Wireless lo-latency headphones?

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Hi,
I am quite experienced in music / wireless technology, but I have failed to fulfill the following:

I would like to have a pair of (preferably white) wireless over ear headphones for the following use in prioritized order:
  • practicing piano
  • wav file editing on laptop
  • music creation (not mixing)
  • generic laptop use
Even the later generation Bluetooth (5.2-5.3) that I have tried have a bit too much latency for this.
My old analog RF wireless Sennheiser works but require a hefty antenna / charging station + analog audio in.
I know there is a (1) wireless studio headphone on the market but they are too expensive for this purpose as monitoring quality isn't required.

So, my question is:
Does any of you know about any modern headphones that might fulfill this? possibly gaming headsets (non-BT or proprietary on top of BT) have low latency operation?

I have googled myself to death a number of times without any success so I am almost out of hope :)

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I don't think it exists, but you could use a 1/4" guitar wireless input and receiver, connecting the receiver to your soundcard and using a 1/4" male to female adapter so your regular headphones (which you'd also have to get) could be plugged in. They'd still have a wire, but you could bunch it up and move around wirelessly otherwise.

So it should work for about $30 on aliexpress or ebay or amazon, sounds a little wild though.
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Not possible for your use case IF you use bluetooth.
Also, affected by the codec, which both ends must use.
Fun to readup on codecs & tradeoffs. https://www.soundguys.com/understanding ... decs-15352
I get 160ms on AAC with AT M50x bt :(
Last edited by Michael L on Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Why do they have to be wireless? Wireless is overrated. Batteries die and then you're tossing them into the bin.

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There isn’t anything to compete with your analogue wireless headphones for latency. I think the very best aptX LL case is about 34ms (Qualcomm themselves state “approx” 40ms). AiAiAi have done their own wireless W+ standard, which claims 16ms using a fixed frequency. But also a $300 price tag..

I would continue to use your Sennheisers. They also take standard AAA’s, so you can swap them without requiring you use the transmitter for charging. Of course Sennheiser, in its wisdom, discontinued them and now only produces a bluetooth version.

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