Bluetooth connection wired headphones

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kiwis

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#320220 18-Jul-2025 20:32

I know you can easily connected wireless headphones to a tv with a dongle thing plugged into the TV however can you do it the other way around?

I have some desent wired headphones, my TV has Bluetooth. Can I plug my headphones into a dongle thing to receive the Bluetooth?

I only use it on weekends to avoid conflicting tvs with sport, can you get anything in NZ?

anything cheap on Temu etc

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#3395454 18-Jul-2025 20:50

Look for a bluetooth audio receiver. Heaps out there with varying features/price/quality.

kiwis

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#3395456 18-Jul-2025 20:59

Something like this??

https://www.harveynorman.co.nz/headphones-and-speakers/speaker/logitech-bluetooth-audio-adapter.html

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#3395459 18-Jul-2025 22:05

Not sure about that one - you'll need one that specifically says it can drive headphones. While that has a 3.5mm headphone jack, it may only be line out level and not suitable to connect headphones directly.

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#3395460 18-Jul-2025 22:09

Something like one of these is small, light, and cheap enough to do what you want. I've turned some regular headphones into Bluetooth ones with this dongle cable tied tidily to the side of the headphones. It works great.

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#3395462 18-Jul-2025 22:18

Did you notice any delay in the sound when viewing videos?

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#3395470 18-Jul-2025 23:21

Just remember that what you are actually buying is a digital to analogue converter (DAC) with Bluetooth input. A $6.95 DAC is not going to produce good analogue audio. That may be all right for your application, for example if you have cheap headphones. And TV audio is often not high quality anyway. And the Bluetooth codecs supported by your TV will likely be the lesser quality ones that do a lot of compression and by doing so reduce the quality of the audio. But if you want something to do a really good job for audiophile headphones, you will want to pay rather more and buy something that is actually labelled as a DAC. What I have is a FiiO Q7:

https://www.fiio.com/q7

https://computerlounge.co.nz/products/fiio-q7-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier

It is normally connected to my MythTV multimedia PC via TOSLINK optical cable to get direct digital audio, with the MythTV box's HDMI output going to the LG C3 TV. I could use the Q7's Bluetooth input from my TV on the rare occasions I watch live TV broadcasts instead of recordings, but for better quality I also have a TOSLINK cable from the TV. For headphones I use Sennheiser HD600s, and the Q7 can also drive my amplifier and speakers (no pre-amp required).

The Q7 is on the expensive side for this sort of thing - you can get almost as good quality for significantly less, especially as you will likely not need the portability of the Q7 (and its battery). I also use the Q7 with my laptop when away from home, and the battery is very good for that.

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#3395471 18-Jul-2025 23:23

I use something along the line of the below for music in my car. (it has a aux in cable from spoofing a CD changer, but my phones no longer have headphone jacks.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008182733346.html?

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#3395604 19-Jul-2025 21:37

fe31nz:

Just remember that what you are actually buying is a digital to analogue converter (DAC) with Bluetooth input. A $6.95 DAC is not going to produce good analogue audio. That may be all right for your application, for example if you have cheap headphones. And TV audio is often not high quality anyway. And the Bluetooth codecs supported by your TV will likely be the lesser quality ones that do a lot of compression and by doing so reduce the quality of the audio. But if you want something to do a really good job for audiophile headphones, you will want to pay rather more and buy something that is actually labelled as a DAC. What I have is a FiiO Q7:

https://www.fiio.com/q7

https://computerlounge.co.nz/products/fiio-q7-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier

It is normally connected to my MythTV multimedia PC via TOSLINK optical cable to get direct digital audio, with the MythTV box's HDMI output going to the LG C3 TV. I could use the Q7's Bluetooth input from my TV on the rare occasions I watch live TV broadcasts instead of recordings, but for better quality I also have a TOSLINK cable from the TV. For headphones I use Sennheiser HD600s, and the Q7 can also drive my amplifier and speakers (no pre-amp required).

The Q7 is on the expensive side for this sort of thing - you can get almost as good quality for significantly less, especially as you will likely not need the portability of the Q7 (and its battery). I also use the Q7 with my laptop when away from home, and the battery is very good for that.

$1399 for the F7? I think you might have missed the 'anything cheap on Temu etc' part of OP's comment 😂

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