (1) can use basically any source and (2) needs a bt capable source. But what is actually being transmitted in each case?
I assume the non-bt types somehow convert the analogue signal from, say, the rca inptut, into whatever it is it transmits/receives and then reverse that process at your head and drive the headphones. So essentially, allowing for losses, a better source should achieve a better sound to your ears, right?
But what about in bt headphones? What do they actually transmit/receive? A similar deal to the above or the actual file data? What i mean is, if i play a song from my iPhone, is the transmitted signal the bt version of the iphone's dac output, or would the dac be by-passed and the digital file data sent? If the former is the case, different bt sources will sound different, surely? Also would that mean that regardless of how good a bt heaphone is, it is more source-limited in comparison to conventional wireless headphones? What i mean is while i can (hope to) make the rs 180 sound better by using a better dac or amp, with a bt headphone, i'm basically stuck with my iphone, mbp or whatever with no possibilty of 'upgrading'?
May be i'm just confused... But thanks in advance anyway
