Wireless headphones

[ReeV0]

Does anyone use wireless headphones when practising?

I bought These: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01M8FLGB2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0771B5C8W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

But there is so much lag! It makes playing impossible, so I'm sending them both back. 

Any suggestions?

[Cato]

I looked into this a couple of years ago and I know that at least a couple of other people on here have as well.

The short answer is that Bluetooth has too much latency (lag) to use either as a wireless system or for practice headphones.

Someone may be along shortly to explain why.

There might be some other wireless headphone system out there now that would work, but ,unfortunately,  I don't know what it is. 

Edited September 4, 2018 by Cato

[dave_bass5]

10 minutes ago, Cato said:

I looked into this a couple of years ago and I know that at least a couple of other people on here have as well.

The short answer is that Bluetooth has too much latency (lag) to use either as a wireless system or for practice headphones.

Someone may be along shortly to explain why.

There might be some other wireless headphone system out there now that would work, but ,unfortunately,  I don't know what it is. 

Yep. although some are better than others there will always be a delay of some sort.

I get around this by having wireless headphones that also take a cable. I love the freedom BT gives, but if im playing at home etc ill normally be sitting by the ipad or phone anyway, so using a cable is no big deal. Certainly cant walk around the room with them though.

[uk_lefty]

A lot of years ago I had wireless headphones that worked with an infrared transmitter. As long as nothing got in the way of the signal path it worked well and I used to use it for late night bass practice. Must be over fifteen years ago now.

[Maude]

^This^

The old infra-red ones worked well, bluetooth is hopeless.