Help pls Want to be able to play bass through b tooth h phones

[Guest NOODS]

I’ve a Epi Jack Cassidy bass with a practice bass amp and i’d like to give my Wife some peace by playing my bass via my bluetooth inner ear headphones.. 

 

Is this possible?

Advisable?

If yes, what’s to buy?

 

Thank you.. 

 

 

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

You need a bluetooth transmitter, or a pre-amp that has one built in. Google them.

[Geek99]

Nux mighty ? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mighty-Headphone-Players-Pocket-Size-Pocket-Friendly/dp/B0BGNC441K

 

you interact with it using your phone 

Edited October 21, 2023 by Geek99

[Buddster]

👆. This 💯%

[Woodinblack]

Bluetooth headphones themselves not great for playing bass through, you get quite a delay, but connecting your music via bluetooth with some other headphones, that is an easy enough thing to do

[Mudpup]

13 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Nux mighty ? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mighty-Headphone-Players-Pocket-Size-Pocket-Friendly/dp/B0BGNC441K

 

you interact with it using your phone 

You need wired headphines for this. It's a bluetooth connection to your phone and the app rather than the headphones. But it's a seriously good bit of kit regardless and a bargain price. I would just get this and a pair of wired phones personally.

 

You're probably looking at a Boss Waza Air if you need bluetooth headphone connection (and a bank loan!)

Edited October 22, 2023 by Mudpup

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Mudpup said:

You're probably looking at a Boss Waza Air if you need bluetooth headphone connection (and a bank loan!)

 

The waza airs are the boss wireless link, not bluetooth. They have bluetooth for audio in from a music source and for app control.

[Mudpup]

22 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

The waza airs are the boss wireless link, not bluetooth. They have bluetooth for audio in from a music source and for app control.

Gotcha 

[BassmanPaul]

Doesn't your practice amp have a headphone socket for silent practice? Many do. 

 

[BigRedX]

Bluetooth has too much latency for real-time audio transmission. There will be a noticeable delay between you plucking a string and hearing the note in your headphones. 

[fretmeister]

Before I got my Waza Airs I was using a simple interface with my iphone, the free version of the Amplitube app and some wired headphones.

I had a Line6 sonic port interface, but there are lots on the market.

 

Amplitube is excellent as even the free version allows a song to be imported and then slowed down while keeping the right pitch. Very useful for practice.

[BassmanPaul]

3 hours ago, fretmeister said:

Amplitube is excellent as even the free version allows a song to be imported and then slowed down while keeping the right pitch. Very useful for practice.

There were times that I could have used something like that to nail intricate bass parts.  LOL

 

[Reggaebass]

I would recommend the Nux too, it’s what I use, really great bit of kit but you would need wired headphones which is not really a big deal, play along silently with anything on your phone or iPad, there’s a thread here if you want to read up a bit more 

[SamIAm]

Bluetooth for monitoring your bass audio ... hmmm

 

As has been mentioned, Bluetooth latency is an issue (and IME a b'stard).

 

https://kb.audiomodeling.com/en/c/grow-your-knowledge/d/what-is-audio-latency-how-do-i-fix-latency-issues-while-recording/

 

https://www.makeuseof.com/bluetooth-5-vs-aptx-low-latency

 

Wired headphones do not suffer this lag.

 

If you really want wireless, perhaps consider a wireless IEM system? (The IEM thread would be a great place to check out decent ones 

As well as many having very low latency they would have the (possible) advantage of allowing use onstage.

 

S'manth x

 

Edited October 23, 2023 by Smanth

[ped]

Yamaha YH-WL500 look pretty interesting. 

[Guest NOODS]

43 minutes ago, Smanth said:

Bluetooth for monitoring your bass audio ... hmmm

 

As has been mentioned, Bluetooth latency is an issue (and IME a b'stard).

