Radio Frequency Wireless Headphones

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Anyone use RF headphones for play along? I am led to believe there are no latency issues.

Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
Interesting. good topic. I was playing last night and kept getting tangled in the wire. It was very annoying. It never dawned on me...Wireless headphones. This has peeked my interest 4 sure.
 
Yup....Kittys love cords!!

They do look like a decent purchase... but, If it has any latency at all, that would be a deal breaker.
 
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RVA said:
Anyone use RF headphones for play along? I am led to believe there are no latency issues.

Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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1. Never buy "on the ear" headphones which press against the ear lobes.
These type phones are very painful even after short periods of time. These can cut off blood circulation in your earlobes.
1616594277083.png The worst possible choice presses foam pads against the ear lobes.

2. Buy "over the ear" headphones which cover the entire ear like a cup, and do not press against your ear lobes.

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3. JBL wireless headphones have been particularly impressive lately for sound quality. These sell in the $200 price range; probably one of the best sounding.

The drawback being:
A. the wireless headphones contain batteries which must be recharged.
B. Do you have an extra USB jack on your computer? Most of these wireless systems run on Blue Tooth and plug into the computer with USB.
 
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I had a Sennhriser RF one. Worked great. As you noted Bluetooth ones are useless because of the slight delay.
 
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Session 5 said:
Still looks like you need to use cables...



  • Be compatible with Tablet, iPads, Laptop, Cellphone, Radio, CD and MP3 players, TV sets and Computers. The package come with necessary Cables for easy access to all kinds of audio device
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Yes, for the base, but not from your head to the base, so it frees you up a lot.
 
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YEs, good old Amazon. And they are going back just as quickly!!
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I haven’t liked much of anything “wireless” in the studio. Definitely not microphones...guitar was kinda “meh” for me....headphones, not for tracking...maybe for non critical mixing.
edit: most of my experience dates back 10 years though....times change.
 
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Thatbastarddon said:
I haven’t liked much of anything “wireless” in the studio. Definitely not microphones...guitar was kinda “meh” for me....headphones, not for tracking...maybe for non critical mixing.
edit: most of my experience dates back 10 years though....times change.
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Agreed, and they have not changed that much! My wireless guitar patch did not have latency, but it did have cut-out issues.
 
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Agreed, and they have not changed that much! My wireless guitar patch did not have latency, but it did have cut-out issues.
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I had a Telex wireless(guitar system) that was stolen from a gig, at breakdown/pack out...never bothered to replace it. I feel like I can hear a difference...for live use, it may be passable...but for recorded material, it always lacked....in my ears.
 
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Thatbastarddon said:
I had a Telex wireless(guitar system) that was stolen from a gig, at breakdown/pack out...never bothered to replace it. I feel like I can hear a difference...for live use, it may be passable...but for recorded material, it always lacked....in my ears.
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Sounds about right. I never replaced my wireless. Despite my aversion to being tethered, a hard line consistently proves superior. Maybe we will get quantum wireless one day!
 
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I have a Shure wireless guitar setup and it works flawlessly at home. Never tried it live. I’m striving to have as few cables (seen) in the studio as possible. That’s why I ran 3 inch pipes under the floor and in the air gapped walls, to snake the cables around, sight unseen.
 
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