Reverend Conehead
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I like practicing my guitar late at night, but without annoying my neighbors, so I use a practice amp that lets me output to my headphones. Cool deal. I get to practice -- my neighbors get to sleep. This is my practice amp:
Positive Grid Spark practice guitar amplifier
https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/positive-grid-spark-review
These are my headphones:
Sony MDR7506
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AJIF4E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And this is my wireless guitar transmitting system:
Getaria 2.4GHZ Wireless Guitar System
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L5B64RG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This particular amp connects to my Android via bluetooth, which lets me use the amp's app and those choose from a ton of different tones. It works pretty well. Also, since it's connected to my Android, I can play music from that device and play along with it. I don't need to plug a cord from my guitar to the amp because of the Getaria wireless guitar system I'm using. However, the Sony MDR7506 headphones are not wireless. If they were, I could move around at will practicing my songs and not be so tied to that amp via the headphones and its cord.
They're nice headphones. They're light and their sound quality is excellent. There must be some kind of system I could hook it up to that would make them wireless and thus prevent me from having to go out and buy wireless headphones. I asked about this idea on the amp's web site and got this advice:
"Look for RF wireless headphones (Radio Frequency) -- they have very very low latency which makes it possible to use it to play an instrument. Do NOT buy Bluetooth wireless headphones and a bluetooth transmitter, even ones which claim 'low latency.' In Bluetooth devices, low latency is still too much latency for playing with. Great for listening only, but not for listening to yourself play an instrument."
Okay, so maybe there's some type of RF-based system that will make my Sony headphones wireless. I've been looking around online, but all the "make your headphones wireless" devices I've found thus far have been bluetooth. That clashes with the advice I was given. I could always cave and just get an RF-based wireless headset, but then I will have wasted money on this nice Sony wired headset that I already have. Of course, there's also the low-tech and less-then-ideal solution of just getting an extender cord for the Sony. As it is, the cord's pretty short and I'm stuck playing right by the practice amp. It would be nice to be able to move around while I practice. An extension cord for the headphones would allow me to move around more, but I would LOVE to just have those headphones be RF-based wireless so that I can move about as much as I want while practicing.
Has anyone heard of a device that is RF (radio frequency) based that could make my headphones wireless from my amp?
Positive Grid Spark practice guitar amplifier
https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/positive-grid-spark-review
These are my headphones:
Sony MDR7506
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AJIF4E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And this is my wireless guitar transmitting system:
Getaria 2.4GHZ Wireless Guitar System
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L5B64RG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This particular amp connects to my Android via bluetooth, which lets me use the amp's app and those choose from a ton of different tones. It works pretty well. Also, since it's connected to my Android, I can play music from that device and play along with it. I don't need to plug a cord from my guitar to the amp because of the Getaria wireless guitar system I'm using. However, the Sony MDR7506 headphones are not wireless. If they were, I could move around at will practicing my songs and not be so tied to that amp via the headphones and its cord.
They're nice headphones. They're light and their sound quality is excellent. There must be some kind of system I could hook it up to that would make them wireless and thus prevent me from having to go out and buy wireless headphones. I asked about this idea on the amp's web site and got this advice:
"Look for RF wireless headphones (Radio Frequency) -- they have very very low latency which makes it possible to use it to play an instrument. Do NOT buy Bluetooth wireless headphones and a bluetooth transmitter, even ones which claim 'low latency.' In Bluetooth devices, low latency is still too much latency for playing with. Great for listening only, but not for listening to yourself play an instrument."
Okay, so maybe there's some type of RF-based system that will make my Sony headphones wireless. I've been looking around online, but all the "make your headphones wireless" devices I've found thus far have been bluetooth. That clashes with the advice I was given. I could always cave and just get an RF-based wireless headset, but then I will have wasted money on this nice Sony wired headset that I already have. Of course, there's also the low-tech and less-then-ideal solution of just getting an extender cord for the Sony. As it is, the cord's pretty short and I'm stuck playing right by the practice amp. It would be nice to be able to move around while I practice. An extension cord for the headphones would allow me to move around more, but I would LOVE to just have those headphones be RF-based wireless so that I can move about as much as I want while practicing.
Has anyone heard of a device that is RF (radio frequency) based that could make my headphones wireless from my amp?
