Turning wired headphones into bluetooth

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Turning wired headphones into bluetooth

Post by Scouser »

Can this be done ? Well I have actually seen this done but it was very cumbersome.

I have a set of AKG K712 and am forever running over the wire with the casters on my chair, for some strange reason they seem to gravitate towards them :lol:

I did start trying of thinking of ways to solve this rather irritating problem by somehow feeding the wire through a hook so it kind of fed out and kept out of my way, but that didn't work...
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I used to have a similar problem until I realised that I had a convenient structure over my head (acoustic cloud) that I could loop the headphone cord over and eliminate the problem.
Much better than having to handle the additional issues of latency and bodged adaptors etc.
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Scouser wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:57 am I have a set of AKG K712 and am forever running over the wire with the casters on my chair, for some strange reason they seem to gravitate towards them :lol:

It's true! Must be this model.

My best method is to velcro-tie my headphone cable over my Rode streaming mic arm so it is always overhead. Maybe you can rustle up something similar.
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Any pictures guys ? I'm trying to visualize and thanks for your replies.
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Round the back of the screen, up over one of the beams holding the cloud and there you have it:
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Closer shot showing the little bracket thing I made to keep it in place:
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Re: Turning wired headphones into bluetooth

Post by sonics »

To answer the OP, yes it can be done. Transmitter/receiver systems can be purchased, but you'll have to deal with some latency. Depending on the technology in use, sound quality will be good to excellent.
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Not sure how helpful this photo is...
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