 

https://kb.audiomodeling.com/en/c/grow-your-knowledge/d/what-is-audio-latency-how-do-i-fix-latency-issues-while-recording/

 

https://www.makeuseof.com/bluetooth-5-vs-aptx-low-latency

 

Wired headphones do not suffer this lag.

 

If you really want wireless, perhaps consider a wireless IEM system? (The IEM thread would be a great place to check out decent ones 

As well as many having very low latency they would have the (possible) advantage of allowing use onstage.

 

S'manth x

 

Thanks S’Manth X 

[rwillett]

I have the NUX mighty plug pro. It's very good. Control it from your phone or tablet. Use the Mightier App not the official one and it's good to go. 

 

Daughter has nicked it for herself but I really like it. Perfect for noodling around. It is wired though. 

 

To be honest a pair of decent wired headphones is £20 upwards vs £100 for Bluetooth. I know which I'd go. I have an expensive pair of B&W headphone but much prefer the cheap ones for playing with. 

 

Rob

[Guest NOODS]

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

I have the NUX mighty plug pro. It's very good. Control it from your phone or tablet. Use the Mightier App not the official one and it's good to go. 

 

Daughter has nicked it for herself but I really like it. Perfect for noodling around. It is wired though. 

 

To be honest a pair of decent wired headphones is £20 upwards vs £100 for Bluetooth. I know which I'd go. I have an expensive pair of B&W headphone but much prefer the cheap ones for playing with. 

 

Rob

Thanks Rob for your kind advice.. 

[crazycloud]

Likewise, I've been a NUX MP user since they came out and use some inexpensive Superlux HD681 cans, maybe 20quid. More than good enough for practice etc and I have a whole bunch of other (expensive) cans to compare to. Been using this end the earlier version for several years.

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/superlux/hd-681

[Dan Dare]

11 hours ago, rwillett said:

o be honest a pair of decent wired headphones is £20 upwards vs £100 for Bluetooth. I know which I'd go. I have an expensive pair of B&W headphone but much prefer the cheap ones for playing with. 

 

 

9 hours ago, crazycloud said:

Likewise, I've been a NUX MP user since they came out and use some inexpensive Superlux HD681 cans, maybe 20quid. More than good enough for practice etc and I have a whole bunch of other (expensive) cans to compare to. Been using this end the earlier version for several years.

 

Good advice. Leaving aside issues such as latency, it's a lot cheaper to get quality results with a wired setup. Unless you practice whilst running around, the fact that you have a cable running to your cans is not a problem. I'd recommend closed rather than open back cans. I use a mixer to drive mine when practicing, which allows me to combine my bass with tracks and play along with them. A small, basic used passive mixer can be had for little money.

[tauzero]

You can go hybrid wired/wireless with wired headphones to a wireless IEM - for your purposes, the Lekato MS-1 would be fine, but it's a bit of expense that you don't really need as you're going to be tethered to something by the instrument lead unless you've gone wireless with that too.

[Phil Starr]

I hadn't come across the Nux Mighty, it looks a really good system. 

 

I do almost all my practice with headphones and I use a Zoom B1ON now superseded by the B1-Four. Mine runs off a set of rechargeables for around a week but it will run off a power supply or USB. Music in is via a minijack. It gives you the widest possible range of tones and metronome/drum machine/tuner in a nice little box. 

[Reggaebass]

14 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

 

I hadn't come across the Nux Mighty, it looks a really good system. 

 

They are really good and quite a few different amps and cabs and pedals if you want to choose from in the app, it charges through usb too 

[gjones]

Buy a practice amp with a headphone socket. That way when your wife is out, you can crank it up and annoy the cat. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/160406296787008--blackstar-fly-3-bass

[rwillett]

There are two versions of the NUX. The newer pro one comes with usb-c and has volume buttons. 

 

I like it but as daughter has taken it I tend to use a mod dwarf of straight into Amllitube on mac

 

People do gig with them. 

 

They also pop up on ebay for around 50-75% of new price.